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Zkuq on 12 May 2017
Pemalite said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Yeah and anyone who wants to buy it online...well shit outta luck. So again digital is shit once again.

You haven't been able to buy it new, Physical for I don't know how long.

Really? I'm seeing both the Xbox 360 version and the PC version still available on Amazon.co.uk, straight from Amazon and not other sellers.



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Pemalite on 13 May 2017
Zkuq said:
Pemalite said:

You haven't been able to buy it new, Physical for I don't know how long.

Really? I'm seeing both the Xbox 360 version and the PC version still available on Amazon.co.uk, straight from Amazon and not other sellers.

Never shopped on Amazon. But EB Games Australia (Our largest games franchise) has zilch. I did pick up a second hand copy from there a few months ago though, but even those are starting to dissapear with no more online orders.



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d21lewis on 13 May 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
d21lewis said:

It is--if you already have it. Unlike the original print, there wasn't a limited number of copies. We'll still be able to download it if we delete it.. We just won't be able to buy it new.

Yeah and anyone who wants to buy it online...well shit outta luck. So again digital is shit once again.

Because this game won't be available anymore? I didn't know Alan Wake had that much pull! You do realized there are digital games that can't be purchased physically, right?

 

One question: Do you listen to music physically it digitally?



S.T.A.G.E. on 13 May 2017
VGPolyglot said:
BraLoD said:

Some months ago, I even made a XBL account to try to get it for free but they were asking for credit card info even so, so I didn't want it anymore xP

I've been trying to find Lost Odyssey for a while, I've found copies, but none that were complete.

It should still be BC. 



JEMC on 13 May 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
Anybody know if this affects the DLC?

I've already got the game (physical version), I just haven't got round to playing it yet. So if the DLC becomes unavailable that's really going to kill any desire I ever have to play it...

According to Remedy, American Nightmare is safe as the music is still under license.

For more info, check out Remedy's forum: https://community.remedygames.com/forum/games/alan-wake/320271-alan-wake-sunset-sale-13-15-5-2017

It should be noted that they are negotiating the licensing for Alan Wake, so it's entirely possible that the game goes back on sale in the future.



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Pemalite on 13 May 2017
Shadow1980 said:
Tell that to people who had an original Xbox (and to DSi owners in the very near future). My Halo 2 DLC mysteriously vanished from my hard drive one day, but since that was shortly after MS stopped supporting the Xbox, that meant I could not redownload it. $21 of content vanished into the ether. Fortunately the DLC was released on a disc, which is still readily available on Amazon.

Once the digital servers are taken offline. Then that is generally it.
The Xbox 360 servers for content are still online. And you can still download all the content even if they have been removed from the Store.

My Halo 2 content is still on my original Xbox Hard Drive.

In the Xbox 360's case however, you can make digital backups. Which I have done.

Shadow1980 said:
Irrelevant, as I stated to zero129. It doesn't matter if a physical release is out of print. Any commonly-available title can be still be found and purchased many years after the publisher stopped printing new copies.

Tends to happen with Digital too.

I was looking for a game called "Chaos Island" recently which is a few decades old, which I couldn't find to purchase anywhere digitally or physically.
Torrents came to the rescue. Illegal. Sure. But I digress.

Most digitally released games in the modern era even once they are removed from digital stores are still sold digitally via key resellers.



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SegataSanshiro on 13 May 2017
d21lewis said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Yeah and anyone who wants to buy it online...well shit outta luck. So again digital is shit once again.

Because this game won't be available anymore? I didn't know Alan Wake had that much pull! You do realized there are digital games that can't be purchased physically, right?

 

One question: Do you listen to music physically it digitally?

I only do physical.



d21lewis on 13 May 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
d21lewis said:

Because this game won't be available anymore? I didn't know Alan Wake had that much pull! You do realized there are digital games that can't be purchased physically, right?

 

One question: Do you listen to music physically it digitally?

I only do physical.

If you're telling the truth, I respect you.

 

If you're lying, you've made baby Jesus cry.



d21lewis on 13 May 2017
Shadow1980 said:
d21lewis said:

Because this game won't be available anymore? I didn't know Alan Wake had that much pull! You do realized there are digital games that can't be purchased physically, right?

Mostly indie games and other low-budget, small-scale titles. And of those, the only ones I've paid for since 2010 (aside from a couple of Virtual Console releases) were Mega Man 10, Perfect Dark HD, and Blaster Master Zero. PDHD is now available physically through Rare Replay, and BMZ is a remake of of an old NES game that I've had since 1990.

One question: Do you listen to music physically it digitally?

CDs and radio.

 

My experience differs. I have hundreds upon hundreds of digital games and probably thousands of songs.

 

I'm not here to sell you on digital. If you don't want to go that route, it's okay.



Burning Typhoon on 13 May 2017

Really don't understand the people who only do physical, or digital. The game is 4 dollars right now. We're talking about lunch. That goes for any game, though. If the price is low enough to justify it, I will get the digital versions. Some games, I own digital and physical copies.

It's data. One's stored on your disc. The other is stored on your disk. Big deal.