Games That Weren't

One of the strangest arguments I've seen lately is: "Show me games that have actually been lost," as if physical collectors just invented this scenario. There are entire databases dedicated to tracking delisted games across every platform. Start here: delistedgames.com/all-relisted-g… This isn't some conspiracy. Publishers remove games from sale all the time. And before someone says, "Yeah, but nobody cared about those games..." That's completely missing the point. The practice is what's important. The PS3/Vita storefront, for example, remains one of the last legitimate ways to buy classics like Xenogears, Einhänder, Threads of Fate, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, Alundra, and many others without paying retro collector prices. Some have modern ports. Many don't. "But people who already bought them can still download them!" Great... that does absolutely nothing for everyone who comes after. If future players can't legally buy a game anymore, then yes, that game has effectively been lost to the marketplace. And can we guarantee we'll still be able to download them indefinitely? No. Sony already removed hundreds of purchased movies from users' libraries after licensing agreements expired. So no, this isn't some hypothetical doomsday scenario that physical media fans dreamed up. It's already happening. And it absolutely baffles me that some people want to pretend this isn't a problem.

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