The question I have is yes, but for how long? If people keep downloading games for nostalgia that they already own and don't buy any of the newer titles you can bet your arse the companies are going to sneakily disable them off your library entirely. It's also true that people aren't really buying modern titles anymore even the normies because of the woke crap and the average AAA title isn't worth pirating.
If I remember correctly, I think Ubisoft did this awhile back with Anno or something. They simply took it off entirely then of course what's going to happen is they'll force people to buy it again with some kind of shitty 'remastered' version that's 50gb+ at a minimum because all they did was put in some hires textures and call it a day.
I buy on GOG where I can and actually archive the offline installers of everything I buy. Seems crazy, but I've got old games on freaking CD-ROM that I have gone back and enjoyed, so it's not ridiculous to think in a decade I'll want some game that you can't get anymore.
There's piracy too, so things will always be around, but it's easier to keep things I have already.
When I got a new computer, I was still able to download the NBA 2K16 I'd bought on Steam years prior and had since been delisted.
If you bought it before, you can get it again.
Which is good in this case, as that was the last truly great 2K.
The question I have is yes, but for how long? If people keep downloading games for nostalgia that they already own and don't buy any of the newer titles you can bet your arse the companies are going to sneakily disable them off your library entirely. It's also true that people aren't really buying modern titles anymore even the normies because of the woke crap and the average AAA title isn't worth pirating.
If I remember correctly, I think Ubisoft did this awhile back with Anno or something. They simply took it off entirely then of course what's going to happen is they'll force people to buy it again with some kind of shitty 'remastered' version that's 50gb+ at a minimum because all they did was put in some hires textures and call it a day.
I buy on GOG where I can and actually archive the offline installers of everything I buy. Seems crazy, but I've got old games on freaking CD-ROM that I have gone back and enjoyed, so it's not ridiculous to think in a decade I'll want some game that you can't get anymore.
There's piracy too, so things will always be around, but it's easier to keep things I have already.