That annoys me in particular as well, because gamers are so quick to excuse it as if it's out of the publisher's control and all up to a third-party. These are AAA gaming companies, they could have easily 1) negotiated for permanent permission to use the tracks, 2) tried to keep the tracks in already sold copies of the game and only take them out of new purchases after license expiration, or 3) not included something in the first place if they knew they were just going to take it away later.
Thankfully I have the disc copies of the old games without steam.
That annoys me in particular as well, because gamers are so quick to excuse it as if it's out of the publisher's control and all up to a third-party. These are AAA gaming companies, they could have easily 1) negotiated for permanent permission to use the tracks, 2) tried to keep the tracks in already sold copies of the game and only take them out of new purchases after license expiration, or 3) not included something in the first place if they knew they were just going to take it away later.
Thankfully I have the disc copies of the old games without steam.