Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation - eviltoast
"This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing"
  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    87% of games made before 2010 are completely commercially unavailable.

    Would be interesting to know how many are unavailable because of licensing or rights issue. Racing games like NFS Underground or Most Wanted, for example, aren’t available anymore because of music license wasn’t renewed by studio.

    Or many games aren’t available because the developer/publisher studio doesn’t exist anymore.