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    Steam Removing games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by X9000CPU, Nov 19, 2011.

  1. X9000CPU

    X9000CPU Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does steam remove old games from their store? I am positive i saw Prey there a few years back but when i try look for it now i cant find it
     
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  2. Tree_Burner

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    Usually if a game goes missing it's the developers fault.
     
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  3. Mastershroom

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    I don't think it has anything to do with games being old; you can buy the original Star Wars: Dark Forces and Doom and Quake on Steam. But they will occasionally yank games from the store due to publisher issues. For example, Crysis 2. It was available on Steam for a few months, but was removed when EA and Valve could not reach an agreement on DLC distribution.

    In these situations, people who already bought the game still have it in their game list and can continue to download and install it whenever they like; they just aren't selling it.
     
    Mastershroom, Nov 19, 2011
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  4. IWantMyMTV

    IWantMyMTV Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought Prey on Steam and the game still works fine through Steam.

    However, I think that Valve ran out of Prey CD keys during one of their end-of-year sales. For some mysterious reason, 2K never generated new keys for Valve distribution, and Valve took down the Prey page. I don't think 2K is fighting with Valve since there are several other 2K games available on Steam.

    If you can still find a retail copy (eBay, Amazon, etc), then you can probably register it with Steam.
     
    IWantMyMTV, Nov 19, 2011
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    This seems like the most logical reason. Steam is a reseller and only given so many keys. If a publisher/developer does not provide Steam with any more keys to sell then they obviously can't advertise the game anymore.
     
    GamingACU, Nov 19, 2011
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