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Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Agent_Karyo to c/games
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[–] [email protected]:443 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's likely just meaning new compilations coming down the line as there is zero cost and zero maintenance for them to keep the games up otherwise and is entirely passive income.

[–] ooterness 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The cost isn't necessarily zero. Old games are often removed due to music licenses that are about to expire.

[–] [email protected]:443 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm talking purely about the work needed to be done on the Steam backend and such. Also in this case, most of these old games - minus Crazy Taxi and perhaps one or two other Dreamcast games - don't have licensed music.