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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 (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] TheBat 3 points 5 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.