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Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from sale this December, but thankfully remain playable (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] turbowafflz 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Alternate headline: "Forza horizon 4 will see large uptick in piracy this december"

If people want your game why would you stop selling it, people are still going to want it and you just won't get any money

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

For games like this it's almost always licenses for cars or music. They probably weigh the cost off renewal vs likely future sales.

[–] ServeTheBeam 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Less players means less people upset when they shut down the servers? I don’t know why else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you read the article? It's in the first paragraph.

[–] ServeTheBeam 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh god. I’ve turned into one of those people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The reason is because they license the rights to the cars and music only for a certain period of time, not indefinitely. So it was always on this clock.