The game, in order to be newsworthy, needed to have made a name for itself in the first place, and has to be pulled for a reason. This kind of shit wouldn't make the news if it's baby's first indie game on steam being pulled for some arbitrary reason. The reason this is notable isn't just because the game is being delisted, it's notable because it is a popular or well-known game or franchise that is being delisted. The problem is nobody will give a shit if the game isn't fucking Tony Hawk, Grand Theft Auto or something. It was clearly not a marketing strategy either, my point is it works as one if you want it to be. Infact, the news of konami pulling it down received far, far more coverage than the release itself back then. I remember PS4s with the silent hills demo installed being sold for $1000. I hope we can see the number of sales the game will get until it's pulled and have it compared with its lifetime sales.
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It will get abused, because it's easy, currently legal/allowed, and it works (people getting a sense of urgency to own something that may get lost forever it may obtain some worth over time because it's not sold anymore and the aforementioned free marketing campaign). Add to that the fact that you have no limitations to pull a game off steam and put it back on, this act is not policed, only the current release that's being sent is policed in a vacuum. Now imagine spending the 100 dollars required to re-upload a game on steam to get the same media boosting (the boost would have happened when you pulled it down). We have companies starting kickstarters that were already funded, exclusively to get the media boost out of the campaign bringing the buzz because kickstarter projects are very good at that. When was the last time a (poorly made) 2012 remaster of a 1999 game got this much attention 5 years down the line? Do a google search with "tony hawk" right now, you'll find the first page completely filled with this very piece of news about THPS HD, overshadowing new games or anything else.
Solution? I didn't offer a solution, I made an observation. A 20 year old remaster doesn't make your company go bankrupt if you pull it off from steam from some time either, you can rest assured activision won't go down with this drastic move. Getting coverage is essential in a flooded industry.Īlso, as I stated, you can put products back on steam with the insanely low entry fee. For example, a number of good games released within the BOTW/horizon/automata window have seen horrible sales because media was busy talking about the bigger titles. My point is this is an amazing opportunity to get media coverage in a time where even most new games don't get the chance to get any, and it will no doubt get abused with that intent down the line. Notice the "This may not have been done on purpose but.
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