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General discussionStar Control and Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 being delisted from the catalog(80 posts)(80 posts)
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Posted May 04, 2018
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Konrad: Unfortunately not this time around, we try to give you heads up as early as humanly possible. Just an FYI - this does not mean the games will be removed from your collections – so no need to rush with backups, the games stay in your library. :)
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Experiment513: Can't you guys/girls make a service that, if a game gets removed, that split second before that happens an order is been made if you don't have the title yet in your library? :-P I missed Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth for example. :(
Oh, I like that, sounds convenient. Should be opt-out by default, yeah? ;)
Posted May 04, 2018
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kbnrylaec: GOG have very very poor communication with their customers.
And this is an understatement.

There was also a time when there was a sale sometimes to catch the games before they are pulled from the catalog.
Posted May 04, 2018
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Konrad: Should be opt-out by default, yeah? ;)
I think that would be best yes. I read the comments in the GOG Profile thread... :-P
Posted May 04, 2018
I still have the cd version of rollercoaster tycoon 3 which last time only had trouble installing on this pc by skipping some text documents.
Really hope it comes back if my cd version won't work one day, plus no removal discount this time.
Posted May 04, 2018
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Konrad: Oh, I like that, sounds convenient. Should be opt-out by default, yeah? ;)
I'm in...
Posted May 04, 2018
Well, my "Removed from catalog" tag count swells to 25.
Posted May 04, 2018
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deja65: I was talking about that Atari to be precise.I know that the original Atari died a long time ago ;).Cheers
Well it was the "Infogrammes" Atari that published RCT, didn't that one die?
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Experiment513: This is Star Control 2, right? *confused is*
It's what Stardock renamed the 1+2 pack.
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Konrad: Unfortunately not this time around, we try to give you heads up as early as humanly possible.
Update 3/30: As a gesture of goodwill to make clear that our goal in this dispute is only to protect our Star Control rights and not any claims on the original DOS games, we have decided to suspend sales of Star Control 1 and 2 as of April 4, 2018 until this matter is settled.
So what, did they forget to tell you?
Post edited May 04, 2018 by SirPrimalform
Posted May 04, 2018
if I didn't know any better, I would imagine the Star Control games are caught up in the legal hullabaloo involving the franchise-that's why the sudden removal. Only rights i could VAGUELY see (and it would affect the others) is possibly Great Flags parks
Posted May 04, 2018
So Stardock and the other dudes decide the yoink the game Star Control games with little to no warning?

Yeah, not gonna reward that behavior with making a last-minute purchase.
Posted May 04, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: So Stardock and the other dudes decide the yoink the game Star Control games with little to no warning?

Yeah, not gonna reward that behavior with making a last-minute purchase.
That's a good sign actually. The fact that both sides decided this together gives me hope that they will settle this rationally rather than act like the childish idiots that they've been doing.
Posted May 04, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: So Stardock and the other dudes decide the yoink the game Star Control games with little to no warning?

Yeah, not gonna reward that behavior with making a last-minute purchase.
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tremere110: That's a good sign actually. The fact that both sides decided this together gives me hope that they will settle this rationally rather than act like the childish idiots that they've been doing.
I don't think it was both sides deciding this together (note the date they say and today's date-it's a month apart). Methinks someone else ordered this-from a court bench until the issue is resolved.
Posted May 04, 2018
Is RTC3 getting removed from Steam too?
Posted May 04, 2018
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Experiment513: Can't you guys/girls make a service that, if a game gets removed, that split second before that happens an order is been made if you don't have the title yet in your library? :-P I missed Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth for example. :(
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Konrad: Oh, I like that, sounds convenient. Should be opt-out by default, yeah? ;)
An opt-in for "send me a text message alert 60 minutes before any game removal" (or when announced in the forums, for removals with longer notice) should be doable most of the time though, right? Lots of customers can't see the forums 24/7, and this post didn't even get a bolded headline.
Posted May 04, 2018
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timppu: Yeah. For instance Valve is quite on the other planet, they even send someone always to my doorstep to inform me personally that they are going to remove some game from the Steam store in the future, and also if some removed game ever comes back. /sarcasm

You start sounding like SimonG (rip) with your constant bitching about GOG.
It's not bitching when it's a problem that could easily be rectified. For one, GOG isn't Steam. For another, they try to inform us of game removals and resurfacing games. They fail a lot in those regards. But that's not the only place their poor communication skills come through, such as the recent kerfuffle with the profile pages and no customer base-wide email until AFTER the changes went live. It's poor performance, and should be called out at every opportunity because it is an EASY fix that they continually refuse to enact.
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Experiment513: Can't you guys/girls make a service that, if a game gets removed, that split second before that happens an order is been made if you don't have the title yet in your library? :-P I missed Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth for example. :(
And when a major publisher pulls out that you have no game from, and no interest in getting the games from, and their GOG catalogue is $250 or more, you'll still want that to be an automagical order?
Post edited May 04, 2018 by paladin181
Posted May 05, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: So Stardock and the other dudes decide the yoink the game Star Control games with little to no warning?

Yeah, not gonna reward that behavior with making a last-minute purchase.
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tremere110: That's a good sign actually. The fact that both sides decided this together gives me hope that they will settle this rationally rather than act like the childish idiots that they've been doing.
Maybe a good sign. If it makes a glorious reappearance then that's fine. But if not then we're rewarding them with this last-second revenue for doing a crappy thing.
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Experiment513: Can't you guys/girls make a service that, if a game gets removed, that split second before that happens an order is been made if you don't have the title yet in your library? :-P I missed Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth for example. :(
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paladin181: And when a major publisher pulls out that you have no game from, and no interest in getting the games from, and their GOG catalogue is $250 or more, you'll still want that to be an automagical order?
Tie it to the customer's wishlist. If not on there then no purchase. That could work.

Something like this would require either wallet funds to cover the purchase, or storing the card info through that token doohickey.
Post edited May 05, 2018 by HereForTheBeer
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