"Well as far as I understand it, the previous ones were removed because all the sound files were encoded as MP3, but they hadn't paid Sony for the rights to use MP3 encoding. This new game, if I remember correctly uses OGG files. All the music and sound was converted, but the intro movie to the previous 2 versions of the game couldn't be so it was ommited from this version. Hope that solves the mystery for you."
https://steamcommunity.com/app/214730/discussions/1/385428458160145211/
Вот альтернативное объяснение, которое меня полностью вымораживает. MP3? отчисления Sony? С чего собственно именно Sony?
"MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III,[4] more commonly referred to as MP3 (or mp3), is an audio coding format for digital audio."
"MP3 was designed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as part of its MPEG-1 standard and later extended in the MPEG-2 standard. The first subgroup for audio was formed by several teams of engineers at CCETT, Matsushita, Philips, Sony, AT&T-Bell Labs, Thomson-Brandt, and others."
"Open format = yes"
"An open format is a file format for storing digital data, defined by a published specification usually maintained by a standards organization, and which can be used and implemented by anyone. For example, an open format can be implemented by both proprietary and free and open source software, using the typical software licenses used by each."
MP3 это открытый формат, доступный всем для платного или бесплатного софта в том числе.
Вот вы тут накинулись на lurk, а я всего лишь дал пищу для размышления, специально написал "for your consideration".
А теперь давайте вспомним что случилось с Descent от издателя Interplay. Interplay продала права на производство следующей части (Descent: Underground) сторонним разработчикам.
А потом с продажи были сняты все предыдущие части. Почему не знаете? Подумайте и сами мне скажите где правды больше, в lurk'е или в mp3 проблемах.