several, typically due to audio licenses of all things. There’s a few different games currently in my library that you actually can’t buy anymore, it’s quite silly.
Yeah, at least one or two times. Usually, games just get delisted, and whoever bought it gets to keep it, but pretty sure there’s been a couple instances of full revocation, typically initiated by publisher or dev, not Steam themselves. In those cases, I think it’s more Valve abiding by the terms they have with those entities.
pretty sure there’s been a couple instances of full revocation, typically initiated by publisher or dev, not Steam themselves
I would like to know of any such cases, because to my knowledge it never happened. Unless I see evidence (some source to proof it), I’ll assume it is just misinformation.
Is there any known case when this happened?
several, typically due to audio licenses of all things. There’s a few different games currently in my library that you actually can’t buy anymore, it’s quite silly.
Yeah, at least one or two times. Usually, games just get delisted, and whoever bought it gets to keep it, but pretty sure there’s been a couple instances of full revocation, typically initiated by publisher or dev, not Steam themselves. In those cases, I think it’s more Valve abiding by the terms they have with those entities.
I would like to know of any such cases, because to my knowledge it never happened. Unless I see evidence (some source to proof it), I’ll assume it is just misinformation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1pzpny/steam_has_now_officially_removed_their_first_game/ here’s a discussion on them announcing the first removal. I think the game was online only and shut down, but it still happened. Pretty sure there was a much more controversial one within the last few years, but I unfortunately don’t have time to dig further.