• ☂️-@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    7 hours ago

    can always sail the high seas. if they don’t want your money don’t give it to them.

  • naticus@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    edit-2
    11 hours ago

    Just a heads up that if you try buying from Humble, they have no keys right now for this game. It’s very possible we’ll never get them with the impending delist.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      5 hours ago

      Yeah, Humble has been spiraling, and this is one of the largest symptoms. If they’re out of stock, they shouldn’t be allowed to list the game for sale. It’s particularly bad on their Humble Choice offers, where trying to claim after Day 1 often ends up with half of the keys listed as out of stock.

      • naticus@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 hours ago

        Interesting, I haven’t had that experience with Humble Choice. Sometimes I don’t redeem for a week or more and I still manage to get keys. Was there any particular game that you had this issue with?

        • I have the issue from time to time if I go and bulk redeem like 6 months of keys cause I forgot Humble existed, but I usually get an email telling me the key is ready within a day or so.

          Not sure they’ll end up getting keys for John Wick Hex sadly. We’ll see though.

          • naticus@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            2 hours ago

            Yeah I’m considering buying it on Steam directly with the plan of refunding if I get a code from Humble.

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    7 hours ago

    Makes me wonder if he could just rip the branding from it, alter the character a bit and stick it out again.

    • czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      54
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      17 hours ago

      While everyone should sign it, the campaign is about publishers that kill games that could conceivably remain working.

      De-listing is likely a result of expired licensing or similar, and I don’t think it’s feasible (or realistic) to require companies to renew licenses in perpetuity just to keep selling games.

        • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          12
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          13 hours ago

          “Stop Killing Games” is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.

          People should read the petition before being snarky and wrong.

          • Aielman15@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            14
            ·
            edit-2
            11 hours ago

            John Wick Hex has been sold as a completed product and will remain playable (for people who have already bought it, and people who track down a physical copy) even after the publisher pulls the plug. This is not planned obsolescence, their license for the movie rights has expired.

            Stop Killing Games has NOTHING to do with this.

          • duchess@feddit.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            11 hours ago

            What you have quoted is not what’s happening to John Wick Hex. People who bought it can still download and play it.

            • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              7 hours ago

              Yes, I know. That’s why I quoted that part, to show what stop killing games is about, for those who don’t understand.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      19 hours ago

      While I agree with the sentiment: It won’t be killed, “just” de-listed from sale. If you buy it now, you can still p/ay it.

      Although an end-of-life plan would probably make it easier for the publishers to still sell the game after licences expire.

    • JackDark@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      19 hours ago

      It was okay. Nothing exciting, but one aspect of it that I did like is that you can choose to watch your choices happen in real time after you finish a level, which - although not the smoothest - does actually make it feel like John Wick just rolled through.

  • nogooduser@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    19 hours ago

    I “own” this on PlayStation. Will I still be able to download it after 17th?

    Edit: I just read the article and it says that we will.