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pirateoftheah: And still hope the game will be here on GOG, just the rights might be lost in the many transactions.
From what I remember, the rights with Oni (along with Myth) rest with Take Two Interactive; they originally belonged to Bungie, but they were sold off to Take Two in the aftermath of Microsoft's original buyout of Bungie.
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adaliabooks: Of course I'll have to remember it's not a download and put the CD in when I want to play... XD
I would not be surprised if my disc drive wasn't rusted shut by now.

Or inhabited by disc shaped moths.
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pirateoftheah: And still hope the game will be here on GOG, just the rights might be lost in the many transactions.
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rampancy: From what I remember, the rights with Oni (along with Myth) rest with Take Two Interactive; they originally belonged to Bungie, but they were sold off to Take Two in the aftermath of Microsoft's original buyout of Bungie.
Thanks for the info, after some googling I also found some stories about it.
AS you said these rights (Oni and Myth) were given to Take Two in order to release its ownership in Bungie (that was about 20%) and Micorsoft could order Bungie to make Halo for Xbox. Later there were rumors about Oni 2, but those probably were false as Take Two is not very interested in the franchise while the older Bungie developers went to another developer companies and Bungie currently is more willing to start a new franchise than continue an old one.
Take Two could start with a great catalogue on GOG, that is sure. :)
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pirateoftheah: Take Two could start with a great catalogue on GOG, that is sure. :)
They are already here.
I bought Mech Commander 2 recently. I'm really enjoying it.
In a related story, Wakkalo just stole his first physical PC game in years. :D
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pirateoftheah: Take Two could start with a great catalogue on GOG, that is sure. :)
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Grargar: They are already here.
OFF:
My birthday was a few weeks ago, but I have not discovered yet that I became so old that day that I was not able to find Take Two here. I guess this is another sign that I reached my peak and started to go down the hill...:)
Then editing my statement:
Take Two could amend its catalogue here on GOG to be much better.
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tinyE: I got GTA 4 on DVD and because of the DRM I couldn't even get the damn thing installed.
Related: I got the DRM free Red Dead Redemption on DVD.. and learned how I hate such a game with Xbox controls.

Made me wish for a drm free PC version. :(

... I guess its dressing up the Boss from Saints Row 2 / 3 as a cowboy/girl :D
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tinyE: I got GTA 4 on DVD and because of the DRM I couldn't even get the damn thing installed.
Yeah, GTA IV gets encumbered with SecuROM as well as the Rockstar Social Club. I was able get it working, but was glad to get the Steam version so I didn't have to mess with patching the game or using a license removal tool to uninstall the game. There are some advantages to digital...

I do have physical copies of all five Grand Theft Auto games though. Granted I have the Grand Theft Auto Classics Collection, which means the GTA London Mission disc has some issues, but I did find a standalone version someone had put together which also included the download-only second mission pack.

Flynn
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FlynnArrowstarr: Oh, man. Oni rocks! I still have my PS2 copy. Played the crap out of it. How hard is it to get the PC version running on, say, Windows 7? Might need to hunt down a copy, heh.

Flynn
Oni is great and yes, it works on Windows 7 last I checked.

Edit: I forgot! If you track it down, make sure to get the Anniversary Edition mod. It allows you to install all sorts of mods from specific bug fixes, new textures or animations to new moves, different A.I scripts etc.. It says on PCGamingWiki it makes it easier to run on modern hardware and it adds full widescreen support as well. :)
Post edited June 07, 2016 by Nirth
I think either Battle for Middle Earth II, or Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 was my last purchase back in 2007 or 2008 or so. Then I stopped buying games due to being ripped off by Ubisoft on several titles over time, and EA on other titles. Never started buying games again until 2012 at GOG, and 2013 on Steam and its authorized resellers. Haven't bought any physical media games in about 8 years IIRC.
I have a strict, self-imposed policy of never paying more than £12.99 for a digital game. I consider digital data effectively worthless and I just won't pay any serious amount for it. So the last games I bought on disc were recent, GTAV and Project Cars. The big full colour map and the box/discs made the GTAV set well worth the money. Nothing could make Project Cars be worth the money I paid for it... sadly.

Music I buy on CD, films I buy on Blu Ray, TV shows I buy on DVD (as you can see from the attached image which is just the shelf over my computer) The bottom right of the picture is import music from Japan and some of them are magnificent physical items. Full colour hardback photobooks, group member photocards, signed photocards etc... They cost about four times the price of the digital album, take three weeks to get here but I wouldn't buy them any other way.

Games have always been bought on whatever medium they come on. I still have my boxed copies of Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge on cassette for the Speccy. A lot of my philosophy is guided by the fact I have been a developer and the satisfaction of holding that completed game is priceless. As such, you appreciate the value of the same thing from other developers.

I suppose it's a bit like the Gold discs music artists get, whilst not as valuable as them, my Bosconian cassette is an important part of my development past. There's something satisfying about pulling the manual out of the box, turning to the credits page and seeing your name. Digital just doesn't give me that buzz.

Even though I have a limit on what I will pay for a digital game, I don't have any similar limits when it comes to physical games... within reason. I recently paid about £53 for DOA Xtreme 3 on the PS4 and was happy with that. No Man's Sky will be a PS4 physical purchase, as will The Last Guardian, if it gets released before I die that is.

That's just my take on the whole thing, sorry if it was a bit of a ramble.
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I just bought Dark Souls 3 boxed a couple weeks back. Since it's so much cheaper at retail than over on Steam.