Posted December 13, 2016
MaxFulvus
Fulvus Forever !
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From France
Djaron
Bastard Jester
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From France
Posted December 13, 2016
this is the kind of things that infuriate me !
1) there should be a catalog subsection or a small website page in the bottom page with up-to-date "games removal" from catalog with timestamp... it would be appreciated to have some transparency and disclosure. I don't ask the reasons of the removal, just the fact it was here and now it's gone
2) though it is not a good example for pny island, i find it stupid to delete/remove the old catalog page; there should be a cached version of it, not accessible via the regular catalog, for people who already own the removed games !!!
why ? simply because the library has a dropdown menu item called "store page", and this page has useful information on it, even if game was removed, such as devs/publishers, date of release, but also and most importantly: "minimum / recommended requirements" ! here as i said, pony island ain't the best example for that as the requirements for it are very low... but some games who were removed in the past had meaningful data in this store page
So thank you GOG, stop sneaking on us and removing catalog titles with opac and obscure behavior, provide information about it somewhere, and also, don't let this removal deny useful stuff from previous owners, damnit !
1) there should be a catalog subsection or a small website page in the bottom page with up-to-date "games removal" from catalog with timestamp... it would be appreciated to have some transparency and disclosure. I don't ask the reasons of the removal, just the fact it was here and now it's gone
2) though it is not a good example for pny island, i find it stupid to delete/remove the old catalog page; there should be a cached version of it, not accessible via the regular catalog, for people who already own the removed games !!!
why ? simply because the library has a dropdown menu item called "store page", and this page has useful information on it, even if game was removed, such as devs/publishers, date of release, but also and most importantly: "minimum / recommended requirements" ! here as i said, pony island ain't the best example for that as the requirements for it are very low... but some games who were removed in the past had meaningful data in this store page
So thank you GOG, stop sneaking on us and removing catalog titles with opac and obscure behavior, provide information about it somewhere, and also, don't let this removal deny useful stuff from previous owners, damnit !
fables22
Bacon of light
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Registered: Oct 2016
From Poland
Posted December 13, 2016
As of now, I'm not aware of any plans to remove the games from our catalogue. So there's that. IF it ever were to happen, I'll make sure you guys know well in advance (although please do take into account that in games "well in advance" usually means 24hrs tops:)).
Smannesman
4-bit classic
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From Netherlands
Posted December 13, 2016
HypersomniacLive
The Reluctant Voter
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From Vatican City
Posted December 13, 2016
plagren: If I understand correctly, handled the publishing for Pony Island and Plug In Digital were the distributor (both are listed as publishers on [url=http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Pony_Island]PCGW). BulkyPix went bankrupt in August, which would explain the revenue not getting to Mullins. I guess they couldn't sort things out so the game was removed.
Or maybe it was something else, I dunno.
Interesting. Were both also listed here on GOG? There's no GOGWiki page for the game, so no way to check it now. Or maybe it was something else, I dunno.
If BulkyPix went bankrupt in August, who was GOG sending the revenue from August till now?
MaxFulvus
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From France
Posted December 13, 2016
Ok, thanks.
Rixasha
Mangeon Duster
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From Finland
Posted December 13, 2016
whatsnottaken: It suggests they removed the game from their database entirely, or blocked it off from access, both of which are pretty shady practices for someone who has already purchased the product.
For what it's worth, I can confirm that Pony Island is still on my account. If it's actually missing from someone and an account refresh doesn't bring it back, they should contact support to have it put back.
tremere110
Hmmm...
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From United States
Posted December 13, 2016
Hey! The wrong post was marked as the solution. It's this one! ;p
HunchBluntley
language geek
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From United States
Posted December 13, 2016
Djaron: 1) there should be a catalog subsection or a small website page in the bottom page with up-to-date "games removal" from catalog with timestamp... it would be appreciated to have some transparency and disclosure. I don't ask the reasons of the removal, just the fact it was here and now it's gone
Can you name any store (not just game stores), digital or physical, that has done anything of the kind?plagren
Grumpy Old Git
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From Other
Posted December 13, 2016
HypersomniacLive: Interesting. Were both also listed here on GOG? There's no GOGWiki page for the game, so no way to check it now.
You can still see the gamecard on the Internet Archive. It just says "Daniel Mullins Games / Plug In Digital".HypersomniacLive
The Reluctant Voter
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From Vatican City
Posted December 13, 2016
plagren: You can still see the gamecard on the Internet Archive. It just says "Daniel Mullins Games / Plug In Digital".
Looks like Plug In Digital is the one collecting the revenue from the beginning. which would explain the tweet better, and GOG got caught up in the middle of an "internal" issue between developer and publisher. Interestingly, MaGog lists the game as self-published.
zeogold
The Puzzlemaster
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From United States
Posted December 13, 2016
I suspect it's because either people didn't click on the link or aren't familiar with rickrolling.
Kinda reminds me of this:
http://gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-brilliant-april-fools-prank-on-people-who-1557745710
Kinda reminds me of this:
http://gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-brilliant-april-fools-prank-on-people-who-1557745710
HunchBluntley
language geek
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From United States
Posted December 13, 2016
plagren: You can still see the gamecard on the Internet Archive. It just says "Daniel Mullins Games / Plug In Digital".
HypersomniacLive: Looks like Plug In Digital is the one collecting the revenue from the beginning. which would explain the tweet better, and GOG got caught up in the middle of an "internal" issue between developer and publisher. Interestingly, MaGog lists the game as self-published.
park_84
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From Spain
Posted December 13, 2016
Djaron: 2) though it is not a good example for pny island, i find it stupid to delete/remove the old catalog page; there should be a cached version of it, not accessible via the regular catalog, for people who already own the removed games !!!
why ? simply because the library has a dropdown menu item called "store page", and this page has useful information on it, even if game was removed, such as devs/publishers, date of release, but also and most importantly: "minimum / recommended requirements" ! here as i said, pony island ain't the best example for that as the requirements for it are very low... but some games who were removed in the past had meaningful data in this store page
So thank you GOG, stop sneaking on us and removing catalog titles with opac and obscure behavior, provide information about it somewhere, and also, don't let this removal deny useful stuff from previous owners, damnit !
Just this, and I find it more annoying because it could be easily implemented.why ? simply because the library has a dropdown menu item called "store page", and this page has useful information on it, even if game was removed, such as devs/publishers, date of release, but also and most importantly: "minimum / recommended requirements" ! here as i said, pony island ain't the best example for that as the requirements for it are very low... but some games who were removed in the past had meaningful data in this store page
So thank you GOG, stop sneaking on us and removing catalog titles with opac and obscure behavior, provide information about it somewhere, and also, don't let this removal deny useful stuff from previous owners, damnit !
HypersomniacLive
The Reluctant Voter
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From Vatican City
Posted December 13, 2016
I checked the "What did just update" thread, but couldn't find when MaGog reported the change.