RocketMan on 7/9/2015 at 17:55
Quote Posted by Maxrebo6
I don't own a legal copy of the game nor do I have backup of SSP(I regret that now).I am neither for nor against them putting up for sale on GOG and the like in fact for me that"s preferable to them just taking it down and offering the no options in regards fans being able to playing their favorite games without have to resort to the highway robbery the second hand market can be.
There are still plenty of copies on Ebay and if you don't care about using it as a collectible, you can get a CD very cheap. Even if the CD is damaged and doesn't work, you can still buy it and then pirate it from somewhere with a clean conscience because you still bought the game... data is data. One copy has the same value as a billion copies if you don't distribute it. At least by doing that, the money that originally purchased that disk, which is now in the developers' pockets, is still in THEIR pockets. Only diff is the owners' money changing hands.
Ringer on 10/9/2015 at 08:59
I highly doubt the game will ever be made for sale again... It is too old and old fashioned to bother spending money on to try to make it suitable for retail sale especially since it has no copy protection or anything. On top of that any mods that make the game easier to run/play are owned by their respective authors and the SS owner would need to buy those rights for a commercial release (or they should anyway)
I would say they are protecting their recently aquired IP and flexing their muscles...
I have no doubt that SSP will be made available somewhere else on the internet eventually.
ZylonBane on 10/9/2015 at 13:35
Quote Posted by Ringer
I highly doubt the game will ever be made for sale again... It is too old and old fashioned to bother spending money on to try to make it suitable for retail sale especially since it has no copy protection or anything.
Hey look, someone who apparently doesn't know that (
https://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&page=1) GOG is a thing.
Ringer on 11/9/2015 at 01:42
Make fun of me all you like, but I cannot see System Shock for sale there and I will be surprised if it gets there..
Starker on 12/9/2015 at 05:30
Quote Posted by Ringer
Make fun of me all you like, but I cannot see System Shock for sale there and I will be surprised if it gets there..
Night Dive has made several classic games available again for the general public, so I don't see why they would act differently this time. SS1 is not remarkably different from games like Strife, the last Wizardry trilogy, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream as far as its status as a classic old game is concerned.
ZylonBane on 22/9/2015 at 12:42
/commences making fun of Ringer
Jason Moyer on 22/9/2015 at 16:56
It's good to see that you guys were able to work something out that benefits the players, voodoo.
voodoo47 on 22/9/2015 at 21:16
isn't that what we've always been doing? for like, years now?
