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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by optimiz3 on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:31AM (#18328305)
>I find myself more often just biting the bullet and re-buying some old classics when they get "Enhanced" editions

People have to do real work to produce newer versions of software, often this work is quite extensive (newer graphics APIs, resolutions, art assets, etc.) If it wasn't a viable enterprise this work wouldn't get done. It's not reasonable to expect perpetual free upgrades.

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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by tomc1985 on Monday October 29, 2018 @01:12PM (#18329151)
It still does get done, in many ways, by the fan community. Commercial entities updating games en masse as it is happening now is fairly new.
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