Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix

Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix by elsonrodriguez on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:23PM (#19802677)

Console makers would like you to repurchase your game every 5 years for the new console, if they deem the game fit for re-release.

Whereas I've basically been copying the same DooM 2 install from computer to computer for 20 years.

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Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix by cwyers on Thursday May 02, 2019 @12:53AM (#19804853)

I think this is going away. I can play (some, and it's growing over time) Xbox and Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One, and if I bought them digitally or still have the original disc, I don't have to pay anything more.

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Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix by krageon on Thursday May 02, 2019 @02:44AM (#19805364)

Backward compatibility used to be way more normal. Then it was killed, now it is slowly coming back and we are supposed to be thankful for it. A more cynical mind could be tempted to think of this as a strategy.

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Re:Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:19PM (#19803599)

cries in registry issues

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