This is where I start to get nervous. So I've been on steam since probably 2007, and its been there all this time, and never once have i failed to be able to re-download a game i've purchased. Now, there is the whole accessibility issue which is irrelivant to this topic, suffice to say, steam is absolutely 100% inaccessible to screen readers period. now getting to the point. Whenever audio games come out, usually, there comes a time down the road when a developer wants to hand them off, and I get that. I am not saying that this is a wrong decision or even judging someone for doing this. Where I get a bit iffy is from a customer standpoint, because when I buy something, I want to make sure for as long as I want to, I can use that product, and I reinstall my system about twice a year to prevent slowdowns, etc. Let's just say something tends to come up. But if i cannot get that product again, that tends to bug me a bit. And OK so you say that its the end-user's responsibility to keep the file, that's fine, i can throw it up on dropbox, google drive, whatever. But when it comes time to activate that game, whether it needs a key that no longer works, or something happens and i cannot retrieve it, then i get a bit annoyed. Now, GMA has given me keys after I have lost the emails, they did not have to do that, that's a service and its one I appreciate. All I'm trying to say is that when games are changing hands, I tend to get a bit nervous. I haven't bought TDV2, but I've wanted to, I've just been strapped for cash as of late and not buying any games, and as of this announcement, I don't think I'm going to even when I can just because I don't know how that's gonna work with someone else having control. It's like me wanting solid footing to stand on. Now this sort of thing happens all the time in open source, where package maintainers want to hand off and someone takes over, but that's a bit better because its most of the times free software.
So to sum up, I guess this sort of wishy-washy nature of audiogame development kinda makes me a little nervous because I'm wanting to protect my investment, even if its as simple as me investing in my own entertainment. I hope this makes sense, I'm about half loony because its like later at night and I tend to get that way. Again, I'm not casting blame, or trying to start a bash fest, I'm just posting my point of view as a customer, and of course, any, what we call here in the states, intelectual property of the creator can be done with as the creator wishes, he / she has that right and I'm not trying to put that into question.
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