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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But actually, yes, I do enjoy paying $40 for the remake of an old classic, if it’s done well.

Yeah, but quite often it's not done well, and is still explicitly intended to replace if not displace the original.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah for sure. That's actually another reason that old abandonware should be kept available for people to play. If they come up with a replacement that's good enough to displace the original, that's awesome. But if they come up with a replacement that isn't worth it, they shouldn't be able to artificially prop up that version by making the original unavailable.