Game Preservation an Issue?
So I do not think it has been officially announced, but the information circling about the closure of the digital PS Vita and PS3 stores got me thinking about game preservation. I am sure I am not the...
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My PS2 died recently and that opened my eyes to the mess upwards compatibility is. The PS3 plays PS2 games, but only if it's an earlier generation of PS3. Mine wasn't, so I had to order a new PS2. Trouble is, I wanted to alsp play a PS1 game on my new PS2, like I did on my old. But the particular generation of PS2 I had ordered froze up when it was supposed to play a cutscene, because it emulates PS1 software only, not hardware. So I also ordered a new PS1. I now play PS1 games on PS1 and PS3 and PS2 games on PS2. Still have the first game boy and and an NES lying around...
Owning the disks doesn't do anything, because Sims 4 needs to get online-activated to start. So even if I bought all the EPs as physical versions, I might run into a situation where that doesn't help at all, because I need to install Sims 4 on a new computer, but the servers are no longer maintained, leaving me no option to activate the game. So my best bet would be to keep my current computer as long as possible.
The servers no longer existing is not a likely danger with The Sims, but I already lost access to online features of handheld games like Dragon Quest 9, because the service providing them no longer exists.
Owning the disks doesn't do anything, because Sims 4 needs to get online-activated to start. So even if I bought all the EPs as physical versions, I might run into a situation where that doesn't help at all, because I need to install Sims 4 on a new computer, but the servers are no longer maintained, leaving me no option to activate the game. So my best bet would be to keep my current computer as long as possible.
The servers no longer existing is not a likely danger with The Sims, but I already lost access to online features of handheld games like Dragon Quest 9, because the service providing them no longer exists.
