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Originally Posted by Spare52
Why can't you download the game? What is the point of posting it up on your site if you cant download it?:notrust:
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Perhaps it'll clear up the situation a bit when I tell you it was downloadable when it was added to the site.
We had to remove it recently, as we found out the copyright holder decided to re-release it on STEAM - offering sold games for download is against our site policy.
Another part of that policy is that the reviews remain on the site even if the actual game is not downloadable - Abandonia's primary purpose is to preserve the games, rather than being a free download site.
If we removed the review it would mean destoying the work of the person who wrote it - which would be a very stupid and asinine thing to do.
Furthermore, the status of any non-downloadable game may change. The copyright holder might release them as freeware to promote a new part of the series, for instance (Command & Conquer, anyone?). The source selling them might run out of copies or remove the game from its offer for a different reason. The protection period might expire. And so on.
So if we removed the review someone would have to write a new one from scratch when we'd be able to put the game up for download again, and adding it back in would take much longer - as opposed to five clicks in the admin control panel to correct the status of any game which has a review on the site.