Guest Share Posted December 25, 2015 Are these games officially abbandonware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marioysikax 89 Share Posted December 25, 2015 It's a bit weird as you can still activate keys to those games on origin and download and install them without problems, but it does seem like they really are abandonware. I can even see links to download those games on official EA forums, the place where you would think that mod would clean them out pretty hastily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird 54 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Well considering Battlelog.co even hosts full version of BF2 I guess so. I was surprised that EA didn't come after them :O Also poor Vietnam and 1942 Expansions :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirh 102 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Games are still sold physically, even brand new copies are available (quite importantly I'd say, considering key is tied to single account). This is enough not to make them abbandonware (yet?) Even though I was realizing nowadays, if a digital-only game stops to be sold, there's really no legal way to obtain it afterwards. And I'd say this is a concept even "higher" than normal abbandonware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCat 11 Share Posted December 27, 2015 How do you guys define abandonware? Because most of the time I see the meaning change from one person to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marioysikax 89 Share Posted December 27, 2015 How do you guys define abandonware? Because most of the time I see the meaning change from one person to another. That's why I said it's bit weird, because keys are still sold and can still be activated and downloaded from EA servers which doesn't shout "abandoned". But then again, that's EAs own system seperate from the game itself which is only in place for customers who can still buy the games so they wouldn't just buy fancy frisbees. If game isn't updated, game components like online is broken and publisher is OK with game installers floating on the internet, then one would assume that game itself is abandoned. From Wikipedia: "Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no product support is available. Although such software is usually still under copyright, the owner may not be tracking or enforcing copyright violations." In paper, these games would fit that description at least. They're still owned and copyrighted by EA, but they aren't giving any support (outside Origin client related issues) and are turning blind eye for those sharing the game publicly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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