Psychonauts gone from 360 Market Place?

Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:09 am

So I was planning to redownload psychonauts off the 360 Market Place but its nolonger there. Ive already bought the game from market place but I deleted and was gonna redownload it later. But I cant cause its not there. Anyone know why?
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Lyd
 
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:50 am

The publishing rights for Psychonauts transferred from Majesco back to the developer, Double Fine, back in mid-June. (Or at least that's when it was announced--obviously there was some legal wrangling yet to be finished.) Its disappearance may have something to do with that--maybe they have to renegotiate terms of sale with the Marketplace or something.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:44 am

The publishing rights for Psychonauts transferred from Majesco back to the developer, Double Fine, back in mid-June.

Oh, that's good news! Not that I expect another Psychonauts... Would be great though! I don't think Tim Schafer has any interest in the PC market anymore.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:31 pm

And this is why I dont like downloading games. Much better of keeping the physical games.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:53 am

Oh, that's good news! Not that I expect another Psychonauts... Would be great though! I don't think Tim Schafer has any interest in the PC market anymore.


I think the problem isn't so much lack of interest as it is lack of funding. I remember reading a quote from Tim (or someone at Double Fine) saying that they'd port stuff like Costume Quest over in a heartbeat if they had the funds for it.

And this is why I dont like downloading games. Much better of keeping the physical games.


:shrug: With Steam, once I've bought a game I can download it forever, even if it goes walkabout from the store. People who purchased Crysis 2 before it got pulled from Steam are still able to download/install it, for instance. It's just that no one can purchase it anymore.

I'm really surprised the XBox Marketplace doesn't operate on the same principle, but then, I suppose it is Microsoft. :P
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:54 am

So I was planning to redownload psychonauts off the 360 Market Place but its nolonger there. Ive already bought the game from market place but I deleted and was gonna redownload it later. But I cant cause its not there. Anyone know why?

Check your download history. I've had them pull some stuff before, I had deleted them previously. It should still be in the history though.
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:54 pm

I think the problem isn't so much lack of interest as it is lack of funding. I remember reading a quote from Tim (or someone at Double Fine) saying that they'd port stuff like Costume Quest over in a heartbeat if they had the funds for it.

Yes, he said so multiple times, one example http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/1543/article/trenched-interview-with-tim-schafer/. The THQ and Microsoft deals were strictly console-only, and BrĂ¼tal Legend sold badly so EA didn't want a port. Shame, really.
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