Apple Removing Games From Purchase History

Apple is planning to make some massive gamer-affecting changes to games on its iOS store.

[tonmori]

This kind of sucks for gamers...

[Shillmeister]

It's bad, so much for a 'great digital future.' One where you don't own anything! >_>

[kiDRoBov2]

you're not paying for them to keep a game on their server for the sake of your purchase history. it sucks that Apple is doing that, but if you're gonna buy something digital, dont delete it. if you buy it digital, you're paying for the file. the same file that's on the physical copy of any game. it's always wise to transfer your purchases into your iTunes by the way. Same goes for an Xbox One/PS4 game. dont delete your games for space, buy more space.

[u4one]

a) its only if the developer themselves remove the game - which in all probability means its not supported anymore anyway

b) its possible to just simply make a backup of your phone before you delete games and restore them from the backup

c) this actually helps with security as old and or unsupported software no longer leaves holes as the software evolves.

d) who is going to pay for the storage of all of these apps that are no longer supported, just so you can possibly download it some day in the future after you already deleted it off your phone. if you deleted it off the device you aren't doing much with it anyway obviously.

[Baka-akaB]

Actually people are paying them quite enough to offset such costs ...

At some point there gotta be a limit to nickel and dimming on the back of your customers .

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. P.T might have not been enough to convince folks about what an all digital future could entail, well this news sure might.

Once something is up on a server and can only be download, anyone's purchase is at risk. I'm only ok with digital games because we have physical options.

Digital only is very much a bad thing for consumers, as to what is happening right now to those who play IOS games.

[donthate]

FYI: Apparently this isn't true and the policy hasn't changed at all:

"Not so fast. The saga has taken another interesting turn. TouchArcade reached out to Apple and was told by Apple PR that there has been no policy change. So that still leaves the question why the apps have been disappearing from the Purchase History.

The interesting mystery is solved. But you shouldn’t be happy at all."

http://appadvice.com/appnn/...

[christian hour]

Exact same thing happened to me a few years ago on 360, my purchase of Fable 1 via xboxOriginals was no longer accesible :(

Havent had this problem yet with PSN, but who the hell knows what the future holds.

[Palitera]

Baka-akaB

Why would there be a limit?
The players are the ones that should impose it and we know that these are by far the most lenient and lazy consumers out there. They will still buy from Apple Store, regardless of ANYTHING Apple does. The same goes for Microsoft, Sony etc.

And no, yelling on Twitter or crying out loud on Facebook does not count as digital guerilla. lol

[BattleAxe]

I've never had any real confidence in Apple to become a proper competitor in the gaming space, and I suppose this pretty much ruins any chance of them actually bringing hardcore gamers on board with Apple TV.

[Godmars290]

You're just now realizing this? Didn't see it coming when it was announced?

[3-4-5]

ios + Digital is NOT the future.

It's pushed because the profit margin is better for the companies, and they get to get more while giving less.

Juts another reason I don't game on my iphone. Not worth it.

[Palitera]

If it is so much better for the companies, why do you say it is not the future?

Because the interneters don't like it?

[3-4-5]

Because we the people have the money, and if we don't like it, we don't spend it.

If we don't spend it, they don't make a profit and they are then forced to change their ways or go out of business.

Have you never gone to school and learned stuff ?

[Palitera]

Have you never met real life, where mad people at forums don't rule the world?

[Mjm506]

Gamers don't play on iOS

[Joey_Leone]

You dont own digital things that rely on service

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

It sucks but I don't feel sorry for people who waste their money on overpriced apple products.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Yup, I was like "So what?"... Does this people suddenly care to not be ripped off? If so, they started wrong. Paying hundreds of dollars for a new phone every year to pay even more for worthless games that feel like crap and now they are going to cry over old crap games they never owned (if they cared to read the policies) and had even deleted to begin with?

I'm not saying any of it is fair or right, in fact that's why I still refuse an all digital future, but let's not pretend that this is the big problem for the iPhone crowd... I'm sorry if you're an iPhone owner and was affected by it in anyway, but as they say, a fool and his money... This kind of thing is to be expected.

[BG11579]

Yep, totally agree. That is why I love the bluray, DVD,CD or catrige...
Physical support for life!!!!!

[DC777]

Yep. Adios mobile gaming.

[FallenAngel1984]

This is why gamers will always have the need for physical games. A digital only platform will always be subject to this

[c00lvilKid69]

Definitely agree with you on this. In general, I stay away from digital downloads. It's all about that physicality and ownership over something tangible.

[Relientk77]

Agree I will always choose physical copies over digital

[SteamPowered]

How are you going to use physical media on your Iphone/AppleTV?

[stalepie]

I wish more collections of indies came out, like those "Best of Playstation Network" blu-rays from a while back on PS3, but I think they only did one.

Doesn't have to be just indies, of course.

[ConboyAdam]

Sometimes its like Apple thinks the internet doesn't mock it enough so its gotta pull stunts to rile us up

[u4one]

yet they are the most valuable company in the world... its usually the douchey internet haters and they are the minority. if they weren't, apple wouldn't be where it is. as if hating a successful brand somehow makes them cooler. who cares. they are the same people that hate when Facebook adds a feature or changes the layout or fears any type of change to anything thats different than what they are used to right this second. the stuff people freak out about is really insignificant 8-10 times.

apple just released a new phone that broke every sales record ever for a phone launch - that was just weeks ago... and it reviewed extremely well on top of it. they must be scared.

this whole entitled, self righteous, I'm being robbed or limited or things are being taken away from me mentality is annoying. read the fine print for anything computer/software related and see what your rights really are.

this whole thing is simply apple saying they aren't going to keep software on their servers if the developer themselves remove it... why would they keep it if its not supported?? GASP they could waste all that storage and bandwidth just so i have the satisfaction of knowing i can download some unsupported game some distant time in the future... i'll never get that $2.99 back. the horror....

and just for the record, all companies do this. you can't just go on the internet and re-download some random software you bought at some point in the past 10 years ago or after the publisher went belly up or whatever event has happened. sometimes the OS itself stops supporting software. you ever try to run an old pc game from the 90s on your brand new rig? usually doesn't work out so well.

you don't even own the software. you are paying for the right to use it on your machine. same goes with apple, ms, sony and everyone else. theres a reason that when a studio or publisher buys a game it costs millions of dollars and when you and i "buy" a game it costs tens of dollars... lets all think about why that is.

[Immorals]

Please don't defend apple, they brought fashion to the technology market, that's why they sell.

On a technological level, they charge more than their competitors for a limited, less powered device. They then take ideas from other products, slip an 'i' or 'apple' before it an unveil it as a brand new, groundbreaking feature, whilst every one of their iOS updates has been buggy and sometimes bricks products.

Their target market is everyday folk that buy what's popular with little to no knowledge of what powers their device, they just see its more expensive and assume it must be better.

[christian hour]

So much wrong with u4one's post not to mention such a warped view on how these things work and operate...

I'm not even going to bother with a response, too many time's I've put time in to one and it's fallen on deaf ears.

[shadowknight203]

Theres nothing wrong mixing fashion with technology
I.e everyone I talk to always love the sleek look of the galaxy s6

[N0TaB0T]

You yourself shouldn't have a say in anything, u4one.

Defending a corporation for poor decisions are why we're here in the first place. Besides you probably do not spend your own money on digital media to ever harbor such ilk point of view.

[Yukes]

Is this the future? Increasingly less control and a diminishing sense of ownership? No idea why anyone continues to support Apple.

[Dark_Overlord]

It's all about marketing, which Apple seem very good at sadly :/ They could put out the biggest pile of crap possible, yet with the right marketing people would still buy it, as Apple are seen as the 'hip' thing to have currently.

There was a bloke a while ago who proved good marketing was all you need, he made an ad to sell 3 paper bags for £10 (you could prob get hundreds for that price), yet the way he worded it made the bags seem like the greatest thing ever and he sold loads.

Just ordinary paper bags, and no complaints, as people assumed the bags were great. He did eventually return everyones money and explained that they were ordinary bags and how he'd used wording to make them seem great.

Apple phones are the most fragile things I've ever came across, I'm genuinely sick of repairing them for people.

[spektical]

:O I tired searching for this story. Do you have link? sounds like an interesting read.

[eferreira]

Microsoft removed some my 360 games. It's every company not just Apple. You're just finding ways to hate on them more.

[christian hour]

"it's every company"

As of today I can still download all my Steam games and all of my PSN games.

What 360 games did you lose? The only one I lost was an xboxClassic title (fable 1) and that was when MS quietly put that idea out to rest like old yeller.

[scarecrow2014]

So first they go and make a phone so badly it bends in your pocket and now this? Innovative genius (insert sarcastic tone here)

[MrsNesbitt]

Scum bag Apple

[Dark_Overlord]

I think apple might be in court pretty soon, and before anyone says 'licensing etc etc'. The EU are far more consumer friendly when it comes to this.

http://www.pcgamer.com/spec...

I can pretty much guarantee someone will challenge it in the European court.

[christian hour]

EU are super awesome when it comes to protecting peoples digital rights, and even MORE awesome when protecting digital rights and privacy etc is Ireland, which really surprised me. Ireland has some incredible digital rights activists doing some incredible things, they made Facebook bow down on several occasions :D

[brianunfried]

Don't buy digital games on any platform.

[DiaperFace]

I scoff at an all digital future. Until we have guarantees and more rights to what we pay for then they can f*** right off.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. We need something that very much states once someone legally buys a game, the company must maintain a method for those games to be distributed at all times.

If not,technically someone is merely buying a long term rental which can expire at anytime.

I'm very much not about said life lol. Physical will always be an option as consumers won't give up their rights that easily.

[kingPoS]

Here here!

I know the feeling. I ended up redeeming a code from vudu when walmart took to long to deliver the same movie. I still haven't watched it via vudu yet. I'd rather spin my shiny new disc first.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[Kamikaze135]

This is why I'm always reluctant to buy digital games. You don't really own them.

[Macdaddy71]

There goes me ever buying download online type games, if it's not on disc I'm done... They kill disc I'm done gaming.... Say what you...if you like making what you do to make companies million more power to you

[Revengeance]

Can't believe there are people out there that will defend this stupidity. An all digital future will NEVER be okay. Ever.

[christian hour]

Who said anything about an all-digital future? I prefer the idea of a multiple-choice future.

I have games I bought digitally 10 years ago that I can still download. I purchase a game digitally if I know it's one the friend I library share with is going to also play (we take it in turns) and I buy physical copies for games I know he won't have any interest in. Win win!

[Revengeance]

Having the choice between physical and digital is okay.

However a future where it's nothing but digital games where companies can control what games you can own is not okay in my book.

[BuildTheWall]

I don't own any Apple devices & looks like it is good that I haven't owned / don't own any Apple devices. Jobs was an a$$hole & I've had nothing but trouble with their products when I did. Sick of how content is being removed / deleted & then everyone loses purchased apps / games because of this bullshit. Think I'm going to be getting another phone in Dec. now that the Lumia 950 XL has been confirmed & my Lumia 928 is coming apart

[1noobgamer]

Still love apple though :)

[kingPoS]

Right...

Btw, I hear that sd-micro cards are awesome. One can never have enough space, right? Especially when you need room for all those favored games apps.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[Perjoss]

Digital is a load of toss. I can plug in any of my old consoles and play all the games I bought. SNES, Genesis, Playstation they all work fine. Why are companies trying to wrestle so much control over their products now, its so sly.

If I pay you for a game give me my game, dont pretend to give me stuff because that's dishonest.

[alfcrippinjr]

digital downloads are the biggest con going for nearly
all formats example for games console

reason why

1)prices are no diffrence if you own the physical copy

2)if your account gets banned for some unknown reason
your loose all your game same goes with steam.

3)nearly ever game is over 45gb download

i dont support digital downloading anymore

total scam

as for apple saying once the app is removed from the store you loose the purchase.
that is also a con.

when they do that people will not support digital downloads anymore.

you should be able to download them to keep on a hard drive

[DivineAssault]

That sucks but i never bought any games on my phone or tablet.. Feebies ill take but that is some bull

[kingPoS]

Soo... apple now denies customers the ability to download games they had purchased from them. What's next, revoking the license from bought itune music & videos?

Gotta love those round little discs, whether it's cd's or bluray's they'll never be able to take them from me.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[Mrveryodd]

screw apple ..... everyone here are always jumping on MSoft and thay bend over backwards to keep people happy . and there is apple who do nothing to keep people happy and some still think the sun shines out there ass. i have an 1st gen ipad mini and ipod touch ver4 both broken and both cost more to fix than to replace ..... never again apple ....never again.

[XanderZane]

This kind of sucks. Lucky for me most of my digital games on my IPad and IPod were free. I won't delete them until I'm completely done playing with them. Is keeping all these games in our history using up a lot of story or something? Don't really see the point of removing them from history.

[N0TaB0T]

It's depressing how much of a chokehold Apple has on public reception, out of any company, out of any of the worst gaming influences, Tim Cook just wants Apple to burn.

Thanks for killing handheld games. You earn the title of 'innovative thinkers'.

[gamer7804]

While i agree i'm not into any phone gaming, except for hearthstone, its not solely apple's fault, its just the phone market in general, android, windows, iOS etc. apple just happens to have the most.

[ZerobyZero]

Apple why you do this? Bye bye to all my games history :(

[Theparanerds]

Ok for those who didn't read or do research. It was incorrect. Apple will not be removing your gaming history. The only thing that will be deleted is if a game is removed from the App Store. Think Flappy Bird. When that was removed you can redone load it if you already had it. However this is the change. If Flappy Bird is removed only then can you not download the game again.

I get it. It's cool to hate apple

[BABY-JEDI]

It's not as though Apple don't have enough money. What a bunch of greedy b*stards. You hear that Apple. Greedy! 😡

[gamer7804]

There is only one phone game that i actually play, and thats only cause it makes sense for the device, and is on pc as well. Hearthstone.

The rest of my games are console/pc based.