Rockstar didn’t even acknowledge GTA IV’s tenth anniversary. Only by removing several songs from its radio stations.

Sega celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sonic by releasing Sonic 06.

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    They did do a better job on the 35th anniversary though.

    No, they didn’t.

    For the 35th anniversary, they did all this.

    • They removed Mario 3D All Stars from the eShop and stopped selling it in stores to get FOMO sales so people would care less that it was a lazy overpriced cash grab collection.
    • They removed Super Mario Bros. 35 from the eShop and shut down the servers, making it completely unplayable.
    • They removed the ability to upload levels in Super Mario Maker 1.
    • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      The way how Nintendo has a complete inability to understand modern, usually online, entertainment services, is truly an achievement. Just creating an NNID for your console is already a colossal pain in the ass, but it doesn’t begin or stop there. The way how fairly modern games got their entire service lineup completely shutdown is just unacceptable

    • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Well I mean, they also ADDED Super Mario Bros 35 to the eShop, for free. You can’t just mention the removal as if it had always been there. I agree it was shitty for them to remove it though, it was one of my all time favorite games. But I’m at least happy that I got to play it.

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        You paid a subscription for it. It wasn’t free. Just like any other online game, there’s no reason it has to die.