The Jimquisition 27: R.I.P. P.T. - Why We Can't Keep Nice Things
Konami has erased P.T. from the PlayStation Network, killing what it probably saw as little more than a commercial for a now-canceled game. Thing is, it was more than a commercial. It was more than a GAME. It was a crucial piece of history that Konami has erased.
This doesn't matter to game publishers, but it should matter to us. The digital age is coming, and companies get to decide what becomes history and what becomes forgotten. We can't archive anything, and we should care.
R.I.P. P.T. - Why We Can't Keep Nice Things (The Jimquisition) (www.youtube.com)
Comments (8)
Excellent job Jim...
Jim you utter cheese pirate! A great video, it's really said to see how much of gaming history is being lost. This was already a problem with how quickly technology is advancing and so much information being lost, but for publishers to exacerbate the problem out of misunderstanding their medium and their customers is really disappointing.
The games industry doesn't want you playing old, free games when you could be playing their new, expensive games instead.
I guess this is another reason we'll never get a suikoden 6?? and I still remember when Psycho Mantis told me I liked Suikoden... Yes Konami, yes I do...!
Kinda mean, but not surprising since the project is dead and they're pulling up stakes from the industry.
I know it was kind of spur of the moment speech, but when you said "squoze" I sort of had a brain halt. I was like...I don't think that's a word: <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestions/squoze" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestions/squoze</a> Also while I know you're not a fan of Doug Tenapel as a person, he and his old teammates from DreamWorks Interactive tried to purchase the rights back to The Neverhood Chronicles many years ago from EA. EA of course told them to fuck off, clearly having no intention to sell them the rights to THEIR game which EA will never ever use again. It's as you say, Jim, it's all about control.
Squoze is a pretty common British dialect word. Quite amusing that there's a page in the dictionary (albeit a web page) that says it's not in the dictionary. :)
Holy shit, this is horrible to try and watch on a mobile phone