“87% of games released before 2010 are no longer commercially available – and it’s a huge loss for the art form”

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jul/12/pushing-buttons-playing-old-video-games

It’s a good reason to open source your games once their commercial long tail had expired.

#gamedev #indiedev #opensource

Pushing Buttons: Why it’s getting harder to play your old favourite games

In this week’s newsletter: A new report says 87% of games released before 2010 are no longer commercially available – and it’s a huge loss for the art form

^{Simon Parkin (The Guardian)}