Now, while I honestly couldn't care less about this, because that game was an impulse buy and probably got it for $1, and still have my PS2 disc with all songs, it is troubling to know that you don't really own what you digitally buy. It portrays some pretty grim implications for the future.
Imagine you buy a book, and it has illustrations made by some artist. They bought the rights to use the illustrations for X amount of years, and after those years passed, they come into your home and remove those pages from the book. Even you never planned to read it again, you would feel robbed.
I have no problems with they removing content from new editions of the game, even digital ones. Whatever they do with their product is their right (though I'd appreciate a disclaimer saying it's not the complete original thing). But they shouldn't have the right to remove content from copies they already sold. I don't really know if it's legal or not, but it sure as hell is scummy.
Imagine you buy a book, and it has illustrations made by some artist. They bought the rights to use the illustrations for X amount of years, and after those years passed, they come into your home and remove those pages from the book. Even you never planned to read it again, you would feel robbed.
I have no problems with they removing content from new editions of the game, even digital ones. Whatever they do with their product is their right (though I'd appreciate a disclaimer saying it's not the complete original thing). But they shouldn't have the right to remove content from copies they already sold. I don't really know if it's legal or not, but it sure as hell is scummy.
