Disney also licensed Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two to Sony and this can only be played via a now-expensive physical release.Ī similar thing happened with both LEGO Lord of the Rings and LEGO The Hobbit , with both disappearing mostly overnight from all digital storefronts, not just Vita. This is a bit baffling since they were both originally mobile titles. Capcom 3 are long gone (sadly so too is the DLC for the latter, a problem which has also affected LittleBigPlanet as it offered Marvel-themed DLC), and so too is Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel’s Super Heroes. Speaking of Disney, its Star Wars IP formed part of Angry Birds Star Wars , which is now delisted, but so too is the Angry Birds Trilogy. This means games like The Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Marvel vs. The Marvel licence in particular seems to be problematic. Licensing is a common issue among delisted titles. Again, Asian-English physical versions are available for both, but with cart production ceasing this year these are only going to get rarer and rarer. Things like Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory and Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs Force could well be next. Given the aforementioned titles' sudden disappearance from digital storefronts, I would also be on alert for other anime games suddenly disappearing from the store without notice. Others, like Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, J-Stars Victory Vs+, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3, and One Piece Unlimited World Red also received physical releases in Europe, making them slightly easier to hunt down, but even for these titles prices are only going to increase as time goes on. Both of these received physical English releases in Asia, meaning you can still get them, but prices are insanely high for both – Digimon regularly fetches upwards of $90/£90 on eBay, while Asterisk War is commanding more like $250/£250. Phoenix Festaand Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth. Sadly, some of these have become hugely pricey as time has gone on, the main offenders being anime licensed titles from Bandai-Namco like A.W. Of course, the best case scenario for the games that will be featured in an article like this are those that have had both physical and digital releases, because this means that although they’ve been removed from digital storefronts you can still hunt down a physical copy, so you're not completely out of options. Why have they been delisted and what does this mean for the Vita’s digital future?ĭigital Delisted Games With Physical Releases It’s these that I’m aiming to examine in this article - games which have been removed from the PlayStation Store, both those that are digital-only (meaning they’re gone forever) and those that have physical releases that you’ll need to hunt down. While the convenience this brings is undeniable, and plenty of gamers have embraced having a stuffed memory card in their Vita, there are major pitfalls that are slowly beginning to show, one of which is that games can be delisted without any prior warning, leaving them lost to time unless you bought them before they disappeared. By Adam Cartwright, posted on 13 April 2019 / 7,065 ViewsĮver since the advent of full-game downloads on consoles, it seems the market has slowly been shifting towards a digital future where games are delivered through internet connections rather than physical disks.
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