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I'm not ever buying anything on Steam ever again. Not after they started deleting games of my machine. I feel like someone came into my house and robbed me.

Meekro 3y ago
I feel like this needs more information. Please don't assume we all know which incident you're talking about.
- itishappy 3y ago
  I'm betting it's their recent CS2 rollout, where instead of adding it as a new listing they released it as an update to CS:Go. This meant the next time you logged in, it downloaded the new game and removed the old. The goal was to funnel people over to the new game. Upsides: CS2 should immediately have the full player base. Downsides: CS:Go is no longer available. CS2 is not a drop-in replacement, it has higher system requirements and no longer supports Mac. No opportunity for CS:Go to live on through custom servers. It's definately an odd situation, but it's very much not the norm. Steam tends to be ridiculously good at leaving your library intact. I still play Rocket League through steam even though it's been Epic exclusive (and free) for years. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_noteworthy_games_delisted_from_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_noteworthy_games_d... https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_delisted_from_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_delisted_fro...
  - cmeacham98 3y ago
    If we're talking about CS:GO, it is still available as a "beta" for CS2 - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-6369 https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-63... That said, Valve isn't running any servers for the game anymore, so matchmaking will no longer work. But you can relatively easily download the game and play on community/private servers.
    - itishappy 3y ago
      I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the correction! In that case I no longer see any issue.
- I_Am_Nous 3y ago
  A recent possibility could be Valve releasing Counter Strike 2 by replacing Counter Strike: Global Offensive entirely. Technically you can still play CS:GO by selecting the version in the Betas drop down (for now at least) but there are plenty of people who purchased CS:GO years ago before it was free and are upset because their "paid" game was replaced by a "free" game.
  - reactordev 3y ago
    Paid game replaced by a free game replaced by a different game entirely. That’s an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. At the very least consumer protection law.
    - I_Am_Nous 3y ago
      I believe Overwatch was originally a paid game, went free-to-play, and then was "upgraded" to Overwatch 2 in a similar way to CS:GO>CS2 did, but I don't remember there being as much anger over it.

Meekro 3y ago

I feel like this needs more information. Please don't assume we all know which incident you're talking about.

itishappy 3y ago
I'm betting it's their recent CS2 rollout, where instead of adding it as a new listing they released it as an update to CS:Go. This meant the next time you logged in, it downloaded the new game and removed the old. The goal was to funnel people over to the new game. Upsides: CS2 should immediately have the full player base. Downsides: CS:Go is no longer available. CS2 is not a drop-in replacement, it has higher system requirements and no longer supports Mac. No opportunity for CS:Go to live on through custom servers. It's definately an odd situation, but it's very much not the norm. Steam tends to be ridiculously good at leaving your library intact. I still play Rocket League through steam even though it's been Epic exclusive (and free) for years. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_noteworthy_games_delisted_from_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_noteworthy_games_d... https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_delisted_from_Steam https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_delisted_fro...
- cmeacham98 3y ago
  If we're talking about CS:GO, it is still available as a "beta" for CS2 - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-6369 https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-63... That said, Valve isn't running any servers for the game anymore, so matchmaking will no longer work. But you can relatively easily download the game and play on community/private servers.
  - itishappy 3y ago
    I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the correction! In that case I no longer see any issue.
I_Am_Nous 3y ago
A recent possibility could be Valve releasing Counter Strike 2 by replacing Counter Strike: Global Offensive entirely. Technically you can still play CS:GO by selecting the version in the Betas drop down (for now at least) but there are plenty of people who purchased CS:GO years ago before it was free and are upset because their "paid" game was replaced by a "free" game.
- reactordev 3y ago
  Paid game replaced by a free game replaced by a different game entirely. That’s an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. At the very least consumer protection law.
  - I_Am_Nous 3y ago
    I believe Overwatch was originally a paid game, went free-to-play, and then was "upgraded" to Overwatch 2 in a similar way to CS:GO>CS2 did, but I don't remember there being as much anger over it.