This is where the argument that piracy is also preserving games stands up. Although, it begs the question why games developers do not properly archive their software.
This is where the argument that piracy is also preserving games stands up. Although, it begs the question why games developers do not properly archive their software.
As much as there’s an Activision fuckup here, there’s also a Hasbro fuckup. When you do a deal like this with a publisher, part of that agreement should include provisions for the source code - either directly sending it or if Activision didn’t want to share its proprietary code, indirectly via an Escrow service.