what the hex
Is it worth picking up before it’s removed?
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But remember, don’t pirate guys
can always sail the high seas. if they don’t want your money don’t give it to them.
Just a heads up that if you try buying from Humble, they have no keys right now for this game. It’s very possible we’ll never get them with the impending delist.
Always redeem (or sell) your Humble keys ASAP people
Yeah, Humble has been spiraling, and this is one of the largest symptoms. If they’re out of stock, they shouldn’t be allowed to list the game for sale. It’s particularly bad on their Humble Choice offers, where trying to claim after Day 1 often ends up with half of the keys listed as out of stock.
Aren’t they a charity?
Interesting, I haven’t had that experience with Humble Choice. Sometimes I don’t redeem for a week or more and I still manage to get keys. Was there any particular game that you had this issue with?
I have the issue from time to time if I go and bulk redeem like 6 months of keys cause I forgot Humble existed, but I usually get an email telling me the key is ready within a day or so.
Not sure they’ll end up getting keys for John Wick Hex sadly. We’ll see though.
Yeah I’m considering buying it on Steam directly with the plan of refunding if I get a code from Humble.
Friendly reminder to sign the StopKillingGames petition to avoid bullshit like this in the future.
While everyone should sign it, the campaign is about publishers that kill games that could conceivably remain working.
De-listing is likely a result of expired licensing or similar, and I don’t think it’s feasible (or realistic) to require companies to renew licenses in perpetuity just to keep selling games.
People should learn to read more than the name of the petition.
G*mers aren’t known for being smart enough to read.
“Stop Killing Games” is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.
People should read the petition before being snarky and wrong.
John Wick Hex has been sold as a completed product and will remain playable (for people who have already bought it, and people who track down a physical copy) even after the publisher pulls the plug. This is not planned obsolescence, their license for the movie rights has expired.
Stop Killing Games has NOTHING to do with this.
Agree. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear, but that’s my point
Oh, I’m very sorry, it’s my fault. I misinterpreted your comment.
It’s OK, I think I misunderstood somebody else and it seems I was disagreeing with an OK comment too
What you have quoted is not what’s happening to John Wick Hex. People who bought it can still download and play it.
Yes, I know. That’s why I quoted that part, to show what stop killing games is about, for those who don’t understand.
While I agree with the sentiment: It won’t be killed, “just” de-listed from sale. If you buy it now, you can still p/ay it.
Although an end-of-life plan would probably make it easier for the publishers to still sell the game after licences expire.
Why did you write „play“ like this?
Typo
Delisting a game goes against the point of game preservation. The trick of “buy it now to keep it” sounds like FOMO.
It’s still not what the initiative is asking for (in the EU)
You think publishers should not be allowed to decide when they want to stop selling their goods?
Makes me wonder if he could just rip the branding from it, alter the character a bit and stick it out again.
I’d definitely consider John Dick’s Hex
How come it’s getting removed?
Expired movie license probably.
Too much work to simply swap out the assets and change the character’s name with a patch?
Maybe someone made the calculations and the projected profits from a re-published, license-stripped version are lower than the estimated costs.
Is this any good?
It was okay. Nothing exciting, but one aspect of it that I did like is that you can choose to watch your choices happen in real time after you finish a level, which - although not the smoothest - does actually make it feel like John Wick just rolled through.
It’s on my wishlist, but don’t want to buy on full price, but also don’t want to buy for PC…
I “own” this on PlayStation. Will I still be able to download it after 17th?
Edit: I just read the article and it says that we will.
Likely Cause: Licensing Expiration
