Grand Theft Auto IV has been delisted from Steam

Deleted User · Jan 11, 2020

EFLC is actually still listed for some reason, for me at least
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12220/Grand_Theft_Auto_Episodes_from_Liberty_City/

Wolfy · Jan 11, 2020

AlanJohn said:
I really, really hope it was delisted just to push an updated version of the game without the need for Windows Live. Iirc the game is unplayable without a patch that removes windows live from the game, because you need to log in to save the game. Problem is, you can't login, because the service is dead.

This may or may not help.

Source: Current GTA IV Steam Page

matpower · Jan 11, 2020

LiveLatios said:
EFLC is actually still listed for some reason, for me at least
https://store.steampowered.com/app/12220/Grand_Theft_Auto_Episodes_from_Liberty_City/

Maybe copyright is still valid for this? Either way I hope it gets on sale next-ish week so I can buy it. I already own IV anyway, might as well keep the IV series complete.

AlanJohn · Jan 11, 2020

Wolfy said:
This may or may not help.

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Source: Current GTA IV Steam Page

Didn't know about this. Still, the requirement for making an account just to save is preposterous.

Xzi · Jan 11, 2020

Ev1l0rd said:
They still are if you own GTA4 already and if you activate the game through a steam key, you can still get it.

Exactly, it's not as if people who already bought the game can no longer access it, and there are other sources available to purchase it still. Additionally, Steam even lets you download old versions of games through console commands. I did that recently to set up a second installation of Beat Saber since Facebook bought out the devs and they're moving toward cutting out mods/custom songs.

DinohScene · Jan 11, 2020

They reversed the music removal patch iirc..
Perhaps they delisted it in favor of listing it on their own launcher?

Jayro · Jan 11, 2020

Good, it's broken anyway.

guisadop · Jan 11, 2020

AlanJohn said:
I know for a fact that the San Andreas port they made for mobile (which was then ported to consoles) is completely broken. Some essential missions are broken due to glitches, which is why you basically can't complete the game. There's actually a good video about it.

I don't know about the other ports. From my memory, the vice city and III versions on Android ran fine. Best way to play the original GTA's is with a modified, downgraded steam version (or a pirated version ) with mods that enable widescreen support. Or through a PS2 emulator if your computer is good enough.

I played the mobile version on my PS3 and I experienced quite a lot of crashes, but had no problem completing the game.

Deleted User · Jan 11, 2020

Did it get a DVD release on PC?

Nobody_Important4u · Jan 11, 2020

And that's why i hate steam and digital distribiution overall

HideoKojima · Jan 11, 2020

You can always play Driver: San Francisco

DANTENDO · Jan 11, 2020

darkherobrine4u said:
And that's why i hate steam and digital distribiution overall

Lol It's one game mate don't overreact

Nobody_Important4u · Jan 11, 2020

DANTENDO said:
Lol It's one game mate don't overreact

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Driver san Francisco
Deadpool the video game
OutRun Online Arcade
All wiiware
Satellaview games
Sega channel games
LEGO lord of the rings

I can do it all day

Also steam gave us more shovelware than Wii

DANTENDO · Jan 12, 2020

darkherobrine4u said:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Driver san Francisco
Deadpool the video game
OutRun Online Arcade
All wiiware
Satellaview games
Sega channel games
LEGO lord of the rings

I can do it all day

Also steam gave us more shovelware than Wii

Lol A handful of games- saying you hate them yr acting like they hav infected yr 1000 quid pc and it's unrepairable

Xzi · Jan 12, 2020

darkherobrine4u said:
And that's why i hate steam and digital distribiution overall

That's just as silly as saying you hate physical media because discs can become unreadable or crack, and cartridge contacts can rust. If you're smart you'll always make digital backups regardless of the original format anyway.

Necron · Jan 12, 2020

I mean, the PC port is pretty awful, so console only is a better choice.

MadMakuFuuma · Jan 12, 2020

i have the steam version, but i have to some "alternative" copies too. mostly because of the music removed (yes, i think that some of the removed musics are part of the game's charm. like "age of seventeen', for example) and that's why i hated when "don't be cruel", by bobby brown, was removed from san andreas. but yeah, you can always add that songs in your personal radio station... without the narrator say funny things about the music ;(

ps: i don't think that GTAIV was pulled from steam, because "everyone plays GTAV". and i believe that GTAIV is going back in some form.

FAST6191 · Jan 12, 2020

Xzi said:
That's just as silly as saying you hate physical media because discs can become unreadable or crack, and cartridge contacts can rust. If you're smart you'll always make digital backups regardless of the original format anyway.

I still have game tapes that work, floppy discs too, many cartridges as well. I can also sell them and buy them from other people.

We are now 11 years and change on with this, no technical impediments to it, maybe a legal one that probably could have been dodged by various actors (good contract, bulk purchase of keys as a reserve -- we have seen game shops buy their own stock before), company owning the rights with more money than the ninja king himself, and we are left with a handful of dubious routes at best to play what is a defining game of a generation in a world renowned series.
People then tell me digital is the future, and theoretically it could be, but if I can't be assured games will be there and can't dip into the second hand market because every roadblock is thrown up all the time then what a grim future that looks like. I choose then to make people aware of these little foibles when relevant, but I do find it curious when people are in such a rush to defend all this (granted not as much as the "second hand hurts the poor game devs, might as well rip food from the mouths of their children", though I suspect such people go to the same parties).

Jayro · Jan 12, 2020

AlanJohn said:
I really, really hope it was delisted just to push an updated version of the game without the need for Windows Live. Iirc the game is unplayable without a patch that removes windows live from the game, because you need to log in to save the game. Problem is, you can't login, because the service is dead.
Rockstars support for its legacy games is quite frankly shit. Just TRY to play any of the old GTA's without patches on a modern machine. Also instead of updating their game, they just remove music from it. I'm never buying a rockstar game ever again.

If you lock the files down as read-only and set the permissions to Administrator, can they still remove them?

Xzi · Jan 12, 2020

FAST6191 said:
I still have game tapes that work, floppy discs too, many cartridges as well.

As do I, but that doesn't make my previous statement any less true. We're just now beginning to see the flaws with disc-based media as a long-term storage solution, for music in particular, and people are again favoring vinyl records for that reason.

FAST6191 said:
I can also sell them and buy them from other people.

Which works the same way for digital activation keys, though that market tends to favor buyers more than sellers, where physical media is the opposite. So much so that a lot of revered games in physical format become prohibitively expensive at one point or another, even if in poor condition.

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