Hacking Removed games

[tunip3]

Hi does anyone know if apps and games removed from the store are no longer available to download once you delete them?

 

[jrobertdobson]

If they have been removed from store, as far as I have been able to find, they are gone. My solution has been to install older less frequent played games on a smaller ext HDD not always hooked up, as an insurance policy.
I am cheap, lol, and salvage drives from laptops all the time.

 

[tunip3]

If they have been removed from store, as far as I have been able to find, they are gone. My solution has been to install older less frequent played games on a smaller ext HDD not always hooked up, as an insurance policy.
I am cheap, lol, and salvage drives from laptops all the time.

So once an app is removed from the store it is deleted forever?

 

[contezero]

So once an app is removed from the store it is deleted forever?

Yes. If a game is removed is probably because of licensing issues so M$ doesn't have anymore the rights to make it available for you even if you already paid for it or you have a code to redeem. If you have a code and you never downloaded that game maybe you can ask for a refund.

 

[tunip3]

Yes. If a game is removed is probably because of licensing issues so M$ doesn't have anymore the rights to make it available for you even if you already paid for it or you have a code to redeem. If you have a code and you never downloaded that game maybe you can ask for a refund.

Ok by that I don't mean not being able to buy the game or app, I mean the game or app not being able to be redowloaded once deleted

 

[jrobertdobson]

No, once you delete the game from your console, and it has been removed from the store, AFIK there is no way to retrieve it again.

 

[tunip3]

No, once you delete the game from your console, and it has been removed from the store, AFIK there is no way to retrieve it again.

Hmm ok is there a list of removed apps and games?

 

[FR0ZN]

I can only speak for Sony, but if you buy a Game / DLC / whatever, you will always be able to redownload it from your Downloadlist.
Only in cenarios where free content gets removed from the store, there is a chance it will also be removed from your Downloadlist, like it happened for P.T.

I'd be surprised if M$ handles this differently for paid content.