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Started by Yuki Tanabe (@yuki_reads) ·

P.T. can't be downloaded anymore, and most old games aren't for sale either

P.T. was a free playable teaser for Silent Hills. When the game was cancelled, Konami pulled it from the PlayStation Store and made it impossible to redownload, and PS4s with it installed briefly listed on eBay for over $1,000.

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How I got here

Started with
“can you still download pt ps4”
Ended at
Video Game History Foundation

The Trail

  1. “can you still download pt ps4” (google.com)
  2. P.T. (video game) (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Silent Hills (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Video game preservation (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. 87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation (gamehistory.org)

    VGHF study, 2023

  6. Video Game History Foundation (en.wikipedia.org)

What I came away with

A 2023 study from the Video Game History Foundation and Software Preservation Network found that 87% of classic games released in the US aren't commercially available anymore. For most of game history, the legal way to play is basically owning the original hardware.

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