I was wondering why the original game had disappeared from Steam.

[Nats]

I was wondering why my Death Stranding original game had disappeared from Steam, I thought they cant have removed it already.

Now I know why - because you have released a 'Director's Cut' to try to get more money for very little done to a very old game lol. Well good luck with that.

I don't really appreciate the fact my original game is now redundant on Steam though.

Why couldn't this have been just an update rather than a new product? Theres practically nothing new in it. High frame rate lol. Wide monitor support lol. Cross over content? Wow I am really interested in that stuff - as if it didnt already have a decent frame rate and monitor image already.

So games are now featuring Directors Cut versions? Will this greedy, capitalist, money grabbing developer attitude never end? We have Civilization 7 offering practically nothing for £120. And now DS Directors Cut offering nothing for £36.

[Overseer]

The original DS is still available for download and can be played. The Directors Cut just took its place on the store and if you are fine with the OG version there is no need to buy the new one.
There is no ground for any drama.
Yes the PC version lacks some features it should have, especially good AA options, but its still a console-focused game from a japanese developer that is perfectly playable.
And no; Directors Cuts are nothing new to the industry. And if its not that its some Edition or Package or Version or Collection or Remake or Remaster or....

[TarouDem]

I still find it weird that you all complain about that considering you think the Director's Cut doesn't offer anything good. If it doesn't, don't buy it and keep playing the one you own. You can do that.
Now if you thought it offers amazing stuff you think you're entitled to because you own the first version I see more reason to complain.
But even in that case this version is on sale for people like you who owns the first one. I own the first version in another platform and had to pay almost full price for my copy of Director's Cut here. Because I wanted to. But like, I repeat, you don't need to. So what's the big deal?

[deltahazer]

As the above responders already said, nobody's forcing you, OP.

Besides, the release of the Director's Cut hit Steam about three years ago. If you're only now noticing and saying anything about it, is it really that important to you?

[Nats]

Originally posted by deltahazer:

As the above responders already said, nobody's forcing you, OP.

Besides, the release of the Director's Cut hit Steam about three years ago. If you're only now noticing and saying anything about it, is it really that important to you?

No it isn't at all I just noticed the icon had gone blank in my games list which is the most annoying thing about it lol. I only played the game a short while before getting completely confused, and shortly after that bored because I didnt know why I was playing it.

[Blackmagemasher]

Originally posted by Nats:

No it isn't at all I just noticed the icon had gone blank in my games list which is the most annoying thing about it lol. I only played the game a short while before getting completely confused, and shortly after that bored because I didnt know why I was playing it.

What do you mean "had gone blank"?

[Nats]

Originally posted by Blackmagemasher:

Originally posted by Nats:

No it isn't at all I just noticed the icon had gone blank in my games list which is the most annoying thing about it lol. I only played the game a short while before getting completely confused, and shortly after that bored because I didnt know why I was playing it.

What do you mean "had gone blank"?

The icon picture has disappeared on my Steam games list as it has with several games that no longer have a page on Steam like my old Football Manager and F1 games.

[deltahazer]

Originally posted by Nats:

Originally posted by Blackmagemasher:

What do you mean "had gone blank"?

The icon picture has disappeared on my Steam games list as it has with several games that no longer have a page on Steam like my old Football Manager and F1 games.

If it's gone blank in your Library list, then the cached files for its library entry don't exist anymore on your machine- Store page being removed doesn't matter. Mine still shows both the original version and the DC tiles, side-by-side.

Check your "Steam\appcache\librarycache" folder for a subfolder "1190460"

If it's not there, or if it's empty, I could provide a copy of the files from my drive. It's just three JPG files to provide the Library tile, the header image on its page, and an icon for the side list & program shortcuts.