Gearbox bring this game back to steam!

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well this version! I already own it, so i'm not at a loss, but as a Duke fan, this is just crazy that this version is no longer available BUT people can still create things for it via the workshop? like why? why have an ACTIVE community, steam workshop support, but the game isn't even available? trust me i read the g*y thread on why it was removed (and didn't even need to read to know. it's obv license issues/timing expired blah blah no one cares) the fact is you guys as gearbox NOW have the property rights for this game (so you ARE able to distribute it again) and you're just sitting on them pretty much. no one wants the 20th garbage port. n all you're doing is suckering people. old school fans aren't buying that trash because WE have the one you should have (this version) already, but for those who can't even get it. it's truly unfair.
you're trying to sell them a way sh*ttier version of this game, and for more money.
stop being such cash grabbing money hungry c*cks*ckers and just bring this game back on steam. no one should have 20th in their library but EVERYONE should have this version in their library.

I just find it crazy that all these years have passes, and you do have the rights to the game, so you could bring it back to all difital platforms/markets (not just steam), you have an active community still for the game (because people still make stuff for this via the workshop) but the game can't even be bought anymore for new players etc. just stupid.

[particle systems]

Im not exactly sure how licensing works but I think that even if Gearbox owns Duke Nukem, Devolver Digital may still have some kind of ownership of the Megaton Edition so thats probably why they made their own version in the first place.

Something similar may apply to the Duke games from the 3D realms Anthology pack where 3D realms may still hold some ownership to these titles even if Gearbox owns the Duke IP. Its just a theory though.

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Originally posted by ★Hydra:

Im not exactly sure how licensing works but I think that even if Gearbox owns Duke Nukem, Devolver Digital may still have some kind of ownership of the Megaton Edition so thats probably why they made their own version in the first place.

Something similar may apply to the Duke games from the 3D realms Anthology pack where 3D realms may still hold some ownership to these titles even if Gearbox owns the Duke IP. Its just a theory though.

I can def see where you're coming from, n i'll tell you first hand licensing issues are def different with every game but where what you're talking about doesn't apply, is literally where Devolver even said (and it's in the thread that says why it was removed) Gearbox is handiling this game now. So that's why I can't agree. Gearbox HAS the rights to this game, n they are the ones that can bring it back to steam. the reality is, they know they can sucker people, and charge more with that 20th ann garbage. n that's just the facts. when you look at it from "business" and sales. why wouldn't you go that route? you have BOTH properties now. why give people the better version for cheaper, when again, you can just sucker people, for a worse version, and charge more for it.

n as much as i'd love to say i love gearbox, again, the reality, is that this is how pretty much EACH AND EVERY business runs. they are all c*cks*ckers honestly. they don't care about doing what's "right" or even doing what "fans" want. all any of these corporations care about is making money. look at epic. with paragon, threw it away and why? because battle royales take LESS WORK, LESS SKILLS/SMARTS TO MAKE and they can still sucker the hell out of EVERYONE with trash microtransactions that do NOTHING but give you a new skin/new weapon skin etc.

so why wouldn't they go that route? easier to make, less work (because it's such skill less mindless gameplay, you don't need to constantly tweak and balance things and you do with a MOBA) and you can still sucker just as much (or even more) people with microtrans. like look at fortnite lmao i bet MANY people don't even know how that game started. as someone who backed paragon up and i knew about that game when it was INVITE ONLY closed beta (and it wasn't even a BR then it was just a fort builder) that game was literally NOTHING, no one talked about it no one knew what it was, now look at it. ads up the a everywhere you go,yt fb, doesn't matter the game is posted everywhere, and just look how fast it blew up. why? mindless, skil less, takes little to no work or balancing. n you can just reap all those microtransactions. now was that right? no not in anyway. the right thing to do would have been WORKED on your MOBA (that came BEFORE fortnite) rather than scrapping $17,000,000
to just hand out to people FOR FREE lmao (so now you have 10000000 yins in 100000 different games all with different names and all that BS when if you played paragon YOU know where they came from and YOU know who they REALLY are)

"Epic Games has released $17,000,000 of content from Paragon, Epic’s high-end action MOBA, for free to all Unreal Engine 4 developers. The assets, built at a cost of over $17,000,000, encompasses 39 AAA characters and over 1,500 environment components from Paragon.

All of this content is now available inside the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

Download the Paragon packs for free and use them in your own UE4 projects, with no strings attached!"

why did they do that tho? like i said why not. you can make just as much money (if not more) with a mind less skill less battle royale. n that's exactly what they did. Gearbox is no different. they KNOW they very well can bring this version back to market.

but again, why? when you can just sucker people into buying a more expensive version that's a lot sh*ttier lol these companies could care less. to them, it's all about money.

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here is the quote on the thread and from devolver or w/es own mouth "Devolver Digital’s distribution agreement for Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition has ended and the game is no longer for sale. All current owners get to keep the game, but the title will no longer be available for purchase through the PlayStation Network, Steam, Humble Store and other authorized digital distributors and Steam key vendors.

Following the end of our distribution agreement of Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition, Gearbox Software will take over publishing rights of the title"

Key words there are GEARBOX WILL TAKE OVER THE "PUBLISHING RIGHTS" of the title.

you all are aware of what a "publisher" does correct? just like a BOOK when you want to get it out there, who do you seek/ a PUBLISHER!

in other words GEARBOX HAS THE RIGHTS TO DISTRIBUTE THIS GAME, they just won't because as i said, why? when they can charge more for something way less.

[🌎Earth]

So much text for something that wouldn't happen in a million years

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Wouldn't go that far lol a million years lol if duke is even still relevent or gearbox in a million years. that's already mind blowing. the fact that it was ONCE on steam, just means it CAN happen again. i'm just simply pointing out, that it can and should be brought back on to steam. regardless, if it happens or not, the effort is at least there. Many things can use that same statement " wouldn't happen in a million years" and i couldn't tell you how many things with that EXACT statement, eventually became true/a thing. I could make a LIST dude (and pretty endless one at that) of things that had that behind it and then eventually DID come out. i'm not going to go that far but dude NUMEROUS things (not even talking about games, because when you talk about games dude there have been PLENTY, of games where people thought it would "never" happen be it ports or a game coming out in general and it does eventually happen) have eventually happened when at first they had that same response behind them.

I do agree with you though (and hence the LONG rant) because as i mentioned Gearbox COULD 100% bring this game back, n they have been able to do so now for years, and it hasn't happened yet. so that's why, Yes i can def agree with you to an extent. but million years? even 100years dude yo will be dead and what would it matter to you anyways. def wouldn't go that far.

anything is possible, n def when it comes to video games, anything is pretty much possible, i've personally seen and witnessed crazier things in the video game world, then bringing back a game that was already on steam. with active pubs etc. if the demand is there. it will happen.

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Originally posted by Crystal:

Originally posted by Earth:

So much text for something that wouldn't happen in a million years

people said that about duke nukem forever as well, and now we wish it was true

Exactly lol all i'm saying is i've def seen "crazier" things happen in the world of video games.

I belive that, along with the console versions (the ones that came out for ps1 and n64) are the only dukes i don't have and don't think I will ever get them (console versions were trash imo and obv duke nuke forever has been on sale how many times now? and how cheap?) even if i was gifted duke nukem forever for free. i feel it's the one gift i just wouldn't accept. yah it's free, but it will just taint my library (and i already have enough trash games i can't do anything about because of people gifting me garbage lol) it's one reason i just stopped accepting gifts, everyone just thinks oh "free" so why not take it. yah i learned my lesson, could care less if it's free, if the game is trash i'm not accepting that gift lol free literally means nothing when the game is trash.

[Ghadius]

Originally posted by Crystal:

Originally posted by Earth:

So much text for something that wouldn't happen in a million years

people said that about duke nukem forever as well, and now we wish it was true

Lol, it will never happen.

It would mean Gearbox saying "Yes, our version sucks - have the old one we bought from 3dRealms"
No developer would ever do this EVER.

Wake up, kid.

[🌎Earth]

Originally posted by Ghadius:

Originally posted by Crystal:

people said that about duke nukem forever as well, and now we wish it was true

Lol, it will never happen.

It would mean Gearbox saying "Yes, our version sucks - have the old one we bought from 3dRealms"
No developer would ever do this EVER.

Wake up, kid.

Thank you.

That thing with DNF was an entirely different issue.

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Well I did also just point this out. i still wouldn't say never. once again, gamers are just oblivious to the simple fact that, THEY control how the market works. it's called supply and demand. the only reason they will keep doing what they are doing (selling a worse version for more money) is simple, because YOU PEOPLE keep buying it. if no one bought into that "new" one trust me, they would have no other options. only people to blame are yourselves.

boycott things when they are wrong, simple as that. no you have people that will STILL buy things, when they know it's wrong, there are better things out there etc.

no need for the whole "wake up kid" comment. when i did point all of this stuff out though. I get you may not want to read a wall of txt, but maybe you should before commenting.

believe me i'm wide awake, n i've seen games crumble, then the SAME kind of games succeed, n it's all just because of the gamers. picking and choosing what will "stay" around and what will "go" (look at mobas lol) so all i'm simply saying is, crazier things have happened. also no one is saying they would have to charge this one cheaper. i'm simply pointing out THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHTS NOW TO THE GAME! so just why sit on them.

simply saying, they CAN release this version if they chose to and they could obv change the pricing for it or whatever would need to be done.

once again though AGREED! that it's prob not going to happen, n because ONE REASON ONLY! why? how many of YOU PEOPLE bought that crap version? so once again, you have YOURSELVES TO BLAME!

that's the real problem. if people boy cotted that version, n they DIDN'T MAKE ANY SALES FROM IT!, TRUST ME (for look at ANY COMPANY and how many simply fall apart, n how many games get shut down or stopped a lot sooner than they were "planned" to when put in similar situations) they would be selling this version. they would have no other option (because it'd be a case of make money from this version, or sell the worse version and make no profit from it at all, PEOPLE gave them profit off the worse version though, so WHY stop?). as it STANDS THOUGH! why? when again, BUSINESS WISE! they can sell you a "worse" version, and at more money, n again, how many people have they ALREADY SUCKERED into buying this? so exactly, why WOULD they stop. So there is no me "waking up" believe me, more awake than you will most likely ever be on this subject.

so maybe you should just read, before commenting. I literally pointed all of this stuff out. n all i'm doing is just simply pointing more things out, like they DO have the rights, n there just should be no reason this version isn't still on the steam store, when it has an active community making stuff for it still via steam marketplace. pretty much all i'm doing is, POINTING things out. if it happens, good, people deserve this version. if it doesn't happen, like i said before kid (and why i'm saying no need for the wide awake comment like i'm ignorant on this subject or something when clearly i'm not) i won't be LOSING ANY SLEEP OVER IT! because I DO HAVE THIS VERSION! i wasn't one of the !d!ots out there who got suckered into buying that "new" version. n obv i COULD still buy it if i wanted to right? case and point though of, DON'T GIVE THEM SALES/PROFIT FROM IT! n trust me they WOULD have to change their direction. Just don't personally find it fair that i can have this better version while others out there, well, are getting ripped off lol

[🌎Earth]

You're aware that gearbox didn't develop or publish this version, right? You are aware that gearbox wouldn't allow another company to make profit off of an IP they own, like any company would, right? Many more things you are not taking into account here.

[Ghadius]

Originally posted by Earth:

You're aware that gearbox didn't develop or publish this version, right? You are aware that gearbox wouldn't allow another company to make profit off of an IP they own, like any company would, right? Many more things you are not taking into account here.

This, this and this.

[Cat]

Originally posted by Earth:

So much text for something that wouldn't happen in a million years

yeah