What happened to all the EA Harry Potter games?!

[PorcusGrunzus]

Woah. I just noticed that they are NOWHERE available anymore.
Except as some DVD copies if you have luck. Why are they not on Steam or at least on EAs Origin?!

I have nice memories of them, especially the earlier ones.
Yeah, I didnt play all the newer ones but they seem to be not that good anymore and were actually always bad rated. Last I played was the Half Blood Prince which was ok but nothing special.

But why is NONE of them available digitally? Did EA just scrap them? Nice job EA.
I wouldnt mind a Harry Potter game collection or something...
Maybe with the earlier titles being optimized for todays systems like adding proper widescreen support. Even if you just release it on GOG. DO IT.

Why the hell are those Lego crap games available but not the originals?! Really horrible.

[wuddih]

ea does not release on steam since years.

[Chompman]

You would have to ask them at their site.

[PorcusGrunzus]

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ea does not release on steam since years.

Yeah I know that. That wasnt a direct Steam question anyway. More like a general question. I really find it horrible that such games are nearly unavailable nowadays.

[Discussions_Acc]

Expired licenses.
That's usually the answer.

[cinedine]

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Expired licenses.
That's usually the answer.

This. You usually acquire a time-limited license to make money of a franchise that is not yours. If this time is up, you can't sell your stuff anymore. Retail copies can still be sold because the publisher already got the money from the retailer, but digital is more or less a make-to-order purchase in which the key is provided only if someone buys it.

A good example is the Deadpool game by Activision. They had the extended X-Men license and once it was up, the game vanished on every digital storefront. They have since re-acquired them and now you can buy it again.

[fabulous unskill]

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[PorcusGrunzus]

Yeah. WB should release a complete collection. Maybe with the first 3 games being remastered or at least optimized for modern tech. Resolution for example.

[johnmc50]

That'll be great I hope so too, I do have hp 5 and the hp 6 pc games dvd for my win 10 64 bit 4 gb ram. resolustion 1024 - ___ 1300x 700.

Here's a list of the once I tried

HP 1 not compatable
hp 2 same
hp 3 havent found yet
hp 4 same
hp 5 works
hp 6 stop working correctly when luanch
hp 7 saving for

If you have higher rams and resolution then mine.
I would start with latest hp 7

There is no garentee that any will work.

Manner of fact I'm surprise order of phonnix worked.

so if you wish to try.
here are the places

amazon first
ebey next

beware 80% chance it won't work on my computer

so becareful.

[johnmc50]

Thank you very much I'll try what you said and I will join

[hunt45]

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Expired licenses.
That's usually the answer.

if its really that easy and they do not renew it it should eventually become dumpware and be legal to downlaod from torrent sites. also be smart dont buy them on amazone those thiefs are ripping you off by selling it at $80 while back then the selling price was $50

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Discussions_Acc:

Expired licenses.
That's usually the answer.

if its really that easy and they do not renew it it should eventually become dumpware and be legal to downlaod from torrent sites

No. They are still not legal to download at your leisure. They still have license holders. Just not publishing rights anymore with that publisher.

[hunt45]

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if its really that easy and they do not renew it it should eventually become dumpware and be legal to downlaod from torrent sites

No. They are still not legal to download at your leisure. They still have license holders. Just not publishing rights anymore with that publisher.

if you would have bothered to read it you would have noticed i did not say it was legal now but that it will be legal when it became dumpware. which usually is 5 to 10 years after the copyrights are no longer in effect if they did not change that. for example look at the jazz jack rabit series, they did not continue the copyrights and now its bumpware and free on online sites to play as you wish even free to download at torrent sites and no one who will be bothered that you are downloading it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

No. They are still not legal to download at your leisure. They still have license holders. Just not publishing rights anymore with that publisher.

if you would have bothered to read it you would have noticed i did not say it was legal now but that it will be legal when it became dumpware. which usually is 5 to 10 years after the copyrights are no longer in effect if they did not change that. for example look at the jazz jack rabit series, they did not continue the copyrights and now its bumpware and free on online sites to play as you wish even free to download at torrent sites and no one who will be bothered that you are downloading it.

No. It will not be legal even in that case. There are still rights owners.

[hunt45]

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if you would have bothered to read it you would have noticed i did not say it was legal now but that it will be legal when it became dumpware. which usually is 5 to 10 years after the copyrights are no longer in effect if they did not change that. for example look at the jazz jack rabit series, they did not continue the copyrights and now its bumpware and free on online sites to play as you wish even free to download at torrent sites and no one who will be bothered that you are downloading it.

No. It will not be legal even in that case. There are still rights owners.

no they dont have owner rights anymore if they let it become dumpware. since dumpware basically means its been dumped no one owns it. and when nobody owns it you can do with it whatever you want.

[Count_Dandyman]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

No. It will not be legal even in that case. There are still rights owners.

no they dont have owner rights anymore if they let it become dumpware. since dumpware basically means its been dumped no one owns it. and when nobody owns it you can do with it whatever you want.

Your missing the important factor that contradicts your entire claim even if the software is left untouched its not the software thats the issues its the characters, worlds and stories that are the issue and those are still being used elsewhere and are all heavily locked down in very long term ownership status so the reality is by the time they become free to all there won't be any systems left capable of running them or people that would even know what they are or want them.