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Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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The Game Availability Study published in partnership by the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network found that 87% of video games released in the US before 2010[...]simply aren’t in print anymore.

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[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How thoroughly unsurprising.

[–] WytchStar@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

History seems to agree. Seventy-five percent of films from the silent era have been lost forever. Television shares a similar fate.

When a new medium is created, it seems we don't put much thought into preservation.