PSIKYO SHOOTER: Collector's Bundle to be pulled from Steam store

[SpcDaicon]

For whom it may concern.

CITY CONNECTION will be pulling their PSIKYO library from Steam due to expiration of their licence in October 31st, 2025. People who already bought will still be able to keep their copies and play. There is no mention about other stores

Press release (JPN and ENG): https://psikyo-portal.com/notice_251015.html

It's a shame those titles will be pulled from Steam.
Shmup is niche genre but having them readly avaliable with english translation on Steam was awesome. PSIKYO had releases on multiple consoles along the years but I think this was the only legitimate way to get them on PC.

Every time I hear something is being pulled from digital storefronts, a sense of dread takes over me even though they'll still be avaliable on other plataforms.

Anyway, they are quite cheap so, if you have a passing curiosity or if this news peaked your interest, I highly recommend you buy them.

There is no news about a final sale, tho

GUNBIRD 2 and TENGAI are my recommendations.

 

[MajesticSiN]

This is why digital sucks

 

[blossom357]

This is why digital sucks

Yes, but something more people need to realize is, in this era, physical media will not save you. When the servers go down for whatever platform in 10-20 years' time, you won't be able to use the update patches that a game may have received since its release. Best case scenario, this is "only" new modes and other fun free stuff that may have been added throughout its lifespan: Hollow Knight and its free DLC as an example. (I'm going to assume Hollow Knight's DLC is actually on a physical release because Godmaster was 2018 and it looks like there is a Fangamer release from 2019 of the game... so it's not a GREAT example, but you get what I'm trying to say.) Worst case scenario, it's one of those stinky games that released broken at launch.

Physical or digital, either way you're fucked. Pirates win again?

 

[Pinballbuzzbro]

eh. heard these releases had input lag anyways, MAME'll always be an available option for these too so it ain't the end of the world.

 

[Scotty Scotty]

This admittedly does suck to hear, but hey, at least we can still emulate these games through other means.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

That's bad.
Sure it doesn't really affect us (there's plenty of other ways to play these games) but it's bad for game preservation overall. More old games need to be made available legitimately, not everyone's a filthy pirate like us.

Also PSIKYO made some of the finest shooters, go play them NOW!

 

[dejiko]

this is so sad, nyo…i hope they put it on one last deep sale before it goes away nyo

 

[Psychonara]

Me, with the same version of Shmup MAME I've had since 2010:

 

[deceptionfalls]

this is sad but at the same time it just reinforces my stance on owning your games. i can have most of these in my personal collection (shoutout RGT Repo) as a digital file and i can play them whenever i want on my emulators, we have come far enough to have these games perfectly preserved without the need of depending on a digital storefront to host said games.

sad to see them go from steam, but i can play them elsewhere in a reliable manner where it wont be gone from my account 20 years from now when steam shuts down or whatever.

 

[Psychonara]

this is sad but at the same time it just reinforces my stance on owning your games. i can have most of these in my personal collection (shoutout RGT Repo) as a digital file and i can play them whenever i want on my emulators, we have come far enough to have these games perfectly preserved without the need of depending on a digital storefront to host said games.

sad to see them go from steam, but i can play them elsewhere in a reliable manner where it wont be gone from my account 20 years from now when steam shuts down or whatever.

Let's also not act like these things are a strictly digital vs physical thing, cause if Nintendo could get away with it, they'd probably put in a clause that demands you return your physical games after a year. Anyone remember the Mario 3D All-Stars situation, where because the physical release was limited, Nintendo also decided to pull the game from digital store fronts after a limited time to create artificial scarcity?

Even here, the issue is that the license for City Connection to distribute the Psikyo IP's has run out. Chances are, somebody else is going to pick up the license, and it may very well be that the license holders now see that there's a value to these properties and are upping the price.

But I think rather than things devolving into a physical vs digital debate (which is meaningless on a site that distributes romhacks & free "digital backups"), the real focus should be on outdated copyright laws.

 

[deceptionfalls]

Let's also not act like these things are a strictly digital vs physical thing, cause if Nintendo could get away with it, they'd probably put in a clause that demands you return your physical games after a year. Anyone remember the Mario 3D All-Stars situation, where because the physical release was limited, Nintendo also decided to pull the game from digital store front after a limited time?

Even here, the issue is that the license for City Connection to distribute the Psikyo IP's has run out. Chances are, somebody else is going to pick up the license, and it may very well be that the license holders now see that there's a value to these properties and are upping the price.

But I think rather then things devolving into a physical vs digital debate (especially on a site that distributes romhacks & "digital backups"), the real focus should be on outdated copyright laws.

id be so pissed if i bought a game and the publisher straight up said "no you gotta give it back to us" like DUDE

 

[SpcDaicon]

Even here, the issue is that the license for City Connection to distribute the Psikyo IP's has run out. Chances are, somebody else is going to pick up the license, and it may very well be that the license holders now see that there's a value to these properties and are upping the price.

In all seriousness, I think PSIKYO's library would rather become abandonware than have their lisence renewed or bought by other publishers. Shmups are a very niche genre and I doubt any publisher would spend money on IPs with a such miniscule audience.

I think anyone that would be willing to actualy buy those games already bought them

 

[RetroSTG]

Try steam unlocked . net if it was pulled from steam.

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For whom it may concern.

CITY CONNECTION will be pulling their PSIKYO library from Steam due to expiration of their licence in October 31st, 2025. People who already bought will still be able to keep their copies and play. There is no mention about other stores

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Press release (JPN and ENG): https://psikyo-portal.com/notice_251015.html

It's a shame those titles will be pulled from Steam.
Shmup is niche genre but having them readly avaliable with english translation on Steam was awesome. PSIKYO had releases on multiple consoles along the years but I think this was the only legitimate way to get them on PC.

Every time I hear something is being pulled from digital storefronts, a sense of dread takes over me even though they'll still be avaliable on other plataforms.

Anyway, they are quite cheap so, if you have a passing curiosity or if this news peaked your interest, I highly recommend you buy them.

There is no news about a final sale, tho

GUNBIRD 2 and TENGAI are my recommendations.

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I can already find some of the titles individually off steam unlocked.