At least by pulling the game there is some way for customers to theoretically request a refund. But the games wouldnвЂ™t function and customers would still have no way to play them. They could, theoretically, leave games broken by server shutdowns in user libraries, if only out of principle. Here Steam, or any other distribution outfit, has no choice in the matter.

The incentives to keep games in user libraries, on the other hand, are clear: it keeps customers happy and paying.ДЄlways-online DRM throws a wrench into the gears. So if Steam decides to pull a game from our libraries, thatвЂ™s well within ValveвЂ™s right (and all of this is, of course, in the Terms of Service, or TOS.)Д«ut this somewhat risky proposition is hedged against by the fact that Valve has absolutely no reason to pull games from our libraries whatsoever. The games purchased online have no physical copy and are, in effect, simply leased to us rather than actually owned by us. ItвЂ™s actually quite fitting that on Steam we have a вЂњlibraryвЂќ of games as opposed to, say, a digital shelf. When the two collide we get a very clear picture of just how transitory your ownership of a video game truly is. Second, the growing peril of always-online requirements for games that have single-player components. First, thereвЂ™s the hazy concept of digital ownership-or вЂњownershipвЂќ as the case may be. So here we have the confluence of two modern phenomena in the video game industry. But due to always-online DRM, even the single-player portion of the game requires the servers to be up and running. In fact, Order of War: Challenge has 18 single-player missions as well. This isnвЂ™t simply because itвЂ™s an online-only game. To be fair, with the servers shutdown, the game would have been impossible to play anyways. For customers who purchased-and IвЂ™m tempted to write this as вЂњpurchasedвЂќ-itвЂ™s like a game that never was. Square Enix shut down the servers for Order of War: Challenge and instead of merely removing the game from the storefront, Valve erased its existence altogether.

Individuals have had games removed for various reasons as well, but this appears to be the first game, in its entirety, removed from every user library.

Many games have been removed from the Steam store, but have remained in user libraries. ValveвЂ™s online gaming distribution website Steam has removed what appears to be the very first game from user libraries.

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