Have an interest in digitally downloading The Sinking City from the PlayStation Store? If so, you should move fast. And by fast, we mean “today.” Tomorrow, September 29th, the game will be de-listed from the PlayStation Store. It gets worse. It isn’t just PlayStation gamers who will be losing the ability to buy the game in a digital format. It also is getting removed from Steam and the Microsoft Store. So whether you are on PS4, Xbox One or PC, time is almost up.
What to Know About The Sinking City Getting De-Listed
Developer Frogwares announced the removal of a bunch of its games as digital downloads in a recent tweet:
The tweet includes a full letter from the developer in the form of an image. It is quite an interesting read, as Frogwares is quite straightforward as to the reason why the game is being de-listed. Here is an excerpt:
“Some of our games are being removed from Sony’s and Microsoft’s storefronts, and even maybe from Steam. This list includes our titles like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack The Ripper and Magrunner: Dark Pulse (see full list below).
Why? Because Focus Home Interactive, the licensee (or “publisher”) that was in charge of commercializing these games on these platforms, refuses to transfer the title IDs to us, the creators and IP owners of those titles, even though our Publishing and Distribution Agreement has ended.
Because, according to their official statement, sent to us only last week, ‘Focus has put in place a policy in accordance with which they will not transfer any title – the content ID or title ID – belonging to any developer which has removed all their games from the Focus catalog …. Because of that policy, our games will be taken down from all storefronts.”
The developer is attempting to reach out to console stores in the hopes that something can be done to make the games available for digital download again. But rather than wait to find out what happens, we recommend you go ahead and download any or all of the games you want that are being taken down before that happens. Follow our PlayStation news for future updates on listings in the PlayStation Store.