Blame Games for Windows Live.
Late last week, sharp-eyed internet surveyors noticed that Grand Theft Auto 4 had suddenly, without warning, been delisted from Steam. With no official explanation, fans were left to speculate on the reason for the move, but now Rockstar has spoken, pointing the blame finger squarely in the direction of Microsoft’s now-defunct Games for Windows Live.
In a statement provided to USgamer, a Rockstar spokesperson explained that it has been forced to suspend sales of GTA4 on Steam as Microsoft’s decision to end support for its Games for Windows Live platform (which is still baked into GTA4) means that it’s now “no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the current version of the game”.
Although this means that GTA4 is no longer available for purchase on Steam, Rockstar says it’s “looking at other options for distributing GTA4 for PC”. The game’s standalone Episodes from Liberty City expansion is unaffected.
One likely solution would be to remove Games for Windows Live integration completely – a step that some publishers took soon after Microsoft’s decision to close the service in 2013, migrating the likes of Dark Souls, Street Fighter 4 and BioShock 2 over to Steamworks. Presumably a revised version of GTA4 would also find its way to Rockstar’s own recently released PC games launcher, where it has been notably absent so far.
Whatever the outcome of its investigations, Rockstar says it hopes to share additional information “as soon as we can”.
source https://entergamingxp.com/2020/01/rockstar-explains-grand-theft-auto-4s-sudden-delisting-from-steam-%e2%80%a2-eurogamer-net/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rockstar-explains-grand-theft-auto-4s-sudden-delisting-from-steam-%25e2%2580%25a2-eurogamer-net
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