I'm living in a world where publishers are charging full price for 'early access' to games taking multiple years before ever releasing,(reply>), That reminds me of all the houses that people in China put down payments on that will now never be built. At least the Chinese en masse are starting to refuse to pay the mortgages on those houses which is one of the components contributing to the almost bankruptcy for the Chinese government. Unfortunately, I don’t see a solution other than refusing to pay for a game unless the publisher agrees to release your source code to the library of congress or some other preservation entity so that everyone will have access after the popularity fades.