![]() ![]() ![]() It is not because of any sort of formal exclusivity deal written into Zoom Platform's license agreement, or because they have paid to make the Duke games exclusive to their store.Īs far as I know, there is nothing legally preventing Gearbox from selling Duke Nukem on other DRM-free stores besides Zoom Platform, but they are choosing not to. If we exclude Steam and consider only DRM-free stores, then the Duke games are de facto exclusive, because the current IP owner (Gearbox) does not want to make them available on other DRM-free stores (which is their choice). Firstly, the Duke games are not exclusive to Zoom Platform, because they are available on Steam. Gearbox does not want to create new contracts with digital stores that offer DRM-free copies of games but they must honour the perpetuity of the contract 3D Realms signed with Zoom, so because of this the Zoom Platform contract can be seen as an exclusive since it is the only DRM-free store that can offer the Duke Nukem games.īought the games on GOG before they were removed so I'm good there at least. 3D Realms signed a deal with Zoom and gave Perpetuity so the contract must always be honoured.ģD Realms signs over the game rights to Gearbox, this pulls the Duke Nukem games from all digital stores that Gearbox does not have any contracts with excluding Zoom Platform due to this perpetuity.
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