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Ok .. some people been asking "why not a physical release of ..." ..

First : legal reasons, sorry forget about TxK

but .. second, even more crippling reason .. I don't think there's any manufacturer left in EU/USA of PS Vita cartridges, I did try to ask "a bit there and there" the answer been like "they all shut down".

Unless someone created some hack that allows you to put stuff on a SD card I'd have not a clue how you'd do a physical release, rumors are there could be someone left in China/Asia still making those but probably "in the realm of thousands of pieces" and we don't really know who/where/how much would that cost.

I think it's a pity as I think the Vita still is a really lovely machine, certainly the original one had the most gorgeous screen ever seen in a portable device.

But yeah "making physical copies" .. HOW ?? .. that's the problem ..

Also don't even know legally how that thing would pan out, I did ask for curiosity, still waiting for answers.

But yeah "we may be a bit too late for that" :?
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I can't remember who said this quote, someone "famous" did :
".. in TWO words ... IM-POSSIBLE" ...
Sorry we tried .. also after some other ( possible ) thing I am seeing recently I'd dare to say : "You want a <physical copy> of X, be ready to OPEN REAL WIDE your wallet then I will explain you where all your money goes and it's NOT where/for what you think it should go/be".

There are "far various reasons" about "why not phisical copies so easily" and yeah there are various reasons why "digital download only".

In short : MONEY, LOT of it ... :(

Also we are DEFINITELY NOT getting millionaires, it's just costs that are weird ... legal .. technical .. this .. that .. all money that goes there and there except the developer's pockets ..

[edit] - to be precise, impossible for TxK, for other things maybe, for T4K DO NOT ASK US ANYTHING, THAT'S ALL Atari !
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If someone bought the steam game of T4K they can always put both the steam install and the game on a 2 gig SD card with room to spare...

Just copy the whole steam dir to the SD card and start steam on the card and the game from steam BUT it's going to take quite a while to load...
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Tempest Nut wrote:If someone bought the steam game of T4K they can always put both the steam install and the game on a 2 gig SD card with room to spare...

Just copy the whole steam dir to the SD card and start steam on the card and the game from steam BUT it's going to take quite a while to load...
Well technically there is/was a PC installer, actually you don't need anything much than the .exe and its own files.
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You can always burn the game directory to a DVD OR since the size of the game it's self is less than 100mb you could put it on a thumb drive, but if you don't have steam running when you fire up the game your high scores won't be added to the worldwide leader board...
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You were asking about PS_Vita ...

Apart legal reasons with Atari that I think would make it impossible, it's the fact there's no one any more manufacturing cartridges for PS Vita.
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£5.95 for the physical PS4 version if anyone wants one for their collection.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/tempe ... qr=tempest&
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fog wrote:£5.95 for the physical PS4 version if anyone wants one for their collection.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/tempe ... qr=tempest&
Obviously I downloaded it as soon as it came out, but I very much wanted a physical copy. I tried ordering it from Amazon when it was initially supposed to come out physically, but Amazon never received any. I had given up hope and completely forgot about it, so thanks very much for this. I ordered and have received. Free First Class delivery too - excellent!
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r1ckyrock wrote:
fog wrote:£5.95 for the physical PS4 version if anyone wants one for their collection.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/tempe ... qr=tempest&
Obviously I downloaded it as soon as it came out, but I very much wanted a physical copy. I tried ordering it from Amazon when it was initially supposed to come out physically, but Amazon never received any. I had given up hope and completely forgot about it, so thanks very much for this. I ordered and have received. Free First Class delivery too - excellent!
Happy to help. I'm mostly digital these days, but occasionally you want something physical to add to your library. There's something strangely satisfying about having a physical version. :)
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