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===Results of Delisting of Games===

Depending on the title, these games will either have no capability of receiving new installs, specifically only seen with the mobile releases, or merely being incapable of being newly purchased, such as the console and PC ports. Consumers who have previously installed these games and never uninstalled them should continue to retain access to their games. However, it is plausible and historically has happened for certain delisted titles to become permanently incapable of being run. Releases such as Angry Birds Go depend on access to a server just to run matches~~, while core~~ assets in ~~games such as~~ Angry Birds Epic ~~were exclusive~~ to ~~servers that no-longer exist~~, ~~and as such~~, ~~are~~ incapable of ~~launching~~.

Depending on the title, these games will either have no capability of receiving new installs, specifically only seen with the mobile releases, or merely being incapable of being newly purchased, such as the console and PC ports. Consumers who have previously bought or installed the games are still able to redownload their games <sup>[at least for titles in google play store, can anyone confirm or debunk if you can still download delisted games in other stores in PCs and consoles?]</sup> . Consumers who have redownloaded or installed these games before delisting and never uninstalled them should continue to retain access to their games. However, it is plausible and historically has happened for certain delisted titles to become permanently incapable of being run. Releases such as Angry Birds Go depend on access to a server just to run matches. Some titles such as Angry Birds Epic store and access their score assets exclusively in Rovio's servers. Rovio keeps Angry Birds Epic's servers alive to this day, even though the game has been delisted for years by now, but in an event of the servers shutting down it would leave Angry Birds Epic in a state incapable of being run ever again.

Additionally, older installs may also just stop functioning, since operating system updates can remove programming libraries that games depend on, so for example, a consumer may not be capable of transferring their install of Angry Birds Rio from their device running Android 3 to one running Android 10 or later. PC ports are also not immune to this problem either since Windows 11's compatibility features are diminishing,<ref>https://splicedonline.com/why-old-pc-games-not-working-on-windows-11/</ref> so access may soon only be accessible to tech-savvy consumers.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/zneuok/windows_11_update_has_caused_older_games_to_be/</ref>

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 ===Results of Delisting of Games===
-Depending on the title, these games will either have no capability of receiving new installs, specifically only seen with the mobile releases, or merely being incapable of being newly purchased, such as the console and PC ports. Consumers who have previously installed these games and never uninstalled them should continue to retain access to their games. However, it is plausible and historically has happened for certain delisted titles to become permanently incapable of being run. Releases such as Angry Birds Go depend on access to a server just to run matches, while core assets in games such as Angry Birds Epic were exclusive to servers that no-longer exist, and as such, are incapable of launching.
+Depending on the title, these games will either have no capability of receiving new installs, specifically only seen with the mobile releases, or merely being incapable of being newly purchased, such as the console and PC ports. Consumers who have previously bought or installed the games are still able to redownload their games <sup>[at least for titles in google play store, can anyone confirm or debunk if you can still download delisted games in other stores in PCs and consoles?]</sup> . Consumers who have redownloaded or installed these games before delisting and never uninstalled them should continue to retain access to their games. However, it is plausible and historically has happened for certain delisted titles to become permanently incapable of being run. Releases such as Angry Birds Go depend on access to a server just to run matches. Some titles such as Angry Birds Epic store and access their score assets exclusively in Rovio's servers. Rovio keeps Angry Birds Epic's servers alive to this day, even though the game has been delisted for years by now, but in an event of the servers shutting down it would leave Angry Birds Epic in a state incapable of being run ever again.
 Additionally, older installs may also just stop functioning, since operating system updates can remove programming libraries that games depend on, so for example, a consumer may not be capable of transferring their install of Angry Birds Rio from their device running Android 3 to one running Android 10 or later. PC ports are also not immune to this problem either since Windows 11's compatibility features are diminishing,<ref>https://splicedonline.com/why-old-pc-games-not-working-on-windows-11/</ref> so access may soon only be accessible to tech-savvy consumers.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/zneuok/windows_11_update_has_caused_older_games_to_be/</ref>