Personally, I think the whole thing is ridiculous. IMHO, as long as they no longer sell it, you should be able to download it free as you wish, upon other reasons because some of us have partners who don't like for us to drop hundreds of dollars on old hardware, god forbid old software. If I want Test Drive 2 then by god I'm gonna' go download Test Drive 2, I'm not harming Accolade in any way by doing so and I'd rather not have to track down the base game, supercars expansion pack and California Challenge expansion pack. Though I will admit, holding the real deal in your hands has an air of accomplishment unfelt in any other situation.