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That should be the last resort. Companies deliberately chucking their own history down the drain is a problem. Another example is wizards of the coast infuriating treatment of their web properties for Magic the Gathering. (Link rot, content reshuffles hiding older content etc)

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>> Companies deliberately chucking their own history down the drain is a problem

...why? How many people ever looked at Sony's pages of game releases from the 90's? If a person who relies on that content wants to preserve it they should make their own copy (or a physical copy).

Yeah well, but what happens if that person isn't born yet, such as future historians. In the case of Sony's game catalogue I agree that this is a tiny bit contrived example but the general case still stands IMO. The current generation stands too close to things to appreciate the bigger picture (if they even can). That's why I think it's sad that such kind of information is just deemed useless and deleted, especially if it's in an easily archiveable format like static html and images.

I agree it's useful for historians but current historians should be responsible for cataloguing the data rather than the company in my opinion. That way when the company goes out of business that data isn't lost.

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