You know. Surely GOG knows what their demographics are like and where the customer base is. I sincerely doubt customer from China makes up even a tiny portion of the customers. This is a weakass move and really no pro customer friendly. Lets all hit the high seas and look for this game. Got me curious now
Why does Tencents have any influence over the release of this game?

Join Green Man Gaming. They have AMAZING sales.

Also, yes. Take the stand. I mentioned GMG as an alternative for those looking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent#Video_games

Knock, knock. Anybody there?

This thread isn't about the game, it's about a company who listens to the most dangerous and dystopian dictatorships and doesn't listen to its customers. And this company even can't acknowledge its allegiance with the dictatorship, instead talking about imaginary messages from imaginary gamers in its public statement.

So how many games would it affect on GOG?. Lets start some anti Tencent protests then

You might be surprised by the numbers. I think this is the real reason for what we're seeing.
https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1337442173424459782

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You quite literally can't discuss this game without the drama attached to it. That's the entire damn reason it was a big deal that GOG was supporting it's rerelease and now they aren't and that is what this discussion will be about. Your post be damned. Keep cleaning those chinese boots,

Capitalism walk across millions of corpsed too, without ever blinking an eye. 2000 children starving every day, that could easily be saved, but it's not profitable, so it's not a problem? Destroy the planet out of greed (which has cost millions and will cost billions of lives, in a few decades), not a problem?

Also, China doesn't have anything resembling "communism" as a form of rule or economy, it's a form of state capitalism and a bureaucratic dictatorship.

Real communism is absolutely democratic, because there is no central power (which is determined by ownership of stuff, which equals power). And that's why it doesn't work on larger scales, only in small, well... communities (where the term comes from).

I absolutely think that Devotion should be released here. This place is (or used to be) about DRM-free, so ultimately about freedom (from the schemes of Western capitalist greed no less). And I don't get why the Chinese are so upset about comparing their "leader" to Winnie (jokes about mothers are not ok though, IMO), the original pre-Disney Winnie was pretty wise...

But bashing China and the Chinese people won't help with that in any way.

I believe that's what's called being "more equal" than others.

And what has happened here is a State actor meddling in the free market. That is the opposite of Capitalism.

I don't think allegiance, I think fear, for whatever reasons...
It's a big market for sure... so it's probably just about $$$

I've requested a refund for every GOG game I've bought within the refund period (a decent bit due to the last sale) and will not be using my account until they overturn this decision. If they overturn it, I'll promptly buy Devotion and continue using GOG as previously planned before they pulled this scumbag move.

I have almost 1200 games from GOG and will not be buying more.

The government of China is communism with weaponized capitalism that merely profits its top government officials who also run the major corporations out of China. Their goal has always been to subvert Western powers and capitalism is the way to the heart of the West. It's certainly been effective. Barely anyone bats an eye anymore over the giant human rights violations communism commits on a regular basis, with concentration camps, organ harvesting on unwilling "volunteers", disappearance of critics and activists, the untold deaths of thousands to millions throughout history.

However, capitalism is all about the independent person being able to start a business and make it in life, whether they remain comfortable living off of a small amount of business, or push to become a major player by fulfilling important niches that bring consumers in. Anyone who ever trades in anything is working through capitalism.

Using the GOG service to buy games is partaking of capitalism, as they fulfill a niche service, providing DRM-free games people enjoy, old and new, with good customer support.

The point, however, is GOG is NOT providing good customer support by supporting a tyrannical communist government's attempts to hide media that, in its own mind or otherwise, undermines its appearance as the most powerful and rightful government in the universe.

And that is the focus of everyone's displeasure here. Capitalism works if GOG users use their consumer powers to influence GOG's behavior over this issue. The problem is if they continue to believe that it's "gamers", that is CCP-sponsored internet agitators, that are supporting this attempt at censorship.

I love GOG's services, but this is wrong. If the game does well or not, that's up to the power of capitalism to decide through each potential consumer, not because of a dictatorship that hates criticism in the least.