Well it is not that easy as you think. Not everyone can suggest the BPjM to start to have a look at something only certain "institutes" can do this (I know one case a teacher named "Christa Jenal" was responsible for several indexed music albums)
Steam is based in the US but also in Luxembourg which is part of the EU. Facebook is also based in Ireland as example.

Well, I am threadjacking now, but the 0% figure is demonstrably false. I don't have links on the top of my head, but there have several federal actions in the state of Colorado since it was legalized there, and also too in California (where it's legal for medicinal purposes) where sellers have been raided.

I too believe that in most states where it's "legal," if you're not doing anything outrageous you're probably fine. But the fact remains that could change at any time without warning. And, IIRC, Oregon's law had a possession amount of 10 ounces. (I follow the "Just Say Now" site, dedicated to ending the stupid prohibition, and try to keep up) If it were me, I would not ever test that 10 ounce amount in Oregon. That's enough to warrant federal trafficking charges, and IMO it's not worth the risk, even if the likelihood of getting charged is near your suggested 0%.

Don't worry people! The "BAY" is back on business! Or perhaps you are the badass, *kickass* type? Locked out regionally? Prohibited from buying the game?? Worry not. Even developer themselves said to pirate their own game, if it is not legally available to gamer's country and said gamer wants to play it (hotline miami 2).

Start torrenting!

It seems unlikely, especially since Austrians and some Swiss speak German too. (And surely the English language GOG.com can't be Australian from a juridical point of view...) At the moment the 'heightened risk of getting noticed' theory seems least unlikely.

If it weren't for the Hotline Miami case I'd have guessed that maybe the risk of a European Arrest Warrant was involved, since it often permits extradition for things that aren't a crime in the state executing the warrant; but as it is...

Total BS! If you want to follow the german laws do it completely or don't do it at all! As a german customer I have enough of all this lack of knowledge about our laws other shops have.

Starting your "german" store was the worst decision you made!

Also it will end the same way it ended with Bethesda and Square Enix = massive shitstorm and lack of sales in Germany!

i am so mad at you now grrrrr very mad killing gaming,etc. grrrrr damn you and such grr

While his constant advertisements for piracy are a bit tiring, he actually has a point. If people ( from Germany, Australia, wherever ) want a certain game, but they no longer have the option to buy a legitimate copy, they'll just get it elsewhere. They'll still play it, but the store and developer will earn less money. It's all pretty pointless and kind of a Lose/Lose situation for everyone. :(

Perhaps more importantly, aside from locking games, does this mean that GOG will also only sell special censored versions of games to countries such as Germany?

Because I find censored games as bad or worse as games with annoying DRM, and I'm not going to buy a single censored copy, and suspect most other GOG users from Germany ( or other countries ) feel the same way.

I recommend this article:
http://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/Thema/verkauf-computerspiele.html

And lack of sales...
If there are a couple (currently 2) games that GOG cannot sell in Germany any more (or not in their uncensored form), do you really think they made so much profit with these two games that the new customers they'll gain with having their site in German won't make up for that?

And another thing:
This was coming any way. With GOG growing it'll have to abide by the laws of the countries they sell in more and more because they are seen as "conducting business" there.
This does make them vulnerable not only for punishment by penal law but also for lawsuits by their competitors if they sell a game in a country in a way they're not allowed to. And those law suits can be very, very costly. Know any site that abides by regional restrictions and might want to sue GOG with glee?

As long as a company is quite small, selling the occasional banned game to Germany is fine (while selling the bulk to other countries), because you're still considered a foreign vendor.
But as soon as that business grows or becomes a bigger part of your business, these things change. You don't even need a German web presence for that.

You might try to tell that amazon.co.uk to stop them selling bad nazi games to us germans.

Lack of slaes considering their whole store not only those 2 products. About your article I don't need to read it as I know very well what is allowed and what not.

It is very funny they speak of a criminal offense but on the other hand they violating the german laws in this moment.

As far as I know Commandos 2 and 3 were never on the index of the BPjM. If it was there wouldn't be loads of copies be offered for sale at the German marketplaces of amazon and ebay.

It's not "funny". Step back for a moment and think what is happening here. You're actually saying it yourself.

What GOG is doing here (as I see it) is actually pretty great, I think. And I hope German users realise the chance they are being given.
Use it, while it lasts!

German, censored copies.
Yes, those are freely available in Germany.

Do you know how fucking annoying you are man?

Well, it still seems like commandos 2 & 3 weren't banned at all:

http://www.blood-is-red.de/mw/index.php/Liste_indizierter_Spiele
http://www.blood-is-red.de/mw/index.php/Liste_beschlagnahmter_Spiele