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Posted May 26, 2015
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Primo_Victoria: Escape Goat wasn't associated with accusations of being affiliated with racist organizations, wasn't the target of disingenuous haters and clickbait bloggers, wasn't vetoed by Gabe Newell, etc.
So because of that GOG.com is obligated to sell Hatred, even if they don't want to?
Posted May 26, 2015
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Gonchi: So you hold the devs responsible for the Journos clickbait?
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catpower1980: ???!!!??? My English skills are not the best so I'm re-reading it => Yup, I think it's clear for me so I'll do a breakdown of my previous message:

Devs publish an informative post about release with a single sentence that it won't be available on GOG
=> Fine, that's informative, normal business stuff going on

Journos turning a sentence into the main point of the "article" to provoke reactions (normal title would have been like "All details about Hatred release")
=> classic yellow journalism trick => bad practice
Our conversation started here. Devs ≠ Journos.
Posted May 26, 2015
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Fenixp: Which would be a good argument if the biggest PC gaming distributor didn't carry the game.
Considering that Steam supports DRM, I want GOG to carry the game. Is it odd to prefer legal access to the game, with a guarantee that there is no DRM?
Post edited May 26, 2015 by Sabin_Stargem
Posted May 26, 2015
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JKHSawyer: Well all Hatred did was replace aliens and zombies with civilians, cops, SWAT and national guard. It's GTA 2 stuck in rampage power up mode. I doubt GOG rejected it because it's "boring" :P
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Fesin: Fact is that GOG.com is a highly curated store (in contrast to Steam), and they have rejected many games, even games of high quality, in the past, and it's often hard for us to understand why. I know that they rejected Escape Goat once, for example, and only got it several months later.

So know, GOG.com not wanting to sell this game might have nothing to do with "political correctness" or "censoring free speech". And throwing a tantrum because this particular game is not on GOG.com doesn't really help your case, honestly.
That's the issue, why did they reject it? They have many games like it, and they even have the main inspiration for it, Postal 1.

I never claimed they were censoring anything, as a matter a fact I pretty much just said if GOG doesn't want my $20 for it I'll go grab it on Steam. It's GOG's loss, not mine, or really anyone's who wanted this game.
Posted May 26, 2015
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Primo_Victoria: Escape Goat wasn't associated with accusations of being affiliated with racist organizations, wasn't the target of disingenuous haters and clickbait bloggers, wasn't vetoed by Gabe Newell, etc.
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Fesin: So because of that GOG.com is obligated to sell Hatred, even if they don't want to?
Why are you changing the subject from the reasons why it was rejected to the obligation to sell it?
Posted May 26, 2015
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JKHSawyer: That's the issue, why did they reject it? They have many games like it, and they even have the main inspiration for it, Postal 1.
I dunno, they have never made much sense with their rejections. But Hatred is the rule, not the exception. There were many weird caes with games that should be here, but aren't. Maybe it's as simple as the person being in charge of the decision not liking the respective games.
I never claimed they were censoring anything, as a matter a fact I pretty much just said if GOG doesn't want my $20 for it I'll go grab it on Steam. It's GOG's loss, not mine, or really anyone's who wanted this game.
Yeah, sorry. I didn't want to attack you directly, just a general attitude I saw expressed in this thread.
Posted May 26, 2015
This is all incredibly confusing.

Is Hatred ever going to be on GOG, or not?

If GOG is going to serve as cultural-curator for me, I'll just buy games on sites that respect my ability to make my own purchasing decisions, like Steam and Amazon.

I'd like an official word from GOG staff on this. There is no discernible reason why Hatred wouldn't be allowed on GOG. If there is a valid reason, GOG staff need to state what it is.
Posted May 26, 2015
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yutt: [...]
If GOG is going to serve as cultural-curator for me
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They already are... this is far from the first game gOg rejects, nor will it be the last. gOg is a heavily curated store, a fact that many earlier praised it for.
Posted May 26, 2015
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yutt: This is all incredibly confusing.

Is Hatred ever going to be on GOG, or not?

If GOG is going to serve as cultural-curator for me, I'll just buy games on sites that respect my ability to make my own purchasing decisions, like Steam and Amazon.

I'd like an official word from GOG staff on this. There is no discernible reason why Hatred wouldn't be allowed on GOG. If there is a valid reason, GOG staff need to state what it is.
This is very straightforward and not confusing at all. GOG is not going to sell Hatred and they respect your decision to shop elsewhere. There are an infinite amount of discernible and valid reasons they would choose not to sell it and they will not ever discuss those publicly.
Post edited May 26, 2015 by budejovice
Posted May 26, 2015
To be clear, I am not asking for a 17 year old GOG fan/forum-warrior for clarification. I am completely uninterested in speculation from apologists or critics.

I am asking GOG staff to comment.

Sorry if that was unclear in my previous post.
Post edited May 26, 2015 by yutt
Posted May 26, 2015
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yutt: To be clear, I am not asking for a 17 year old GOG fan/forum-warrior for clarification. I am completely uninterested in speculation from apologists or critics.

I am asking GOG staff to comment.

Sorry if that was unclear in my previous post.
No need to be rude. Relax.
Posted May 26, 2015
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yutt: To be clear, I am not asking for a 17 year old GOG fan/forum-warrior for clarification. I am completely uninterested in speculation from apologists or critics.

I am asking GOG staff to comment.

Sorry if that was unclear in my previous post.
This 17 year old says "T.S., my friend."
Posted May 26, 2015
Are there any 17 year olds in here? :P
Posted May 26, 2015
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tinyE: Are there any 17 year olds in here? :P
I wish I was 17 again, I feel so old
Posted May 26, 2015
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tinyE: Are there any 17 year olds in here? :P
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Zergoss: I wish I was 17 again, I feel so old
I wish I was 37 again! :P
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