Zrevnur: But from my POV part of the point of such a boycott is "to change the world" so that an otherwise/previously "sensible" business decision becomes a questionable or bad business decision. In the end whether such a business decision is (financially speaking) sensible or not solely depends on the reaction of the market. So from that perspective the idea is to change the market so that the business becomes (in terms of the decisions it makes) more likable to the boycotters.
If everybody acts like you ("I will take whatever is thrown at me") then its a financially sensible business decision. But if everybody acts like the boycotters ("I will boycott due to such perceived wrongdoings") then its a financially bad business decision. Ultimately from a financial perspective this is a numbers game. But OTOH if no one ever starts something like a boycott (I am not referring to the organization of such a boycott) then the business has absolute power and gets away with whatever it wants.

Crosmando: Guaranteed that 90% of the people on this board who say they are ""interested"" in Devotion don't give a shit about some obscure low-budget Taiwanese horror game and they are just here to shitpost about China because they got bored of 4chan. That weirdo with the Winnie the Pooh avatar a good example.

Zrevnur: But from my POV part of the point of such a boycott is "to change the world" so that an otherwise/previously "sensible" business decision becomes a questionable or bad business decision. In the end whether such a business decision is (financially speaking) sensible or not solely depends on the reaction of the market. So from that perspective the idea is to change the market so that the business becomes (in terms of the decisions it makes) more likable to the boycotters.
If everybody acts like you ("I will take whatever is thrown at me") then its a financially sensible business decision. But if everybody acts like the boycotters ("I will boycott due to such perceived wrongdoings") then its a financially bad business decision. Ultimately from a financial perspective this is a numbers game. But OTOH if no one ever starts something like a boycott (I am not referring to the organization of such a boycott) then the business has absolute power and gets away with whatever it wants.

rojimboo: I have little hope GOG will do anything about it though even if you reach the critical threshold, they're not the most...active video game distributor around, nor that successful in the market to not be bullied by market forces.

fronzelneekburm: Thing is... contrary to what the 24/7 brainwashing in Western media has told you (probably in an effort to deflect from the scary amount of government surveillance the self-professed "free world" subjects its citizens to), the Chinese have not even implemented that system yet. Last I heard there are a number of different rating systems by various different companies that are still in the testing stage.

In other words, I don't think Chinese internet users have ratted gog out to their government for imaginary good boy points.

Arinielle: World 'news' is very much muddy water.