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I have always liked GOG. Any time there was a game that was slated for release on GOG I waited so I could get the GOG version. Even when the game lacked the multiplayer features of other services, I'd still buy it on GOG. They were very small sacrifices to make compared to supporting a company that treated their employees well, had good customer service, and were morally upstanding.

So it comes out that CDPR forces the devs of cyberpunk to crunch for months and I convince myself that it's still better than other platforms so it's not enough to stop supporting them.

Then I open cyberpunk after having it preordered as soon as it became available and it's just not very good. I don't want to refund it because, hey, everyone makes mistakes and I figured they'd patch it to improve it over time. Besides, I gotta support the good guys in the industry, right?

Then I see the tweet about Devotion and think "Sure am glad GOG will stand by the little guys and give Taiwanese developers a platform! This game looks good, I think I'll get it!"

Then you do the same thing Steam did. You pull the game to capitulate to the CCP.

The same CCP that unethically censors their own people, uses face recognition technology and uses draconian measures to control their population. The same CCP that destroyed Chinese history and forced the Taiwanese to grab as much of their history as they could and flee in order to protect the true China. The CCP that is planning on invading Taiwan and culturally appropriating it in order to rectify their mistake. The CCP that is currently committing genocide against the Uighur Muslims because they want China to be ethnically homogeneous. I would have thought a Polish company would care more about that but I guess money is more important to you, huh?

Censoring your platform to remove criticism of Xi Jinping constitutes tacit support of the CCP. The CCP needs their dictator to appear strong and crack down heavily on anything that makes him appear weak. They can't have their populace questioning their dictator or maybe the people of China will support a better government and hold the CCP accountable for their actions.

Just an honest question. You treat your employees just as poorly as any other company. You support genocidal dictatorships just like other companies. Your digital distribution platform is objectively worse than every other in terms of number of games, new releases, multiplayer features, and adoption. Why should anyone give you their money? What reason is left to support GOG?

GOG, I am extremely disappointed in you. I feel betrayed. I have requested a refund of cyberpunk, and I'm refunding all my current preorders as well. I will no longer give your platform any support, or money.

If anyone on here wants GOG or CDPR to care at all about this problem you should do the same.

Steam sales are better anyway.
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You should consider putting yourself on fire in front of the CDPR office. Or maybe consider taking some pills to calm your fit of hysteria.
Post edited December 18, 2020 by kaboro
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tHeTonIvAl: I have always liked GOG. Any time there was a game that was slated for release on GOG I waited so I could get the GOG version. Even when the game lacked the multiplayer features of other services, I'd still buy it on GOG. They were very small sacrifices to make compared to supporting a company that treated their employees well, had good customer service, and were morally upstanding.

So it comes out that CDPR forces the devs of cyberpunk to crunch for months and I convince myself that it's still better than other platforms so it's not enough to stop supporting them.

Then I open cyberpunk after having it preordered as soon as it became available and it's just not very good. I don't want to refund it because, hey, everyone makes mistakes and I figured they'd patch it to improve it over time. Besides, I gotta support the good guys in the industry, right?

Then I see the tweet about Devotion and think "Sure am glad GOG will stand by the little guys and give Taiwanese developers a platform! This game looks good, I think I'll get it!"

Then you do the same thing Steam did. You pull the game to capitulate to the CCP.

The same CCP that unethically censors their own people, uses face recognition technology and uses draconian measures to control their population. The same CCP that destroyed Chinese history and forced the Taiwanese to grab as much of their history as they could and flee in order to protect the true China. The CCP that is planning on invading Taiwan and culturally appropriating it in order to rectify their mistake. The CCP that is currently committing genocide against the Uighur Muslims because they want China to be ethnically homogeneous. I would have thought a Polish company would care more about that but I guess money is more important to you, huh?

Censoring your platform to remove criticism of Xi Jinping constitutes tacit support of the CCP. The CCP needs their dictator to appear strong and crack down heavily on anything that makes him appear weak. They can't have their populace questioning their dictator or maybe the people of China will support a better government and hold the CCP accountable for their actions.

Just an honest question. You treat your employees just as poorly as any other company. You support genocidal dictatorships just like other companies. Your digital distribution platform is objectively worse than every other in terms of number of games, new releases, multiplayer features, and adoption. Why should anyone give you their money? What reason is left to support GOG?

GOG, I am extremely disappointed in you. I feel betrayed. I have requested a refund of cyberpunk, and I'm refunding all my current preorders as well. I will no longer give your platform any support, or money.

If anyone on here wants GOG or CDPR to care at all about this problem you should do the same.

Steam sales are better anyway.
I think you may have been deluding yourself somewhat. GOG is clearly nothing like it used to be, and hasn't been for some time. Corruption is spreading everywhere like wildfire, and clearly GOG wants to be a part of it.

Even without caring about the ethics of the company you buy games from, GOG has become ridiculously expensive. They're selling games that are a quarter of a century old for absurd prices,.

Even though they managed to sucker 8 million people into buying their broken and or unfinished Cyberpunk 2077, I suspect that any remaining trust in GOG is gone now, and it won't be so easy next time.
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In the case of this game, Steam didn't pull it. The devs did. I'm not saying Steam definitely wouldn't have taken it down later, but as things happened, they didn't.

GOG is spineless worm for referring to China as many gamers.
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i can give max 3 twitter points for this post
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aristotle61: I think you may have been deluding yourself somewhat. GOG is clearly nothing like it used to be, and hasn't been for some time. Corruption is spreading everywhere like wildfire, and clearly GOG wants to be a part of it.
Citation Needed.

No, your issues with Cyberpunk2077 are not an example of corruption. Gamers demanded that CDPR release an unfinished game to the point of making death threats against CDPR simply because they delayed it. Now, Gamers are upset that the game is incomplete. You got exactly what you asked for.
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aristotle61: Even without caring about the ethics of the company you buy games from, GOG has become ridiculously expensive. They're selling games that are a quarter of a century old for absurd prices,.
The price of practically everything goes up. It's called inflation. Go look it up. Further CDPR doesn't dictate the price to publishers. If you don't like the cost of something on GOG, go yell at the publisher.
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aristotle61: Even though they managed to sucker 8 million people into buying their broken and or unfinished Cyberpunk 2077, I suspect that any remaining trust in GOG is gone now, and it won't be so easy next time.
Maybe the next time CDPR says the game isn't finished you'll listen to them and give them more time. Otherwise you'll get what you ask for.
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BluesyMoo: In the case of this game, Steam didn't pull it. The devs did. I'm not saying Steam definitely wouldn't have taken it down later, but as things happened, they didn't.

GOG is spineless worm for referring to China as many gamers.
Many is an understatement

Try "A metric Fuck-ton of gamers"

https://www.techspot.com/news/83451-chinese-now-most-popular-language-steam-according-monthly.html
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BluesyMoo: In the case of this game, Steam didn't pull it. The devs did. I'm not saying Steam definitely wouldn't have taken it down later, but as things happened, they didn't.

GOG is spineless worm for referring to China as many gamers.
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mechmouse: Many is an understatement

Try "A metric Fuck-ton of gamers"

https://www.techspot.com/news/83451-chinese-now-most-popular-language-steam-according-monthly.html
And this is precisely why all these corporations are feeding into the communist propaganda. I figured this was what it was, but didn't google. Thanks for doing that for me. Imagine the world economy being controlled by 1 madman because he controls the world's largest country. This is what happens when capitalism is hijacked by corporations (which fundamentally undermine capitalism): it is illegal to ignore your fiduciary duty.
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aristotle61: I think you may have been deluding yourself somewhat. GOG is clearly nothing like it used to be, and hasn't been for some time. Corruption is spreading everywhere like wildfire, and clearly GOG wants to be a part of it.
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phibbs: Citation Needed.

No, your issues with Cyberpunk2077 are not an example of corruption. Gamers demanded that CDPR release an unfinished game to the point of making death threats against CDPR simply because they delayed it. Now, Gamers are upset that the game is incomplete. You got exactly what you asked for.
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aristotle61: Even without caring about the ethics of the company you buy games from, GOG has become ridiculously expensive. They're selling games that are a quarter of a century old for absurd prices,.
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phibbs: The price of practically everything goes up. It's called inflation. Go look it up. Further CDPR doesn't dictate the price to publishers. If you don't like the cost of something on GOG, go yell at the publisher.
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aristotle61: Even though they managed to sucker 8 million people into buying their broken and or unfinished Cyberpunk 2077, I suspect that any remaining trust in GOG is gone now, and it won't be so easy next time.
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phibbs: Maybe the next time CDPR says the game isn't finished you'll listen to them and give them more time. Otherwise you'll get what you ask for.
Hold on a minute. I want to respond but I need to get my shovel because it's getting deep in here.

You would have us believe that the same gaming companies that have introduced practices like loot boxes, gambling, micro-transactions, selling you the same games over and over again, openly ridiculing and attacking their customers, threatening game critics, etc., etc., etc., are now afraid and have to release broken and unfinished games because otherwise some gamers might kill them?

Removing a game to pander to pure evil isn't corruption either, right?

The price increases in games didn't just go up because of inflation. Recent games are cheaper than games from a quarter of a century ago because of inflation? Are you suggesting inflation only affects certain games? This blame the developer for prices argument is wearing really thin. If the developer sets the prices and the retailer has no control over it, how can games be much cheaper from other retailers than they are on GOG? There is currently a game being prominently displayed on GOG's front page right now that is on sale for $15.99, but it was just on sale a few days ago at Gamebillet for $5.90. This is just one of a LOT of examples, but explain how the developer will not GOG sell the game any cheaper but will let Gamebillet sell it at about one third of the price?
Post edited December 18, 2020 by user deleted
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BluesyMoo: In the case of this game, Steam didn't pull it. The devs did. I'm not saying Steam definitely wouldn't have taken it down later, but as things happened, they didn't.

GOG is spineless worm for referring to China as many gamers.
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mechmouse: Many is an understatement

Try "A metric Fuck-ton of gamers"

https://www.techspot.com/news/83451-chinese-now-most-popular-language-steam-according-monthly.html
By many gamers, GOG was referring to these guys
https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/C6A9/production/_98475805_china_politburo_640-nc.png

Could be about one ton together.
Post edited December 18, 2020 by BluesyMoo
I am fine with GOG in general although I wish they would spend more time and money on stability and software then marketing. Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't appeal to me so I can't comment on that. But GOG is a separate entity then the people that made that game. It's been great to see more games that are new coming to GOG.

As for the pulled game, steam did it, gog did it, get over it I don't know the full story but controversial games get pulled all the time for all sorts of reasons.
I thought about doing the same, but they already have our money so what is there to gain?

Could just use your account to denounce them at every turn and ward off potential new buyers?

Or shidpost.
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CityDPRED: I thought about doing the same, but they already have our money so what is there to gain?

Could just use your account to denounce them at every turn and ward off potential new buyers?

Or shidpost.
Or just switch to a disposable e-mail / password and share your account.
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David9855: As for the pulled game, steam did it, gog did it, get over it I don't know the full story but controversial games get pulled all the time for all sorts of reasons.
Steam didn't remove the game, the devs did. Very different situation than GOG taking it down hours after announcing it
Post edited December 18, 2020 by dycaite
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CityDPRED: I thought about doing the same, but they already have our money so what is there to gain?

Could just use your account to denounce them at every turn and ward off potential new buyers?

Or shidpost.
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BluesyMoo: Or just switch to a disposable e-mail / password and share your account.
That sounds like a good option too, instead of ‘my’ account it becomes ‘our’ account, I’m sure CDPR and CCP will understand, that’s what the “gamers” want after all and they do listen to them most.