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General discussionGoG is killing it`s German market(211 posts)(211 posts)
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Posted June 22, 2016
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DeMignon: Um, no?
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richlind33: Do you guys still have decent beer?
For now, at least until the Islamists take over.
Posted June 22, 2016
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DanTheKraut: Um, yes! With a license you can own nearly all kind of guns and getting such a license isn't hard. ...
I don't want to start a big discussion, but since some peeps reading this don't know Germany at all, I have to set the picture straight.

It's rather two different licenses, one to own guns and one to bear guns. The first one is for sports, hunting as well as collecting. You are allowed to store weapons (except fully automatic firearms) and ammunition, both separated and properly locked, and you can transport the unloaded weapon to places where it is allowed to use it. Everything else is forbidden. To get that license you basically must have a clean police record, no history of drug abusable whatsoever, you have to take lessons and pass a test to prove proper knowledge and you have to provide evidence for your actual need, e.g. hunting or sports.

The license to bear weapons in public is so hardly restricted (mostly connected to professional usage) that a private person has almost no chance to get it.

All in all, that's not what I'd call easy to get and handle.
Post edited June 22, 2016 by DeMignon
Posted June 22, 2016
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richlind33: Do you guys still have decent beer?
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Bouchart: For now, at least until the Islamists take over.
What do they drink, soured goat milk? :(
Posted June 22, 2016
If I remember correctly, because GoG open a store in Germany, they have to start censoring games for Germany.

Now that the number of games censored is increasing, what is the benefit of opening s store there?

When GoG announce the news of opening store in Germany and have German language option supposedly to connect with German customers better. But having German language is independent of the store, so what's stopping GOG from closing the German Store so they can sell their whole catalog to German customers again?

Any benefits I did not see for keeping the store?
Posted June 22, 2016
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Gnostic: If I remember correctly, because GoG open a store in Germany, they have to start censoring games for Germany.

Now that the number of games censored is increasing, what is the benefit of opening s store there?

When GoG announce the news of opening store in Germany and have German language option supposedly to connect with German customers better. But having German language is independent of the store, so what's stopping GOG from closing the German Store so they can sell their whole catalog to German customers again?

Any benefits I did not see for keeping the store?
This has my vote for $64,000 question. Dunno what that is in German currency, though.
Posted June 22, 2016
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Gnostic: Now that the number of games censored is increasing, what is the benefit of opening s store there?
...what's stopping GOG from closing the German Store so they can sell their whole catalog to German customers again?
Any benefits I did not see for keeping the store?
Obviously, they sell way more to germans with censoring than without.
Why should they close the german store and decrease their sales/revenue?
Posted June 22, 2016
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Gnostic: Now that the number of games censored is increasing, what is the benefit of opening s store there?
...what's stopping GOG from closing the German Store so they can sell their whole catalog to German customers again?
Any benefits I did not see for keeping the store?
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mobutu: Obviously, they sell way more to germans with censoring than without.
Why should they close the german store and decrease their sales/revenue?
Ok so it is a case of German customers saying no no no, but their wallet is very honest.
Post edited June 22, 2016 by Gnostic
Posted June 22, 2016
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mobutu: Obviously, they sell way more to germans with censoring than without.
Why should they close the german store and decrease their sales/revenue?
Why should they do anything special regarding the German market. There are thousands of non-Germany based online retailers out there selling and shipping indexed or banned material to German customers. Amazon.com or amazon.co.uk for example.

You know what happened to them? Jack shit. Because Germany can do exactly jack shit if a company is not based in Germany. Like, oh I don't know, GOG or Valve for instance? They just need to grow a pair and tell the German government to fuck off.
Posted June 22, 2016
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Gnostic: Ok so it is a case of German customers saying no no no, but their wallet is very honest.
the germans visiting and being vocal on the gog forums are a small minority.

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Randalator: They just need to grow a pair and tell the German government to fuck off.
That's a job for the germans to do. Gog is not their white knight to do their battles for them.
Posted June 22, 2016
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Randalator: They just need to grow a pair and tell the German government to fuck off.
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mobutu: That's a job for the germans to do. Gog is not their white knight to do their battles for them.
There is no battle for GOG. They have to do absolutely nothing except keep selling their games. Which is kinda the default state.
Posted June 22, 2016
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anothername: I feel the urge to curse and raise middle fingers in all directions...
That was my first reaction, too.
Posted June 22, 2016
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richlind33: This has my vote for $64,000 question. Dunno what that is in German currency, though.
About €56,772.82, according to Google.

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, eh? :)
Posted June 22, 2016
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Gnostic: Ok so it is a case of German customers saying no no no, but their wallet is very honest.
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mobutu: the germans visiting and being vocal on the gog forums are a small minority.

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Randalator: They just need to grow a pair and tell the German government to fuck off.
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mobutu: That's a job for the germans to do. Gog is not their white knight to do their battles for them.
we don't need GOG to fight the german law. We need GOG to make some effort to better cater for their german customers. I mean, that was the whole idea of opening the german store front, wasn't it?
It is still perfectly legal to sell the affected games to adults. I have been ordering the retail versions of similar "banned" games from a german online shop for 15years and counting.

That this would be a problem at some point should have been clear to the GOG legal team the minute they started looking into opening the german store front. There was more than enough time to come up with a solution.
Instead the issue was ignored as long as possible, and when it wasn't any longer possible to ignore, well, screw the german customers.
GOG deserves all the blame for that total lack of effort to make things better for their customers.
Posted June 22, 2016
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richlind33: This has my vote for $64,000 question. Dunno what that is in German currency, though.
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PhilipG: About €56,772.82, according to Google.

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, eh? :)
Well, no, it doesn't.
Posted June 22, 2016
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immi101: GOG deserves all the blame for that total lack of effort to make things better for their customers.
Why haven't the Germans put the effort to fix their laws during the god only knows how many years they've been in place if it's such an issue?
Post edited June 22, 2016 by Petrell
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