Time4Tea: I don't have a problem with adult content in games, but if these smutty anime games are not 'good'
games, then imo they shouldn't be here.
GamezRanker: I find this an interesting stance, seeing as you're the one who started the boycott GOG thread(which has the Devotion removal as one of it's issues).
So you don't want games removed from sale/barred from GOG due to "complaints of many gamers", yet are seemingly ok with games kept off of GOG if staff find them to not be "good"?
Imo, if one is going to hold a position/stance, they should at least try to be consistent across the board with said stance.
As Breja said, I don't see why it is inconsistent. In my mind, there is a clear difference between censorship and curation to maintain a level of quality. The first is about the content of the media, the second is about the quality. Those are two completely different things. Although I admit that 'good quality' is subjective and it might not always be clear when a game is excluded what the reasons are for it, when there is little or no communication.
The case of Devotion seemed to be quite clear-cut censorship though. GOG had already announced it's release, so it had clearly passed GOG's quality filter by that point. Also, it was very clear from the nature of the 'many gamer' complaints that their objection was to the content, rather than the quality.
Sabin_Stargem: That seems like a Trojan horse for concealed censorship. Making a good game is difficult, be it standard or perverted, but there is a clear bias by the powers-that-be against perversion. For no other reason than because it wins brownie points from people who can't stand the idea of people enjoying their sex lives.
In any case, perverted developers are no different from standard ones, in that they need to practice their craft in order to produce masterpieces. That means many failures, iteration, and just plain luck to catch a big break. Your "standards" exist to throttle fledgling developers in the crib.
I want to experience the highest quality games, and they won't ever existence if developers have to give up the trade.
No, it really isn't. As I mentioned in my reply above to GamezRanker, there is a clear difference between content and quality. I have no problem with adult content in games. I'm fine with Leisure Suit Larry and the sexual content in the Witcher games, as examples. If someone makes a legitimately good JRPG that includes sexual anime content, then for sure bring it here. But I haven't seen or heard of any such examples.
Your argument against having quality standards seems a bit like saying that prime time cable TV channels should have to devote air time to every amateur who is making movies/TV shows in their basement. I.e. they shouldn't be allowed to maintain a standard of quality on their platform. Plus, your argument about enforcement of a quality standard stifling fledgling developers falls a bit flat when you consider the surge of indie gaming over the past 10 years and the large number of indie game developers who are making games that are high enough quality to be on GOG.
GOG has been for many years a curated store of good games, where people don't have to wade through oceans of low-quality trash to find what they want, like they do on Steam. There is a platform for low-quality hentai games and I'm sure those that want them can easily find them. But that platform is not here.