⚿ congratulations GOG!

Keep them coming Sony. Horizon Forbidden West Complete and more.

Don't forget your older titles, like the original God of Wars games and the inFAMOUS series.

Wonderful release! I'm also hoping that more PlayStation games find their way here, especially the classic ones from 90s and early 2000s. Wishlisted for now.

I thought it was Woke of war ?

Thanks for the release but no thanks to the game.

Listen, I don't think they're some kind of content police or blue hair group. They're just a target because someone has their panties in a twist and managed to notice a distant consulting company on the periphery. It isn't like this Sweet Baby Inc can hand down orders sworn by affidavit or anything.

[CITATION NEEDED]. Go ahead, play your cards and lay em on the table. I'm calling your bluff. (But actually, don't bother, I imagine it's just pure rhetoric and hearsay.)

How about treating every newer game as if it included telemetry and blocking its outbound traffic in your application-level firewall? It's become a bit of a pain to track who's being dishonest and who's not these days, so might as well have "zero trust". As long as no DRM is involved, nothing will prevent you from playing these games even if you cut off their call home tendrils.

P.S.: The telemetry they collect as well as other wonderful practices are usually covered by the EULA.

Agreed this is up to the publisher/developer, not to digital retail stores. In the case of recent PlayStation/Sony PC titles, I believe that even if you opt out of data collection, they will still collect some generic usage data.

Sony has gold mine of old titles to sell. Socom and Killzone 2 MP on PC would be great!

this game is bad and ruined the god of war franchise.

Oops I have to somewhat remedy my comment then. 2022 is the real Woke of War this one is the first step on the road still though.

That didn't happen until Ragnarok, this first game is legit and worth playing.

I really hope the stink of the sequels doesn't impact the sales of this one, keep the blame where it actually belongs, don't accidentally hurt a good product by proxy.

Making Games worse isn't a fine Mission to me. The road to hell is paved with good intention and all that. At least don't mess up running series. Make new ones.
Yeah my bad, I just noticed that but afaik they still messed Kratos up quite a bit. But it's been a while.
No matter I can't in good faith buy this one(again) seeing how things have gone.

Happy for everyone that wanted this game.

They are the platform allowing this content into their servers. They are legally responsible for said software - they are the gatekeeper - Sony makes the code, but GOG allows it. It is ultimately in GOG's power to refuse things if they don't comply with GOG's internal policies, local ( Polish, and European ) laws, etc.
By NOT stating that telemetry is taking place, IF such telemetry is taking place, GOG leaves themselves legally liable.
As a content DISTRIBUTOR, as a company based in EU, they are bound to EU laws.

I disagree, not everyone would care to even check. And not everyone is qualified and knowledgable enough to debug the software to find any hidden NON-BLATANT telemetry ( such as when the software holds no easily visible warnings in that regard, no "in your face prompts", etc ).

On Steam and all sorts of other platforms. It is debatable AT BEST on GOG.
License vs ownership is also 100% IRRELEVANT when it comes to telemetry.
And EULAs and license agreements do not override local laws ( at least in SANE countries in the world ).

You aren't 100% correct.

This is HILLARIOUSLY ignorant statement. Completely inaccurate :P

Oh really now? Gee. Thanks /s

The point about DRM was that GOG com ONCE ( not anymore, mind you! ) publicly boasted about being "better than their competition", DRM was just ONE area thereof.
They have since silently removed many such claims and shoved any remains under the carpet.
Also GOG com is NO LONGER 100% DRM-free, despite some people willingly ignoring it and trying not to notice it.
Just fyi.
They have once prided themselves in being "better than this or that store", well, they are blurring the differences every day some more.
There were TONS of issues on GOG for the last decade, and MANY veteran customers have left, be it permanently or prolonged temporarily, as a form of a protest.
Most of the remaining users are like slow-boiled frogs. Taking their liberties and guarantees slowly seems to not bother them too much.
But alas.

GOG of the 10 years ago would most definitely have a bigger problem with data harvesting than the GOG of today.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Has legal obligation to inform EU customers about the data collection taking place on it's platform, including but not limited to inside the software they themselves ( GOG ) sells on the platform.

It doesn't matter if Sony would hypothetically violate some laws. Ultimately it's GOG distributing it. It is GOG who is ALLOWING it to be distributed as-is, despite violations. At which point it would not only be Sony violating the law, but ALSO GOG.
It's as if saying that Netflix is not liable for the content they are distributing on their platform, "only the people who made said content". That's just utter nonsense.
"bUt wE dIdNt MaKe iT" does not hold up in court in any sensible country in the world.

BOTH the:
A. Content original maker ( in this case: one of Sony's internal gamedev studios )

B. The publisher of said content ( in this case: 'PlayStation PC LLC' )

C. The distribution platform ( eg Steam / GOG )

are ALL legally binded by EU GDPR laws and EU laws in general.
Such is the reality of conducting game publishing operations in EU.
Doesn't matter whether YOU like it or not. That's the gist of it.

You may say whatever you want in the EULA but if it contradicts local laws then local laws take precedence.

Ofc, not every country's laws are the same, your mileage will vary. If in doubt, consult with your country's legal experts.
I am not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice.

1. Such information should be included on store product card, for maximu visibility.
Shoving it into a legal babble EULA that close to noone reads and which is often deliberaly ambiguous, is not exactly pro consumer move.

2. Good luck doing this with every single game. Including every single hidden nested executable they might have aside from the primary one, in their respective game install directories.

In ideal world everything should be disclosed and every data collection should be strictly voluntary.
However we live in a twisted joke of a worldline where morals are of low to no importance to most humans...

Again, it's not quite true.
And has been demonstrated to not be true in practise. Even just recently, sites like GitHub have been found liable for hosting offending content, "not just the people who made such content". But your guys logic they shouldn't have been.
Hell, by your logic servers hosting "questionable content" of any kind shouldn't be brought down, or prosecuted, only those "who made said content".
This logic, again, does not fly very well with any court in any reasonable country.
There are very few exemptions to those laws, and digital game distribution isn't one of them.

Then it's downright illegal by the EU laws.

My wife was playing Horizon Forbidden West and started complaining about how ugly they made her. Also, it was obvious they were trying to force relationships on the character with certain NPCs for no reason.

But other than that, the game was basically the same as the first, with better gameplay.

Boyyy...