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GOG Has Decided Not To List Devotion After Complaints from “Gamers” Potentially From China

Just earlier today, it was announced that Devotion would be making its return digitally, this time on GOG in a tweet. Understandably, a lot of fans were excited and it was generally counted as a win for the developers in this unfortunate situation. Sadly, this will not be the case anymore.

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SegaGamer1648d ago

Such a cop out to say "complaints from gamers"......you must think we are completely stupid. You took it down because of pressure from the CCP.

I can't be the only person getting a little bit sick and tired of all of these companies bending over backwards for the CCP. I don't live in China, so why I am affected by their bs anti freedom laws?

Terry_B1648d ago

"Chinese Gamers". The Chinese Government probably either told them straight to delist the game or they have sent them some thousand emails by different accounts.

annoyedgamer1648d ago (Edited 1648d ago )

Companies spent years bending over for SJWs based in America with almost no financial power on social media. Why would they stand up to a country that has a huge financial pull?

TricksterArrow1648d ago

Not the same. Generally games fail or succeed on their own terms, censoring content or not aside, and the developer can choose if they want to humor those cries or not. In this one case the game is being held back from releasing altogether, even after removing “offensive” content.

KeeseToast1648d ago

Just shows how dumb it is to idolize those gaming companies and think they are your friends or that they have any other intentions then making money.
CDPR played the good guy because it brought them massive success, its like Samsung throwing shade at Apple for removing the headphone jack and then doing the exact same thing.

Futureshark1648d ago

Oh dear, the Communist party of China has found another way to affect the lives of the free world.
It's exactly what they want, shame GOG & CDPR have submitted to their political scheming, now it makes them look even worse after the Cyberpunk fiasco.
Shame Western companies don't stand up to the CCP, but they've played the long game on many fronts and have their financial tentacles wrapped around the necks of many people and organisations internationally now.

Of course, the whole 'China is now the most powerful country in the world' is a load of old guff generated by their propaganda machine and seeded in the minds of their children at a very young age.
If China did (does?) have any problems it would lie about it to the rest of the world and fake everything, as they do now.

CaptainObvious8781647d ago

And just like that, in the space of a single week, CDPR, the developer I respected more than any other developer in the industry, has utterly embarrassed themselves.

garos821648d ago

Li Xiping is my favourite dictator.

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PSN Store Mid-Year Deals Has a Chunky List of Good Games Under $4.99

The PlayStation Mid-Year Deals promotion has a bunch of games worth checking out that are priced at $4.99 or below.

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Japan: Nintendo Switch 2 already outsold lifetime sales of Xbox Series X|S and PS5 Digital Edition

The Nintendo Switch 2 has proved to be a success the world over, however, one nation which is particularly keen on the Nintendo’s latest platform is naturally Japan. Recent sales data has shown that…

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shadowT1d 6h ago

biggest console launch ever!

CrashMania1d 1h ago

yeah nothing is gonna dethrone nintendo in japan, especially if there's a handheld involved.

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goken12h ago

Wow… Nintendo is champ in Japan, but the speed of sale is remarkable.

Proves that console gaming isn’t dead yet not by a long shot.

gold_drake22h ago

not surprised, the switch is relatively cheap in japan.

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DivineHand12521h ago

I guess the resistance against always online and digital only consoles is BS. The people have voted with their wallets.

NotoriousWhiz20h ago

What are you talking about? Switch 2 is neither always online nor digital only.

DivineHand12519h ago

Nintendo can literally block your Switch 2 console from accessing their online services at any time. When that happens, it becomes a brick. You won't even be able to play those games that use game key cards that are not installed on the console. Some users who have been blocked tried factory resetting their system, and when they tried to boot it up with a new account, they are stuck.

Speaking of game key cards, the majority of third party publishers have opted to use those instead of loading their full game on those cartridges. Imagine having a library of game key card games and going on a long trip but not being able to play a particular game because you need to connect to Nintendo servers to download the game first. It is not like the old days where you just plug in and play.

Game key cards make sense for large games like GTA, Red Dead, or COD, but I don't see why publishers who have games with sizes less than 32 GB need to use that option.

Profchaos16h ago

If you try to mod your system it could get banned from online play like every single system since the ps3 and xbox

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The FDI needs Your Help in The Epic Games Store's Weekly Freebie

The Epic Games Store wants you to join the FDI in this week's free game.

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