Based solely off the trailer I can see how a big American storefront would err on the side of caution here. There is very little to gain from carrying a game decidedly built with controversy in mind, but a lot to loose.
With the publicity around it and sales still possible through alternative stores maybe things will turn out alright for the developer in the end. "Banned" media is always in demand, after all.
No, of course not. And yet, thanks to it's structure, obscurity, lemmy and the fediverse in general seem to be considerably less bot-infested than the commercial centralized platforms. We'll see whether it stays this way.
The fact that real people still use this trash never fails to amaze me.
This is... a lot.
Das ist die alte Normalität. Wenn das Verbrechen nur groß und lukrativ genug ist, kann man sich im Zweifel freikaufen.
Kann unser Rechtsstaat so etwas einfangen? Hier stellen sich ja schon Fragen, vor allem nach dem Umfeld, in dem diese Kinder aufwachsen.
Es wäre so interessant zu erfahren, was in ein bis zwei Jahren aus diesem Fall wird.
These poor lonely people.
This is the reasonable way.
I almost threw up and I'm not even from Italy.
Ziemlich weit, offenbar.
Oh nein, bloß keine Prozesse effizienter gestalten! Alles muss genau so bleiben, wie es ist!
Valve is pretty upfront about being a business first and foremost. Their customers are loyal because they consistently provide high value at reasonable prices, even though they are in a dominating position in the market. They've taken unpopular decisions in the past, but never any that seriously alienated a meaningful chunk of their customer base.