03-03-2022, 12:25 PM
https://www.gamepur.com/news/cd-projekt-red-suspends-sales-of-its-games-and-all-titles-on-gog-in-russia-and-belarus-in-support-of-ukraine
So here we have a software company suspending sales in Russia. In the grand scheme of things no big deal but this highlights something that bugs me.
I’m willing to bet a lot of people playing these games are kids..why punish them? The knee jerk reaction is to say “well it’s putins fault” and while it is…is it really worth it?
My extreme example would be Afghanistan. Do we think the citizens blamed the Taliban for all the havoc they incurred?
All these over the top sanctions that are crippling an entire country just doesn’t seem worth the collateral damage it can cause.
And no, I don’t have any better ideas.
So here we have a software company suspending sales in Russia. In the grand scheme of things no big deal but this highlights something that bugs me.
I’m willing to bet a lot of people playing these games are kids..why punish them? The knee jerk reaction is to say “well it’s putins fault” and while it is…is it really worth it?
My extreme example would be Afghanistan. Do we think the citizens blamed the Taliban for all the havoc they incurred?
All these over the top sanctions that are crippling an entire country just doesn’t seem worth the collateral damage it can cause.
And no, I don’t have any better ideas.