One good Winnie the Pooh reference is enough to get a game not only banned in China but also banned on any platform trying to do business in China. Originally released on Steam back in February, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Devotion was pulled just days later after the game was review bombed for includinꦗg a satirical reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
That reference was a talisman on the wall that read "Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh," a long-standing meme that compares the Chinese president to Disney's dumpy stuffed bear. The meme originally started in 2013 as a light-hearted dig at Xinping's portly stature, but soon grew to become a shorthand for criticism of the Chinese leader. And since authoritarian rꦬegimes are extremely sensitive to any sort of criticism, .
With Devotion being both Taiwanese and critical of Xi Jinping, China’s populace was quick to weaponize their numbers and review bo▨mbed both Devotion and the developer’s previous game straight into the ground as soon as word of its existence became widely known. Steam then pulled Devotion from 🥂its storefront, where it has remained ever since.
It’s important to note that Steam was looking to make inroads into the Chinese market at the time, even going so far as creating a specific client filled wit💙h Chinese censors.
Devotion has been pretty hard to find ever since then unless yoꦍ𒊎u purchased a physical copy of the game in Taiwan. 🅷And it looks like it will remain a very rare game as GOG ba🌄cktracks on plans to release Devotion on its storefront.
Earlier today, GOG announced plans to sell Devotion. Then a few hours later, it decided to not sell Devotion “after receiving m🌺any messages from gamers.” , the Chinese equivalent of Facebook, turning GOG’s about-face into a repeat of the Steam review bombing back in February.
To pu♒t this into perspective, GOG is owned by CD Projekt, the same comp🅷any that made (and is still making) Cyberpunk 2077. Despite not yet having an official release, , so CD Projekt is likely extremely sensitive to the unfiltered rage of Chinese players.
Or , "[CD Projekt] wouldn't want to lose those delicious꧟ RMB!"
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