Usually when someone in an argument throws up a bit of what-about-ary - its because their argument against the proposition is very weak indeed. When that doesn't work, they get angry and start behaving inappropriately.

The truth is, all I have requested is a country of origin tag, specifically for Europe. But if feasible why not have a tag per country? It's just metadata, and makes it easier to search for stuff that I will then buy.

I do the same thing in the supermarket. I live in Scotland, and to ensure I have the most local produce available, I buy Scottish produce (beef, pork, etc). I buy bread in the same way. Why is it such a problem to do the same for video games? My gut feel is that those against the idea, know that their country might be a location that I won't buy from.

So what? I'm just one Whale who spends a silly amount of money on videogames. If they have nothing to worry about, they have nothing to fear.

I have a short list of countries I would prefer to not buy any goods or services from (not just games - anything at all):

North Korea
United States of America
Russia
China

Why? They do not respect the GDPR legislation, they do not think twice about stealing digital property back from consumers and they have absolutely awful governments, one of which has invaded a country that is part of Europe, and another who now supports them.

But actually my goal was only to ensure that any game I now buy, is only made in Europe. I don't get the faux outrage really, it was just a small, tiny, thing. A tag in a database saying "Made in Europe". <shrug>

Physical goods always have the country of origin printed in the label. GOG makes thematic sales based on the country of origin. It should not be difficult to add that little bit of information to game cards.

First of all, no one is saying this except Amok who is making whataboutism arguments. You're projecting.

Second, gaming has always been divided both by gaming communities, genres, consoles, and stores. This is simply market fragmentation and is healthy for a competitive market. So I don't see your point.

What do gamers stand to lose if they're divided? The only alliance I can see is against DRM or anti-consumer decisions, which is why most of us are here.

Lastly, why would I want to be united with gamers? Some gamers here and elsewhere have said some objectively moronic things I definitely do not want to be associated with. So if being divided means having my own autonomy to make my own decisions to choose what I want to play or believe in that doesn't fall in line with what the mass market wants, I'd always choose my individualism (or divisionism in other people's views) 100% of the time.

Absolutely right, it shouldn't. The argument that it's already available a Google search away and therefore shouldn't be added is ridiculous. As Breja said, might as well get rid of screenshots, trailers, devpub info, filesize info because everything's already available on PCGW.

There's a good reason I stopped keeping track of that metadata and it's because I work 10+ hrs/d and can't track that shit anymore. That's a job that should be delegated to the store that already has access to that info and the labour we're already paying to update this to all the store pages. Truly one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while here.