Small request, given the current state of geo-politics. I'm making the decision to prioritise products made in Europe (EU + ETFA + UK). It would be really useful if we could have a group on the store that has a "Made in Europe" filter. This will allow customers like me to make an informed decision.

Thanks :-)

Really shouldn't punish game companies (especially the smaller ones) for the decisions of a handful.

(Especially when some of those small ones might be co-aligned to Europe.)
Instead, I'd work to undermine the [redacted] in power by encouraging representatives to sign treaties ratified but never signed with the UN, ending years of idiotic exceptionalism. And daylight savings.

Just to exemplify this problematic suggestion: Imagine skipping over Dwarf Fortress because Zach & Tarn happen to live in the wrong country.

It's not for punishing anyone, I just want to prioritise my purchases to European developers/publishers. A Made in Europe stamp would help to do that. I might boycott USA goods and services, but that is not the goal here. Its prioritisation of local goods, not an outright boycott of someone else's. Similarly, I want to know if my money is going to Russian interests. Do you see the point?

I care far more about whether a game is good than where it was made. In my view, any such 'stamp' is counterproductive, as it separates games based on arbitrary criteria that have nothing to do with the actual games.

edit - I also believe it's up to you to do your own due diligence if you want to exclude games for political reasons. It takes ten seconds to Google a developer or publisher and see where they are based.

I don't particularly care about that either, but I don't care about the protagonist's gender either, and it seems extremely silly for me to care about it, but we have a tag for that. More information is never a bad thing, and people can then do with it whatever they want. Why should we decide for others what they should base their purchases on?

Unfortunately given how well tags around here work, or issues with the "dreamlist", I can't help but expect this would also not be really reliable if implemented. If only there was some community-managed feature that would allow poeple to make lists of games based on any chosen criteria that would then be easily accessible to all users... some kind of... GOG blend? GOG jumble? Hmmm...

First, I think the gender tag is silly as well, I would have no problems if it was removed. I also don’t think 'They implemented something silly, so they should implement more silly things' is a good argument.

Secondly, i did a stealth edit, but copy-pasta it here as well: "I also believe it's up to you to do your own due diligence if you want to exclude games for political reasons. It takes ten seconds to Google a developer or publisher and see where they are based."

Ecosia is better :-P Good alternative!!

No, and I wouldn’t, for several reasons.

Firstly, when a game is made by groups like these, they are generally poorly made, as they tend to have overt political messages and are often developed by people who lack skill in game design. These are essentially propaganda games.

Secondly, I have played and enjoyed games made in Israel, for example, Grime is quite good, and the classic Jane's flight simulators were developed by an Israeli studio. I believe that cutting yourself off from great art and history due to politics not only limits your own understanding of your hobby but also harms artists in those countries who are simply trying to survive and create their work. I am glad i have not exluded myself from games like these.

Thirdly, where do you draw the line? Are we supposed to have 'stamps' only for politics you agree with? What about 'stamps' for my politics? What about 'stamps' for an Israeli gamer? In the end, you either end up with a system that favors a specific political viewpoint or one that tries to encompass everything - which ultimately makes it meaningless.

(And after all, GOG is a store, and it is not in their interest to exlude groups of gamers)

It's virtue signalling to want to know where a product originates from? You can't be serious! Who said anything about excluding groups of gamers? I'm talking about adding a tag/group that shows if a game was made in Europe or not to giver gamers more information.

That's not the argument I made. The Argument I made is "just because I think it's silly doesn't entitle me to decide for others", because everyone can have a different opinion on what's silly or irrelevant, and I don't appreciate when want to make the choice for me. It also takes ten seconds to google who developed the game, or what it's system requirements are. In fact, most things about any given game can be googled in ten seconds - screenshots, trailers etc. I guess we can do away with games' individual pages in general. Just have every game's country of origin listed on it's page. Nothing "meaningless" about that, no bias, just simple factual information.

You completely missed the point.

What about those of us who don’t want to focus on 'Made in Europe' but instead care about games made in Africa?
Or games made in Finland? Or games made by women? Or games developed on Linux machines before being ported to Windows? Or games with a low carbon footprint? Or games made by Black developers? Or… [insert countless other classifications]? Don't they also desrve their own 'stamp'?

Why should there only be a 'stamp' for the politics you prefer? Where do you draw the line? If you start classifying games based on politics, you’re opening up a can of worms.

Politics is everywhere.

Creating an in-group automatically creates an out-group. Sociology 101, as you are interested in geopolitcs, you should know this.
INdeed, but that information actually realtes directly to the product they are selling. Where it is made does not.

Not at all, but as GoG is a European firm, I would hope to see some solidarity with European developers/publishers.

As for having more country of origin stamps, yeah I think think that would be a good thing. It's not about my politics, its about informing consumer choices. As a European, knowing where my money is going is important to me as that fits in with the overall European value system.