Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch
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Horses is proving to be something of a surprise hit, at least on the storefronts where you can still buy it.

Currently, only GOG and Itch are still selling this game.

EDIT: It seems the game has returned to Humble Bundle.

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    13 hours ago

    Wait, I thought this game was a depiction of what we subject horses to, using a horror lens to drive home the point? I’ve never heard of something less sexy?

    • Contramuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      11 hours ago

      My understanding is that there was a scene where a young girl rides a naked man/woman around. Apparently it has since been changed to make the child older, but… I can perfectly understand why anyone would be hesitant to accept such a game based on that description alone. Even if it’s not intended to be sexual, the developers were certainly pushing the line

      • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1017·
        8 hours ago

        That’s not how this works, you don’t get to decide what is acceptable for other people. It’s people like you who galvanize Mastercard and Visa in trying to control what kind of content we’re “allowed” to purchase.

        To be clear this all sounds repugnant to me, but i realize Im not the sole arbiter of taste and have no interest in telling other adults what (legal) things they are and aren’t allowed to do.

        If the game is so bad it’ll tank, it doesn’t need outside forces influencing it.

        • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          133·
          4 hours ago

          Um, he didn’t say he was deciding for others, he said he could understand how others would be hesitant… sounded like he was supporting your very point that people have a right to have their own opinion.

          • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
            47·
            4 hours ago

            The only reason someone wouldn’t want to sell something is because of pressure from others - you boil it down enough and the logic is “I don’t want to sell this because others will judge me”, which stems directly from others judgement, being my entire point.

            You can claim “Valve doesn’t want to sell it for moral reasons”, but they’re not a moral body, they’re a corporation - their only job is to earn money.

            The more people feel they can dictate what a retailer sells, the worse it gets for all of us, and retailers choosing to drop things rather than “roc k the boat” is a problem.

            Sure, this is a pretty repugnant case, but the slippery slope starts somewhere.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          122·
          5 hours ago

          That’s not how that works. You don’t get to decide what a store does and does not sell. Steam refuses hundreds of games a year, this one doesn’t get special treatment.

          Saying “I understand why (store) would not want to carry this product” is not the same as saying “no store should carry this product.”

          • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
            28·
            4 hours ago

            I’m not admonishing the store, as you said it’s up to them to carry what they like. I’m admonishing you and people like you for trying to exert pressure on the store to not carry something you personally don’t like, because again, you’re not intended to be in charge of what others sell.

            • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
              41·
              3 hours ago

              When did I (or anyone else) exert pressure on Steam to not carry this? My understanding is this is a decision Steam made.

              • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
                13·
                3 hours ago

                Earlier this year steam updated its guidelines to prohibit content that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by steam payment processors and related card networks”

                Visa and Mastercard pressured steam to remove a game because they didn’t agree with its content. Visa and Mastercard only care because they believe they end users care - that’s you, a potential end user of visa and Mastercards service. Valve only cares because visa and Mastercard care.

                You saying “I see why they wouldn’t want to sell the game” helps them to pressure steam into self censorship.

                You’re speaking with an awful lot of confidence on stuff you don’t seem to be very well versed in.

                For example, you somehow missed the fact that just months after payment processors forced steam to remove a game, they’re suddenly self-censoring.

                Go ahead and read up https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-steam-banned-adult-games