Absolutely this. I was buying it anyway. If it's good, I'll buy it again and gift it to someone. F*ck you, Russia.
Russian hackers threaten to release Stalker 2 content if demands are not met
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Absolutely this. I was buying it anyway. If it's good, I'll buy it again and gift it to someone. F*ck you, Russia.
Hodor
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LOL. Can't believe everyone here, I mean HERE, where people are much smarter than in ordinary discussion groups, still haven't notice this is a PR stunt.
Check out the "demands". They just want to expand the player base. Expanding the player base is something that publisher would want, not hackers. Another thing they want is adding RU-localization (which again enables expansion of the player base) and reinstating a Discord channel, which advertises the game, bringing even more players.
Does it look to anyone those are enemy hackers? To me it looks like the publisher "hacked" themselves. To get free PR in various media outlets, including TechSpot.
And what's the punishment if those "demands" aren't met? Did they encode their data? Will they delete their disks? Did they insert random errors everywhere, so that automated backups get contaminated over time? Nope.
The "punishment" is to release gigabytes of PR material from the game, so that game attracts even more interest, and gets advertised in even more media outlets. And then the western player base, angry at the hackers, would buy even more copies in spite.
Come on people, have you never heard of guerilla marketing? Well, now you have. But I didn't expect it would fool the audience on TechSpot.
Check out the "demands". They just want to expand the player base. Expanding the player base is something that publisher would want, not hackers. Another thing they want is adding RU-localization (which again enables expansion of the player base) and reinstating a Discord channel, which advertises the game, bringing even more players.
Does it look to anyone those are enemy hackers? To me it looks like the publisher "hacked" themselves. To get free PR in various media outlets, including TechSpot.
And what's the punishment if those "demands" aren't met? Did they encode their data? Will they delete their disks? Did they insert random errors everywhere, so that automated backups get contaminated over time? Nope.
The "punishment" is to release gigabytes of PR material from the game, so that game attracts even more interest, and gets advertised in even more media outlets. And then the western player base, angry at the hackers, would buy even more copies in spite.
Come on people, have you never heard of guerilla marketing? Well, now you have. But I didn't expect it would fool the audience on TechSpot.
Skjorn
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Lol oh you little dorks think you're fighting the Russian war machine by paying a private for profit company for a preorder of a video game on a margin stealing platform like Steam.
You know you could just give money to Ukraine instead of pre-ordering a video game that may or may not be polished and ready.
You know you could just give money to Ukraine instead of pre-ordering a video game that may or may not be polished and ready.
Last Ranger
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No? I'm pretty sure they don't pay any taxes in Ukraine, as they no longer in Ukraine. And even when they were, they were most likely an offshore company at a time. That's how literally everyone run their businesses here. The president of this country himself has offshore business for decades and didn't pay any taxes like ever.
Last Ranger
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What is "give money to Ukraine" exactly in your educated opinion? Is Ukraine a some sort of entity in your understanding? Who are you going to give money to exactly?
Skjorn
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There's plenty of ways to donate. Don't be ignorant.
Last Ranger
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You didn't answer my question and I'm ignorant.
passingposeidon
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They could sell the game for a donation to a charity supporting the Ukraine war effort (and only make that particular avenue of sale available in Russia). Would be interesting.
Tams80
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Oh please.
While the US haven't helped there, most of the blame lies with the inhabitants of those countries. The US hasn't even meddled in most of them.
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