Here we document and collect good and bad behavior of Gaming Companies (Software/Hardware Developers and Publishers)!
This can be used to make decisions if you want to buy there games and support them. Since this will be a long list use "Control" + "F" on your keyboard to search for Companies or Games.
If you know about something that would fit, comment below (with sources + already archived link to archive.today / archive.org) and i add them to the OP!
Examples of behavior:
The Bad:
- Censorship
- Anti-consumer tactics like DRM, always online/requiring account for singleplayer, collecting (unnecessary/private) data, suing and harassing modders, extreme microtransactions, exclusivity (content or store availability)
- Broken Products
- Treat workers badly
- General SJW bullshit like virtue signalling
The Good:
- Not apologizing and yielding to twitter/cancel mobs for no reason
- Free/cheap/good content (going above and beyond)
Rating:
Since it's easier to complain than praise and any rating by only one person will be biased at some point, feel free to rate them yourself or comment below if you disagree (with reason).
Companies and Events will be rated by the above criteria: Red = Bad; Yellow = Mixed (some good some bad / Not entirely good or bad); Green = Good.
Developers, Publishers and Games:
Activision Blizzard / Treyarch / Infinity Ward / High Moon Studios / Toys for Bob
(OverWatch, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's, Spyro/Skylanders, StarCraft)
(2016) CENSORED: Removes Tracer pose from OverWatch because of SJW mob
(2018) Puts long awaited Diablo game only on mobile (presumably because it's much cheaper and china's mobile marked is massive)
(2019) Hearthstone player banned for supporting Hong Kong protesters during live stream
(2021) CENSORED: Diablo II Remaster Censors Amazon’s Butt & Sorceress Underboob
(2018) Puts long awaited Diablo game only on mobile (presumably because it's much cheaper and china's mobile marked is massive)
(2019) Hearthstone player banned for supporting Hong Kong protesters during live stream
(2021) CENSORED: Diablo II Remaster Censors Amazon’s Butt & Sorceress Underboob
ASUS
(Computer Components Manufacturer)
Amazon Games
(Lord of the Rings MMO, Crucible, New World)
Atlus
(Megami Tensei, Persona, Etrian Odyssey, Catherine, Trauma Center)
(2019) CENSORED: removes "Transphobic" dialogue from Catherine: Full Body's international release
(2020) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Persona 4 Golden
(2021) CENSORED: Western Release Of Persona 5 Royal To Censor Scenes Featuring Two Gay Men
(2021) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Persona 5 Striker
(2020) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Persona 4 Golden
(2021) CENSORED: Western Release Of Persona 5 Royal To Censor Scenes Featuring Two Gay Men
(2021) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Persona 5 Striker
Bethesda Softworks / Game Studios
(The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Wolfenstein, Prey, Dishonored, Ghostwire: Tokyo, The Evil Within)
(2006) MICROTRANSACTION: Popularized DLC/Microtransaction by adding Horse Armor Pack into The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
(2015) Supported Paid mods in Steam Workshop
(2018 - 2019) Fallout 76 (see IH full video):
(2015) Supported Paid mods in Steam Workshop
(2018 - 2019) Fallout 76 (see IH full video):
- Promises "16 times the details":
- Microtransactions (Atom Store):
- Hacking and Bans:
- Refunds:
- $200 Power Armor collector's edition:
- Advertises premium Canvas bag but delivers cheap Nylon knock off
- Lies about Canvas not being available despite giving it away to (YT) influencers for advertisement
- Refuses to compensate customer and ends up giving away in-game currency for Atom Store equating to only $5.00 in order to avoid class action law suit
- People submitting support tickets for the "Canvas" bags have all there personal information leaked because of a bug
- Recalls 20.000 Power Armor Helmets because of toxic mold
- Nuka Dark Rum
- DRM: Released with Denuvo DRM (despite including a DRM-Free version in the first hours after release) and requiring an internet connection + Bethesda account to play offline/singleplayer
- Added (Denuvo) anti-cheat (kernel level with full system rights/access) that was removed after a shitstorm
- Patch adds Korone Easter Egg, got removed not long after without giving any reasons
Campo Santo / Sean Vanaman
(Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods)
Capcom
(Resident Evil, Mega Man)
(1998) CENSORED: removes smoking and gore scenes from Resident Evil 1's introduction video
(2001) CENSORED: removes the ability to kick dogs and cats, also prevents you from sniping birds down in the North American and European releases of Mega Man Legends
(2005) CENSORED: removes blood splatter sprites from all enemies in North American and European releases of Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 & 4
(2005) CENSORED: removes blood effects, head and limb decapitation from Japanese releases of Resident Evil 4
(2009) CENSORED: removes the ability to cause heads to explode with headshots in the Japanese release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
(2017) CENSORED: replaces decapitated heads with photos in Japanese releases of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
(2017) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (now removed!)
(2017) CENSORED: replaces Hong Kong flags with Chinese flags in Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
(2019) CENSORED: reduces body gore details in Japanese releases of Resident Evil 2: REmake
(2019) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 2 (now removed!)
(2020) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 3 (now removed!)
(2020) Makes Cover/Hololive Remove thousands of videos due to requiring permission for Companies to stream there Games in Japan (Cover Tweet and Statement)
(2021) Allows Cover/Hololive to stream there games after signing a license agreement gradually recovering (hopefully all) removed videos (Cover Tweet and lost Statement)
(2021) CENSORED: reduces body gore details (again) in Japanese releases of Resident Evil Village
(2021) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 8 Village (degrades performance so much it got even in the normie news)
(2021) CENSORED: Capcom Arcade Stadium Removes Street Fighter II’s Rising Sun
(2001) CENSORED: removes the ability to kick dogs and cats, also prevents you from sniping birds down in the North American and European releases of Mega Man Legends
(2005) CENSORED: removes blood splatter sprites from all enemies in North American and European releases of Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 & 4
(2005) CENSORED: removes blood effects, head and limb decapitation from Japanese releases of Resident Evil 4
(2009) CENSORED: removes the ability to cause heads to explode with headshots in the Japanese release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
(2017) CENSORED: replaces decapitated heads with photos in Japanese releases of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
(2017) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (now removed!)
(2017) CENSORED: replaces Hong Kong flags with Chinese flags in Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
(2019) CENSORED: reduces body gore details in Japanese releases of Resident Evil 2: REmake
(2019) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 2 (now removed!)
(2020) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 3 (now removed!)
(2020) Makes Cover/Hololive Remove thousands of videos due to requiring permission for Companies to stream there Games in Japan (Cover Tweet and Statement)
(2021) Allows Cover/Hololive to stream there games after signing a license agreement gradually recovering (hopefully all) removed videos (Cover Tweet and lost Statement)
(2021) CENSORED: reduces body gore details (again) in Japanese releases of Resident Evil Village
(2021) DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper in Resident Evil 8 Village (degrades performance so much it got even in the normie news)
(2021) CENSORED: Capcom Arcade Stadium Removes Street Fighter II’s Rising Sun
CD Projekt (CDPR) / GoG
(Witcher, Gwent, Cyberpunk2077)
(2008 - now) Operates one of the few DRM free game stores
(2020) CENSORED: Banned Taiwanese Horror game "Devotion" from there GoG because its mocking China's dictator. Thy also lie about the reason (a)
(2020-2021) Cyberpunk 2077:
(2020) CENSORED: Banned Taiwanese Horror game "Devotion" from there GoG because its mocking China's dictator. Thy also lie about the reason (a)
(2020-2021) Cyberpunk 2077:
- Pre-Release review embargo only allows showing footage provided by CDPR
- Released broken or even unplayable on some platforms, despite stating it runs "surprisingly well" on current-gen (PS4 and Xbox One) one month before release
- Removed from PlayStation Store for being broken
- Cut content and lied about features
- Save game corruption
Devolver Digital / Good Shepherd Entertainment / Croteam
(Serious Sam Series, Hotline Miami, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior Series and many more)
Epic Games
(Fortnite, Unreal, Bulletstorm)
(2012) +40% owned by Tencent (China/CCP)
(2018 - now) Epic Games Store/Launcher:
(2018 - now) Epic Games Store/Launcher:
- Brought Game store exclusivity to PC and forces consumer to use there inferior game Launcher to play certain games
- Caught scanning and collecting private Steam data (friends & play history)
Five Nights at Freddy's
(FNAF)
Facepunch Studios
(Garry's Mod, Rust)
Frost Giant Studios
Geoff Keighley
(Final Hours Series)
Gigabyte
(Computer Components Manufacturer)
Koei Tecmo / Team Ninja
(Fairy Tail, Dead Or Alive)
(2018-2020) CENSORED: Dead Or Alive 6 removes Breast Physics, make Breasts smaller to be "more human", removes outfits, tones down clothing damage
(2020) MICROTRANSACTION: Dead Or Alive 6 charge money to buy hair color and even change between them
(2020) CENSORED: Modified Costumes in Fairy Tail on all platforms
(2021) CENSORED: Removes Costumes in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
(2021) CENSORED: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Won’t Contain Breast Jiggling Either
(2021) CENSORED: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Will Contain Censored Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
(2020) MICROTRANSACTION: Dead Or Alive 6 charge money to buy hair color and even change between them
(2020) CENSORED: Modified Costumes in Fairy Tail on all platforms
(2021) CENSORED: Removes Costumes in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
(2021) CENSORED: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Won’t Contain Breast Jiggling Either
(2021) CENSORED: Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Will Contain Censored Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Landfall
(Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, TABG, TABZ, Clustertruck, Air Brawl, Square Brawl, Nuclear Business, Stick Fight: The Game)
MangaGamer
Microsoft / Xbox / Xbox Game Studios / Obsidian Entertainment / 343 Industries
miHoYo
(Genshin Impact, Guns Girl Z, Honkai Impact 3rd)
(2020) COLLECTING DATA: Genshin Impact installs "anti-cheat" software mhyprot2 that runs on boot (All Platforms), stays installed even after removing the Game and reads/collects clipboard content (Mobile only)
(2021) COLLECTING DATA: Genshin Impact App contains 6 unnecessary Trackers from Google and Facebook and requires access to Phone camera (for no reason?)
(2021) CENSORED: Genshin Impact’s Rosaria Confirmed to Now Have Smaller Breasts
(2021) COLLECTING DATA: Genshin Impact App contains 6 unnecessary Trackers from Google and Facebook and requires access to Phone camera (for no reason?)
(2021) CENSORED: Genshin Impact’s Rosaria Confirmed to Now Have Smaller Breasts
NCSoft / ArenaNet
(Guild Wars 1&2, Rytlock's Critter Rampage)
Nintendo
(20?? - now) War against Rom Sites despite making old games not available
(20?? - now) War against free Fan Games and Mods
(2013) Nintendo abuses Copyright to takedown Youtube Let's Plays
(2015 - 2018) Creates Nintendo Creator Program to tax Youtube Let's Plays
(2018) Nintendo Creator Program gets shutdown
(2018) CENSORED: modified Samus breasts in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
(2019) CENSORED: Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE switch port modified outfits and characters in all versions making the original Wii U version a top seller
(20?? - now) War against free Fan Games and Mods
(2013) Nintendo abuses Copyright to takedown Youtube Let's Plays
(2015 - 2018) Creates Nintendo Creator Program to tax Youtube Let's Plays
(2018) Nintendo Creator Program gets shutdown
(2018) CENSORED: modified Samus breasts in Super Smash Bros Ultimate
(2019) CENSORED: Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE switch port modified outfits and characters in all versions making the original Wii U version a top seller
Newegg
(Online Computer Component Retailer)
NZXT
(Computer Components Manufacturer)
PeroPeroGames / X.D. Network Inc.
(Muse Dash, Carto, The Almost Gone, Sands of Salzaar, Journey of Greed, Tale of Fallen Dragons)
Playtonic Games / Playtonic / Playtonic Friends
(Yooka-Laylee; Demon Turf; BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE; A Little Golf Journey)
Razer
(Computer Peripherals Manufacturer)
Sega
(Yakuza Series)
SUPERHOT Team
(SuperHot, SuperHot VR)
Sony / Playstation
(2018) CENSORED: Cancels Omega Labyrinth Z Western Release on PS4 and PS Vita
(2018) CENSORED: removes Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart HD's questionable or suggestive scenes with light beams
(2018) CENSORED: removes items from Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet, one gives a better view of the girls' panties, the other item causes more jiggle in their breasts
(2018) CENSORED: removes Haruoto Alice Gram: Snow Drop's sexually suggestive scenes with less-revealing clothing
(2019) CENSORED: modified two CG scenes in Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation and Dragon Star Varnir
(2019) CENSORED: removes Intimacy Mode from SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal
(2019) CENSORED: forces Spike Chunsoft to remove or modify suggestive loli content in Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
(2019) CENSORED: removes all sex scenes from Terminator: Resistance; developer says they were forced to do it
(2019) CENSORED: removes touch mechanic and modified character in Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars
(2021) CENSORED: modified blood in Doki Doki Literature Club
(2018) CENSORED: removes Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart HD's questionable or suggestive scenes with light beams
(2018) CENSORED: removes items from Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet, one gives a better view of the girls' panties, the other item causes more jiggle in their breasts
(2018) CENSORED: removes Haruoto Alice Gram: Snow Drop's sexually suggestive scenes with less-revealing clothing
(2019) CENSORED: modified two CG scenes in Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation and Dragon Star Varnir
(2019) CENSORED: removes Intimacy Mode from SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal
(2019) CENSORED: forces Spike Chunsoft to remove or modify suggestive loli content in Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
(2019) CENSORED: removes all sex scenes from Terminator: Resistance; developer says they were forced to do it
(2019) CENSORED: removes touch mechanic and modified character in Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars
(2021) CENSORED: modified blood in Doki Doki Literature Club
Steam / Valve
(Counter Strike, Half-Life, Left4Dead, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat, Ricoche, Portal, Dota, Artifact)
(201?) Uses Google Analytics in Website/Launcher and Google Tracker in mobile App
(2010) Popularized microtransactions and loot boxes by adding them to TF2
(2015) Added Paid mods to Steam Workshop that they later removed
(2015) Steam Machine is incomplete and has a very limited games selection because only native Linux games are supported
(2018) Valve wants to no longer police content on steam that is not clearly illegal but is extremely vague and inconsistent about it
(2018) Pushing gaming on Linux by including there own Windows compatibility layer in Steam (Proton fork of Wine)
(2019) Reviving and innovating VR with Index (imo best VR setup) with the open source VR API OpenVR
(2020) CENSORED: Removes one sex scene in Evenicle 2
(2021) Pushing gaming on Linux by using SteamOS (based on Arch Linux) on Steam Deck
(2021) CENSORED: Steam Will Censor PC Release of Ar Nosurge DX, Ar Nosurge Already Censored
(2010) Popularized microtransactions and loot boxes by adding them to TF2
(2015) Added Paid mods to Steam Workshop that they later removed
(2015) Steam Machine is incomplete and has a very limited games selection because only native Linux games are supported
(2018) Valve wants to no longer police content on steam that is not clearly illegal but is extremely vague and inconsistent about it
(2018) Pushing gaming on Linux by including there own Windows compatibility layer in Steam (Proton fork of Wine)
(2019) Reviving and innovating VR with Index (imo best VR setup) with the open source VR API OpenVR
(2020) CENSORED: Removes one sex scene in Evenicle 2
(2021) Pushing gaming on Linux by using SteamOS (based on Arch Linux) on Steam Deck
(2021) CENSORED: Steam Will Censor PC Release of Ar Nosurge DX, Ar Nosurge Already Censored
SteelSeries
(Computer Peripherals Manufacturer)
Square Enix
(2019) CENSORED: Final Fantasy VII Remake modifies Shiva Outfit
(2019) CENSORED: Final Fantasy VIII Remake modifies Siren Outfit
(2021) English Localization is inacurate and inserts memes
(2019) CENSORED: Final Fantasy VIII Remake modifies Siren Outfit
(2021) English Localization is inacurate and inserts memes
TiMi Studio Group
(Honor of Kings, Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon UNITE)
(2008-Today) Owned by Tencent
(2021) Bents to twitter mob and apologizes for saying "all rights are equal"
(2021) Bents to twitter mob and apologizes for saying "all rights are equal"
Tantalus Media and Forgotten Empires
(Age of Empire Definitive Editions)
(2020) CENSORED: Changed content of Age of Empires III Definitive Edition
Ubisoft
(For Honor, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Rayman, Rabbids, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Tom Clancy's series / Rainbow Six)
Wube Software LTD.
(Factorio)
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