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[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

This debate had been brought up back when Atomic Heart was bound to be released. Many people argued back then that it's fine buying the game since the dev team had completely relocated to Cyprus (very popular country for Russians to move to next to Kazakhstan and numerous European countries), thus not funding the Russian government through taxes.

However, given that the dev team still lives in Russia this time, there's not much to debate. The figures the author mentions check out and there's no other way to put it, really, that gamers are, in part at least, funding Russia.

Sure, the company might have opposing views to Russia, but firstly, they haven't moved to a different country, which is at least a little concerning, and secondly, are a legal entity in Russia, so they pay them regardless of motivation.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

The difference with Atomic Heart is that it wasn't just made by a Russian developer, but that it also promoted a questionable outlook on the Soviet Union that closely mirrors the one the current Russian government is promoting.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Right, that was a thing too

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