So when will someone actually talk to the people making the decisions and get an update or clarifications?
Right now the threat is for all historic sales to be refunded which means the only safe way for creators to avoid getting hit with potentially thousands of dollars of refunds is to disconnect their payment details and effectively shutter their games just in case. Every dreg of information coming through seems to make it more and more likely that creators will get screwed and nobody seems to care enough to actually find out what is going to happen.
The "available information" is poor. Even the new restricted content list is so vague in places that its hard to tell what actually is prohibited:
- Bestiality or animal-related
The first part is clear, but the second part could mean anything is banned, from furries to farming sims to things like The Witcher.
What seems clear is that the people in charge are aware of how vague the rules are and are deliberately being vague so they can hit creators with thousands of historical refunds without warning people it'll happen. Which has basically turned indie development here into a real risk of bankruptcies and debt because the rules suddenly changed. Plus if creators have paypal set as their payment details, Paypal only allows up to 180 days for refunds, so if the plan is just to charge people for stuff beyond that, it'll be in breach of Paypals terms as well.
Again, with respect, someone needs to actually talk to the people up top and get clarifications because this has serious ramifications for a lot of people and the miniscule amount of actual information is crap.