Steam Store revises policy, is to allow literally "everything" to be sold in it

[LASER_oneXM]

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https://www.neowin.net/news/steam-store-revises-policy-is-to-allow-literally-everything-to-be-sold-in-it

Jun 7, 2018 04:42 EDT

Valve's Erik Johnson has very clearly, very succinctly opened up about the policy that it will adhere to regarding the sale of content through the Steam Store - it will "allow everything" said Johnson in a blog post,

"... We've decided that the right approach is to allow everything onto the Steam Store, except for things that we decide are illegal, or straight up trolling. So what does this mean? It means that the Steam Store is going to contain something that you hate, and don't think should exist. Unless you don't have any opinions, that's guaranteed to happen. But you're also going to see something on the Store that you believe should be there, and some other people will hate it and want it not to exist."​

This sounds great, in theory. Restricting content on the internet is wrong, and reprehensible, and from a superficial standpoint, Valve's move is appreciable in an anti-censorship kind of a way. This also has larger implications regarding the distribution of pornographic content on Steam, targeted especially towards VR platforms, which, until now, has more often than not raised red flags within the store.

 

[Yellowing]

Hahaha! Did he really say that?
It sounds like: "We are going to do bad things and you have to deal with it!"
"We decide what is illegal!"

This has to be satire!

 

[RejZoR]

Good decision. Censorship because some asshole is offended by it is the worst. If some game offends you or you can't deal with it, then don't play it. There is no need to push your BS on everyone else who might like it or not be offended by it. I also hope this means game Agony will be released in its full violent and bizarre glory.

 

[TairikuOkami]

So it applies to games like this?!

School shooting game appears on Steam, removed after outrage

Not like there are not already some "interesting" games.

Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad on Steam

 

[RejZoR]

So it applies to games like this?!

School shooting game appears on Steam, removed after outrage

Not like there are not already some "interesting" games.

Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad on Steam

How is that school shooting game any different than Valve's own, highly acclaimed CounterStrike series? In CounterStrike, you have police and on the other side, you have terrorists who hold hostages, sometimes even kill them and their objective is to kill all the police and/or bomb a place. So, how is bunch of terrorists running on cs_office any different than a shooter running on a school level? It's not. But schools are controversial and off limit material, but it's fine to do it in an office complex. I think Valve realized that after long thinking. Banning this school shooting game would set a precedents that would affect CounterStrike, Rainbow Six and many other high and lower profile games. The other alternative is to not be this moral police and simply not restrict anything, leaving up to people and parents to restrict things for their fragile little shits they brought into this world. Because lets be honest here, it's their job to coddle their kids and protect them from evil, not Valve. And this is the main problem with online mentality. Everyone expects companies to police everything, from games on game stores to words on social networks instead of them taking actual responsibility and stop being offended over everything. It's why it's almost impossible to have any kind of discussion because everyone is offended over everything. Sometimes I wonder where has our society #####ed up so that we came to this point we are at. In the past, controversial things were discussed, today, moral police just wants to outright ban it all and they seem to be the ones setting rules as they see fit. That's not how things work and it's not how they should work.