CDPROJECT Red are not the customer and they don't run Steam.

[Yskas]

"About "Woke" and "Anti-Woke" and Real-World Politics
These topics are -forbidden- here. IF you post them or want to talk about them and do it here, your post will be removed. You may be banned. Please keep this in mind before posting. Thank you and let's all look forward to the Witcher IV!"

This company changes their entire brand and PR depending on the region, they do not care, period. That's cool, I won't judge, but they don't have the right to dictate community culture on Steam like this, I understand they're a successful publisher, but this is a step too far.

To be honest, Witcher IV likely doesn't look good for their management either, and this frustration must be making its way into their community management.

[d3str0y3r]

Originally posted by Yskas:

but they don't have the right to dictate community culture on Steam like this, I understand they're a successful publisher, but this is a step too far.

But they do, that is a right Valve has given them and anyone else that sales a game on Steam.
To moderate their forums as they see fit. That includes making their own rules on top of Valve's.

They are far from the only one to have rules like this.

[Runkel]

Are you butthurt because Ciri was the main focus in the trailer?

[RedLightning]

Personally, I think that the publishers/developers are more a customer to Valve than you are. Valve bends over backwards for them.

Quite obvious really, considering how many concessions they get when they sell here.

Valve says that devs/publishers can run their forum any way they like. Quite a hot topic among the general forums as of late.

[Yskas]

Originally posted by Runkel:

Are you butthurt because Ciri was the main focus in the trailer?

Not really, the company isn't responding well to some audience reaction to the game.

[Seraphita]

They do have the right. It's THEIR forum. Besides, it's awfully fair of them to destroy both woke AND anti-woke topics. Or real world politics. This is a wonderful way to keep the forum friendly and welcoming for actual players or potential customers...

I have my own opinions against agendas and I still don't go in forums to try and annoy people with that. (Like so many people think they're entitled to do). The fact they balance things out by not allowing ANY real world politics is an awesome move.

[Runkel]

Originally posted by Yskas:

Originally posted by Runkel:

Are you butthurt because Ciri was the main focus in the trailer?

Not really, the company isn't responding well to some audience reaction to the game.

So yes, gotcha. Just another post about a fabricated culture war where you play the victim.

[d3str0y3r]

Originally posted by Yskas:

Originally posted by Runkel:

Are you butthurt because Ciri was the main focus in the trailer?

Not really, the company isn't responding well to some audience reaction to the game.

If you don't like the game.... ignore it.... find a game you do like... I have no idea why this is so hard for some people.

[Yskas]

Originally posted by d3str0y3r:

Originally posted by Yskas:

Not really, the company isn't responding well to some audience reaction to the game.

If you don't like the game.... ignore it.... find a game you do like... I have no idea why this is so hard for some people.

I remember when EA and DICE told everyone that.

They're still trying to claw back lost marketshare today. Gaming has some stupid PR.

[Yskas]

Originally posted by d3str0y3r:

Originally posted by Yskas:

but they don't have the right to dictate community culture on Steam like this, I understand they're a successful publisher, but this is a step too far.

But they do, that is a right Valve has given them and anyone else that sales a game on Steam.
To moderate their forums as they see fit. That includes making their own rules on top of Valve's.

They are far from the only one to have rules like this.

Fair enough, but word of warning to Valve and Steam, if a big publisher gets ban happy, like if things get ugly, it's going to hurt Steam itself.

[Runkel]

Originally posted by Yskas:

Originally posted by d3str0y3r:

But they do, that is a right Valve has given them and anyone else that sales a game on Steam.
To moderate their forums as they see fit. That includes making their own rules on top of Valve's.

They are far from the only one to have rules like this.

Fair enough, but word of warning to Valve and Steam, if a big publisher gets ban happy, like if things get ugly, it's going to hurt Steam itself.

You are so full of yourself it's not even funny anymore.

[Chompman]

Originally posted by Yskas:

Originally posted by d3str0y3r:

But they do, that is a right Valve has given them and anyone else that sales a game on Steam.
To moderate their forums as they see fit. That includes making their own rules on top of Valve's.

They are far from the only one to have rules like this.

Fair enough, but word of warning to Valve and Steam, if a big publisher gets ban happy, like if things get ugly, it's going to hurt Steam itself.

Ban's on forums have been around before steam was a thing.

I remember when your forum accounts had to be linked to your game account just to use their forum and people could get their game accounts banned when their forum accounts got banned if they broke the rules in the late 90's / early 00's.

[Yskas]

Originally posted by Runkel:

Originally posted by Yskas:

Fair enough, but word of warning to Valve and Steam, if a big publisher gets ban happy, like if things get ugly, it's going to hurt Steam itself.

You are so full of yourself it's not even funny anymore.

You've now seen plenty of big companies set hundreds of millions in US currency on fire in the name of social politics and you think I'M being outrageous?

Only outrageous thing is the record job losses this year in gaming.

[76561199675789752]

Lol they know what's coming. That director guy even straight out lied about it when they were asked about DEI. They aren't comfortable.

[Yskas]

Originally posted by ghost:

Lol they know what's coming. That director guy even straight out lied about it when they were asked about DEI. They aren't comfortable.

They're starting to lash out, that's a very bad sign.

[76561199675789752]

Originally posted by Yskas:

Originally posted by ghost:

Lol they know what's coming. That director guy even straight out lied about it when they were asked about DEI. They aren't comfortable.

They're starting to lash out, that's a very bad sign.

A pity, I loved W3 but I'm not interested in this.