Can we all agree that the banning of pedo rape games part is a good thing?

[Mr Scratch]

Expect for the payment processors having more power part i think its good that pedo games are gone

[The nameless Gamer]

Valve never allowed those games to begin with. They were quick to delist ANY game involving a character of questionable age in sexually charged situations.

[Mr Scratch]

its ok guys gabe got this i trust him i think he will solve the issue

[Mr Scratch]

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Valve never allowed those games to begin with. They were quick to delist ANY game involving a character of questionable age in sexually charged situations.

oh its just a reason for these monopolies to get more control then?Wow if gabe doesnt do anything we will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦:

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Valve never allowed those games to begin with. They were quick to delist ANY game involving a character of questionable age in sexually charged situations.

oh its just a reason for these monopolies to get more control then?Wow if gabe doesnt do anything we will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Valve isn't a monopoly. Games with characters of questionable age in sexually charged situations are also not available on GOG nor on JAST USA. Epic, EA and Microsoft and Ubisoft wouldn't give many of the games present on the above mentioned platforms any store space.

[Mr Scratch]

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Originally posted by Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦:

oh its just a reason for these monopolies to get more control then?Wow if gabe doesnt do anything we will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Valve isn't a monopoly. Games with characters of questionable age in sexually charged situations are also not available on GOG nor on JAST USA. Epic, EA and Microsoft and Ubisoft wouldn't give many of the games present on the above mentioned platforms any store space.

yeah i know i m calling the payment processors card companies monopolies

[Midnight Sky ✨🌙✨]

Originally posted by Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦:

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Valve never allowed those games to begin with. They were quick to delist ANY game involving a character of questionable age in sexually charged situations.

oh its just a reason for these monopolies to get more control then?Wow if gabe doesnt do anything we will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

"Protect the children" is a very common excuse to trick you into accepting your rights getting taken away.

Video games, rap, comics, and even certain groups of people were also accused of being threats to children to get public approval to ban them (or take away their rights or even perform a whole genocide in the case of people).

Lastly, this isn't too say that threats to children don't exist, just that you have to be mindful that someone could be trying to trick you.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦:

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Valve isn't a monopoly. Games with characters of questionable age in sexually charged situations are also not available on GOG nor on JAST USA. Epic, EA and Microsoft and Ubisoft wouldn't give many of the games present on the above mentioned platforms any store space.

yeah i know i m calling the payment processors card companies monopolies

The ban of the mentioned games is older. They were never featured even before this debacle with the payment processors started. Valve axing games with too young-appearing characters goes years back, ever since they started selling naughty games.
What's happening NOW is a seemingly "caring" act of removing games "glorifying" sexual abuse and intimacy between blood-related people. But... give them an inch, they'll demand a mile is a possible scenario. Little we as users can do at this very moment. What we can do is wait for the payment processing companies to step on the toes of a competitor big enough to hurt them and do our part, however small it is, to bring the payment processing goons down.

[videomike_Ultimate_Plushie]

I think the honest answer is: In spirit we hope so, but it all depends on execution. There's always a line between the free market and the taste of the consumer. I dont like stuff being censored by having it hidden behind request on the desk, or the online equivalent of needing a special opt-in, but preventing the automatic viceral disgust reaction of a customer is something reasonable. But when it becomes banned by an outside force to even trade? Especially third party sot he customer has no say? That's when it becomes a problem.

It's all a matter of how. No one misses these games, but we worry when fear and Hunger, Arcanum, Baldurs Gate 3, Dragon Age: Origins and Dragons age 2, Hearts of Iron, and Crusader kings 3 is next.

Edit: Looking at the answer, while I agree with midnight, we need to start blaming the parents to leaving their children unsupervised in the public market, sadly this is a case of arrogance and power mongering from credit companies, especially Via/Mc and to a lesser degree banks and ISPs, with lack of protective lawfere from business interfearance on top of it. The fact I've seen legit arguments that Visa executives have been pushing to ban credit on non EV cars should scare everyone.

[Bakim the Waster]

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Originally posted by Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦:

oh its just a reason for these monopolies to get more control then?Wow if gabe doesnt do anything we will be ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Valve isn't a monopoly. Games with characters of questionable age in sexually charged situations are also not available on GOG nor on JAST USA. Epic, EA and Microsoft and Ubisoft wouldn't give many of the games present on the above mentioned platforms any store space.

So the only way to get those games now is to use *i am a pirate* way?

[Doomerang]

My block button is on a roll for this. These COWARDS have no problem having our medium being under attack but won't say a thing about Hollywood movies and shows.

[videomike_Ultimate_Plushie]

Originally posted by Beahead and Buttvis:

Originally posted by The nameless Gamer:

Valve isn't a monopoly. Games with characters of questionable age in sexually charged situations are also not available on GOG nor on JAST USA. Epic, EA and Microsoft and Ubisoft wouldn't give many of the games present on the above mentioned platforms any store space.

So the only way to get those games is to use *i am a pirate* way?

hes also just....wrong. Characters who are victims of terrible things including sexual abuse minor or otherwise happen all the time in art and are legal to be present in steam until now and on any of those other storefront. why do some people think depictions of a crime and a crime are the same thing...

Originally posted by Doomerang:

My block button is on a roll for this. These COWARDS have no problem having our medium being under attack but won't say a thing about Hollywood movies and shows.

I mentioned two anime and a comic but being this is a gaming site I shifted to games for better audience retention

[Ｋiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

The public :

Investigate Epstein's associates?

Get rid of shocking digital content?

[Malamasala]

Porn has always been less of a threat than violence anyway. So we should start with banning all violent games, and then move on to the porn.

Just look at the US and how they are throwing rocks. Should have banned all games including throwing mechanics already since it makes people violent and dangerous. But as we can see nobody cares about the impacts of violence. They only care about the impact of people sitting at home masturbating.

It is like saying it is OK if rich people traffic children, but we do not want video games featuring children.

[Ｋiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Guys is Tetris violent?
I'm worried that there won't be any games left

It does entail shoving blocks onto the ground hard to make other blocks disappear and shoving long blocks down narrow orifices...

[Syn]

Yes and when the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and GTA are taken down we'll have people like you saying "Can we all agree it's a good thing that all the gangland murder simulators were banned?"