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https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences/
Secondly parental controls via Family View limits and determines what a child can view on THEIR account and a responsible parent should be there when they are viewing the store.
Note: the "child" angle does not work.
And finally different tastes make the world go round but SJW's miss that point yet oddly want no one to interfere with their tastes, more commonly known as hypocrisy.
Citation need for:
Personally I don't like the "think of the children" shtick, it's an unnecessary vehicle to carry a personal opinion. And I say that as a father of children who use Steam. I have no fear of letting them use the platform (they're aware of the Adult Only filter and I laughed when the responses to it was "eeeww, no thanks"), though they don't do anything beyond launching games through it anyway.
Talk with your kid, educate him on the internet and you don't have to worry. Additionally you can use Family View to restrict what your kid can do or see in Steam. Though personally I'm more a fan of talking/educating than using limiting tools.
Steam is made for people who like to play games and for people who like to sell games. Both are customer groups of Steam.
Sexual content can be sold without issue for the same reason nude magazines get sold by supermarkets and book stores, the store wants to cater to a larger audience.
I also doubt Steam is hated by a lot of people, just as I doubt Epic is actually hated by a lot of people. One has to remind themselves that the people who talk online are NOT a majority. They're the outliers that are vocal, but certainly do not represent the userbase as a whole.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98
I have a 12/yo son. He has been playing games on Steam since 5/yo as there are some pre-school and first grade educational games he enjoyed.
Family View can be used to limit the content your child has access to. We limited all content until he was older, then opened the store and some community features so he could edit his profile.
Also, you can limit adult only sexual content, with out limiting nudity in the preferences. Games marked "Adult Only" on the store will be removed from view of the users(s), while games such as the Witcher 3 that has some nudity will still remain viewable.
There are tools available for the parent to use.
Ok, so go make your own store and sell the content that you want. I mean just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it shouldn't be made for others.
Then set up a proper account, but there is this thing called the internet, if he searches for it he will see pictures.
Different platforms for different reasons. There are plenty of eye raising games on Switch, but consoles have always been limited and catered to different markets.
Its not an age verification system. It exists solely so people can't sue if someone underage accesses content they shouldn't.
Unchecking the toggle removes all porn games from Steam. Something of which by default is off and that you have to opt into seeing.
Steam's vision is freedom for parents and individuals to choose for themselves. Your personal taste is irrelevant. If you don't like them, then don't check the button that makes them visible. That doesn't mean those who do like them shouldn't be allowed to.
Sexual content is not porn. Lots of switch games have sexual content as well.
I know its a novel concept but many have this strange notion that as parents its OUR responsibility for our children. Steam is made for everyone with a wide variety of tastes. That is why you have tools to control what parts of steam your child can access. I mean your computer has a web browser and google. Are you going to write to google and complain that google can show sexual images if you click to enable them?
The only reason you'd get any hate is because your trying to apply your personal views and then enforce them on everyone else because of your stance. I mean if Christian groups dislike elements of Dark Souls should they be allowed to enforce their views and have those games removed? Or should those offended use the available tools to deal with it?
The key as a parent is to actually parent and take responsibility. If your worried about what your kid is doing on a PC there is software you can install on it, family view, etc. The key is to actually parent and not assume random companies are going to do your job for you.
I'm not quite sure what more Steam needs to do in this regard.
Don't use "won't somebody think of the children" as argument OP. Just don't.
You can create an account for kids, but its intended that you take the time to set up proper parental controls like Spawn of Totoro said. A child under 13 just isn't allowed to MAKE the account.
Once disabled, you can filter out "Hentai", "Anime", "Visual Novel", and other things like "LGBT" or whatever tag it is now. Then, re-visit the store - none of those things should pop up. There is also Family View when you're ready for a child to have an account;
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98
See above for Family View. Solves a lot of problems.
The only people that "hate" Steam, are typically users of Steam that want free stuff like Epic does. That, or they want Valves to force Developers to do things and get overly vocal when they do not. They are a very, very small minority of users that despite the complaints, still often choose to use the service. Steam is just too easy to use, and has a lot of well-known sales which attracts a lot of people.
Epic is only still alive because it uses engine & fortnite money, without it, they simply would've gone bankrupt and ceased existing.
Family View stops a lot of your problems before they start.
Steam is made for anyone that wants to sell a game/software license or buy a game/software license. As long as neither violate the law, they may sell/buy as they wish.
Simply, Valve lets users determine what they do or do not want to see & purchase. Additionally, they made tools just for parents & families so this can be a non-issue, though parents anywhere should be careful believing any one store is flawless. One cannot presume for example that steam nor epic will have the flawless functions, you should still to an extent be involved in knowing what your child is doing, watching or playing.
People that want to buy games or software.
People that want to sell games or software.
People that are given the option to receive early access to an in-development game.
People that want free choice as to what kind of game(s) they get, with little restriction, as Valve does not babysit the users, so they may accordingly sell/buy games people may not like.
Criticism, yes.
Hate, no.
The issue here, is many people of many ages have issues with various games. We've heard the age-old stuff about how FPS creates societies monsters, how some strange sexualized game makes someone an extreme degenerate, or other things made up about what some people decide to consume.
People have various game tastes, much like they have different food, clothing, travel and luxury tastes.
you ahve been here a while, you know that the only way to see those is to opt into it.
i have kids. all grown now, but they were watched when online., they were not allowed to have a computer or phone that i could not access. i read and learned about the things people idd to get around blocks and how to keep up with them when they tried (they are kids, that is wht we did and they do)
you say that
which makes me wonder about that intent
if you are not going to assume hatred or anything,
my personal opinion is
let people play the games they want to play. just like a video store used to put the adult vids behind a door or curtain, steam has put their adult section in a place that children cannot get to when parents do their job
you will find everything here, even the most niche things. that of course includes naughty games.
in store preferences you can widely blend all the things out that you dont wanna see.
and if you wanna make sure ... Valve commits to implement local laws as much as possible, so ... move to Germany, they are completely blocked there until proper age-verification is implemented.