Create an Alternative Platform for the "Porn" Games

[Baconbits]

Some of us don't like seeing porn unless we've specifically searched for it and others have kids. Either way I'm sure I'm not the only one who is getting tired of seeing this softcore anime porn being advertized on the front page.

Steam is supposed to be a community involving games, groups, gamers, and gamer kids; not a community revolving around masturbation games.

People have their specific tastes and that's fine and there's a time and place for porn, but let's be real and all agree that steam is not the place for porn of any kind.

If steam is going to continue selling smut on their platform I would humbly ask that an alternative "adult" version of the steam platform be created so that those of us who don't want to see porn everyday or wish to keep it away from their young kids can do so.


P.S. IDK why this stuff even exists on steam. The viewers are obviously not getting the satisfaction they want because of censorship; steam is a public place and there are restrictions because of that. Let's make both parties happy by creating/finding an appropriate place for this inappropriate material.

[Darren]

Messaggio originale di Deefish:

I too would like to be able to filter this guff out. I don't need to see it, and just now as I opened the New Releases list to find the new indie game World To The West with my school age son, the game above it in the list is called Porno Studio Tycoon. Of course the first thing he said was "Porno on Steam!?"..

http://store.steampowered.com/app/535490/Porno_Studio_Tycoon/?snr=1_4_4__tab-PopularNewReleases

This is a serious misstep by Valve. It should be easier to filter store results. The settings page just needs some tick boxes to say dont show results that are 12+, 15+, 18+ and then everyone's happy!

Okay. Let me explain some things.

1. Game ratings are optional, indie games especially never usually get ratings (they are only needed for physical releases sometimes not even then). So filtering 12+ etc is impossible since said ratings don't exist on the most problematic games anyway.
2. You did go to your preferences and click off the nudity option right?

[laff]

Messaggio originale di 󠀠:

there is no porn on Steam, but certainly nudity, or sexual themed content, innuendo to elicit sexual arousal.

There is no porn except for the porn?

[Baconbits]

Messaggio originale di laff:

Messaggio originale di 󠀠:

there is no porn on Steam, but certainly nudity, or sexual themed content, innuendo to elicit sexual arousal.

There is no porn except for the porn?

[Deefish]

Messaggio originale di Darren:

Messaggio originale di Deefish:

I too would like to be able to filter this guff out. I don't need to see it, and just now as I opened the New Releases list to find the new indie game World To The West with my school age son, the game above it in the list is called Porno Studio Tycoon. Of course the first thing he said was "Porno on Steam!?"..

http://store.steampowered.com/app/535490/Porno_Studio_Tycoon/?snr=1_4_4__tab-PopularNewReleases

This is a serious misstep by Valve. It should be easier to filter store results. The settings page just needs some tick boxes to say dont show results that are 12+, 15+, 18+ and then everyone's happy!

Okay. Let me explain some things.

1. Game ratings are optional, indie games especially never usually get ratings (they are only needed for physical releases sometimes not even then). So filtering 12+ etc is impossible since said ratings don't exist on the most problematic games anyway.
2. You did go to your preferences and click off the nudity option right?

1. There's already a tickbox for game developers to tick that declares their product has mature Adult Content (This product contains content typically considered mature, such as graphic violence, frequent nudity, or sexual content.). Steam just needs to have an option that lets store users filter that content out so it doesn't appear on the front page when they open Steam.

2. You're correct, a nudity option in Steam's settings would be a perfect solution to this situation, unfortunately there doesn't appear to be one.

[FFL2and3rocks]

Messaggio originale di Deefish:

2. You're correct, a nudity option in Steam's settings would be a perfect solution to this situation, unfortunately there doesn't appear to be one.

There is.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

Uncheck this box:

Show products with frequent nudity or sexual content

Applies to products frequently tagged as 'nudity' or 'sexual content'. You may still see some products with this content for the following reasons: (1) If the sexual content or nudity is only a small portion of the product, (2) if the products have not been labeled properly, or (3) if you specifically search for the title.

[flightc0re]

Messaggio originale di Baconbits:

Not necessarily, there's a pretty clear difference between the graphical focus and the mission objectives of the games you mentioned vs. the softcore-porn dating games.

Besides, the purpose of the idea isn't for steam to edit and restructure the games themselves to shoot for specific rating; it is merely a reorganization of the store by placing dating/porn games into their own catergory. So that the catergory can be allowed or disallowed by the user if you're account is verified as 18+ or whatever the game's rating requires.

You can still see the "porn" titles in search results, and the verify your age system is kinda broken tbh

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I find it kinda hard to get to those games unless you're looking for them. Even when they (rarely) appear on the front page, the thumbnail is usually fairly PG from my experience.

[Deefish]

Messaggio originale di FFL2and3rocks:

There is.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

Whoa thanks! Why the hell is this preference not in the steam client's settings screen? It's a bit odd having settings in the client and then different settings in a browser. :/

[ted]

We'd have to get rid of games like GTA 5 as that contains scenes of a sexual nature and the game's entire story revolves around committing crimes and killing people.

Kids should not be on steam if parents don't want them seeing M rated stuff, so that argument is getting old.

[flightc0re]

Messaggio originale di The Inspector:

We'd have to get rid of games like GTA 5 as that contains scenes of a sexual nature and the game's entire story revolves around committing crimes and killing people.

Kids should not be on steam if parents don't want them seeing M rated stuff, so that argument is getting old.

this post is kind of a "why is this bull on steam?" deal now...

[Baconbits]

Messaggio originale di Sir Illic:

I find it kinda hard to get to those games unless you're looking for them. Even when they (rarely) appear on the front page, the thumbnail is usually fairly PG from my experience.

IDK they appear a lot more often than "rarely" I'd say. At least 2-3 times a week I see Sakura Beach or some other similar title on the front page. An the characters usually only have just enough clothing to cover their nips and snatch.

Messaggio originale di FFL2and3rocks:

There is.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

Uncheck this box:

Show products with frequent nudity or sexual content

Applies to products frequently tagged as 'nudity' or 'sexual content'. You may still see some products with this content for the following reasons: (1) If the sexual content or nudity is only a small portion of the product, (2) if the products have not been labeled properly, or (3) if you specifically search for the title.

Wouldn't that effectively block games like GTA? Where the sexual content is greater than a small portion, but yet still isn't the game's main focus. I think what some people are looking for is not a mass blocking of all sexually related content; but rather a block for content that is specfically targeted towards sexual content.

Also perhaps another good idea would be for Valve to require that developers adequately label the degree to which the content is sexualized rather than relying on community tags to get it right.

A basic example could be; extreme sexual content, high sexual content, medium sexual content, and low sexual content

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Messaggio originale di Baconbits:

Or a filter for specfically sexually driven content.

1. go to https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences
2. uncheck box labeled " Show products with frequent nudity or sexual content "

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

oh wait someone already posted that.

anyway

Messaggio originale di Deefish:

Messaggio originale di FFL2and3rocks:

There is.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

Whoa thanks! Why the hell is this preference not in the steam client's settings screen? It's a bit odd having settings in the client and then different settings in a browser. :/

Because it's about how your store display works, and not how your Steam client program works. And it's something that works in any browser, not just your Steam client browser.

[Start_Running]

Messaggio originale di Zetikla:

I just love how ppl are demonising nudity

Hypocrisy at its finest, because kids surely havent seen any on Television
but murder simulators are okay

Joke is there isn't really any nudity in most of those game. Or to put it this way... Cammy from streetfighter shows more goods.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Messaggio originale di Start_Running:

Messaggio originale di Zetikla:

I just love how ppl are demonising nudity

Hypocrisy at its finest, because kids surely havent seen any on Television
but murder simulators are okay

Joke is there isn't really any nudity in most of those game. Or to put it this way... Cammy from streetfighter shows more goods.

and as crazy as her character design is, it's probably more realistic than a lot of this stuff too lol