Steam China

[Howardohyea]

As an avid gamer in China, the Steam China launch is a huge annoyance to me. The government requesting all games being checked before launch, Valve partnering with Perfect Worlds, and the end result is a barely functioning “platform” with ONLY 41!!!!!!!!! Games! Adding to the insult is the community features is completely absent, with the only interaction between players seem to be the individual reviews of each games.
So, will the regular Steam also get banned or will it keep functioning and be accessible?

[Chompman]

Parts of regular steam is already banned in China but in either case it would be up to the government in that region to do that if they so wish

This could be the only method steam could be available in the region eventually if they didn't do this as China has a history of banning outside competition / influences for censorship and control of media.

[WhiteKnight]

Community features is absent because it's banned in China since 2017 as per this links.

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-community-access-has-been-blocked-in-china/
https://en.greatfire.org/www.steamcommunity.com

More games will be added on how fast the approval agency works.

[м]

does family sharing work in china? or will these games be blocked, too?
i have no idea how it works, tbh

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by м:

does family sharing work in china? or will these games be blocked, too?
i have no idea how it works, tbh

Probably blocked.

[crunchyfrog]

Ask your government what is and isn't allowed.

Simple thing is you're only ever going to get things which your government has the final say so on. There is NO way round this.

So if you're thinking about certain features like online communities, access to "unauthorized" games and so on, you're forever going to be out of luck.

[Howardohyea]

Originally posted by WhiteKnight:

Community features is absent because it's banned in China since 2017 as per this links.

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-community-access-has-been-blocked-in-china/
https://en.greatfire.org/www.steamcommunity.com

More games will be added on how fast the approval agency works.

yeah I'm accessing this from China via VPN, but I just have to hope downloads and stuff don't need to be with VPN enabled

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

Originally posted by WhiteKnight:

Community features is absent because it's banned in China since 2017 as per this links.

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-community-access-has-been-blocked-in-china/
https://en.greatfire.org/www.steamcommunity.com

More games will be added on how fast the approval agency works.

yeah I'm accessing this from China via VPN, but I just have to hope downloads and stuff don't need to be with VPN enabled

Don't get your hopes up. The current course of the Chinese government doesn't look like they're going to let you (no you personally, your whole nation) use non-Chinese media, services & whatnot freely.

[Howardohyea]

Also I know that my profile says San Francisco as location, it's just my VPN location is set there.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

Also I know that my profile says San Francisco as location, it's just my VPN location is set there.

Hey, at least you're not confusing everyone by claiming to live in the states but being barely able to converse in English, I hate such people. You think you can talk with them but no...

[Howardohyea]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

Also I know that my profile says San Francisco as location, it's just my VPN location is set there.

Hey, at least you're not confusing everyone by claiming to live in the states but being barely able to converse in English, I hate such people. You think you can talk with them but no...

my English isn't THAT bad is it?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Hey, at least you're not confusing everyone by claiming to live in the states but being barely able to converse in English, I hate such people. You think you can talk with them but no...

my English isn't THAT bad is it?

Absolutely! Had you not said you're from China, I'd never have known.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

So, will the regular Steam also get banned or will it keep functioning and be accessible?

Thats up to your government. So what do you think?

[Your Mom's Oshi]

If you don't like steam complying with your local laws then work to change them or move to a different country.

[Dizzydeath1337]

Originally posted by Idontexist:

If you don't like steam complying with your local laws then work to change them or move to a different country.

This is the solution. Get in line with the system, or move into another one. There is no other possibility here.

[Howardohyea]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Howardohyea:

So, will the regular Steam also get banned or will it keep functioning and be accessible?

Thats up to your government. So what do you think?

gee I dunno, everything's pretty uncertain now, just have to wait and hope for the best