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"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Eh, if steam saw some of the content as involving a minor and they are sick of dealing with games trying to toe the line before and likely after release I could see them defaulting to a no do overs policy. Especially if the game dev doesn't sell enough games to make the potential legal hassle necessary.

It would be far better if they pointed out what they are using for criteria for sure and allow at least one do over in case of a misunderstanding though.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Right. I’m not saying anything like “Steam must allow all content because free speech” - I’m just saying if someone is trying to make a game with complex or even weird themes, Valve should at least participate in a conversation instead of dealing out irrevocable absolute judgments based on content that isn’t even finished.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago

    After reading a couple more articles I get the strong feeling that steam/valve'a early communication about concerns with the live actor portions likely did convey what they had issues with and the dev is trying to be coy about it by speculating on a scene that magically works better with a young adult. I'm leaning towards them making the change because of expecting the other storefronts to have the same issues.

    So they kind of did get more than one chance, but they are focused on the one with the rejection.

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