[Confirmed] Valve has no oversight for its own platform

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the_dengle said:

generic-user-1 said:

well if a monopoly decides to stop distribute something, well thats censorship of some kind too.

and yes, im all for  quality controll, but thy should ban a game from steam just because it offends some people.

That's up to Valve. If the game offends them or they feel it is disrespectful to their customers, they may choose to disallow it. Or they may not. For whatever reasons they like, as long as those reasons are clearly laid out -- this is the problem. If they want to have any kind of restrictions at all, their standards must be made clear. Otherwise it just looks like they're folding under pressure when the community kicks up a stink.

I wouldn't call Steam a Monopoly. There are competing services like GOG, and anyone can sell a game pretty easily through their own websites. Steam is the dominant digital games retailer, but it is not the only one.

I dont want Valve or anybody else to decide if a game is disrespectful to me or not. if i dont like it, well i ont buy it.

and it dont think that gay people need help in the digital arena, i dont think anybody has to fear hardcore muslims or christians in a place where just the mind counts...