Valve removes Japanese game from steam because its audience are Pedophiles, according to them

[DetectiveKaito]

Otter said:

DetectiveKaito said:

Why does that matter though? You could argue that Hatred's target audience is serial killers.

Games are a form of art, and blaming them for events that happen in real life is stupid. People are responsible for their own actions.

Remember when people said that video games make kids violent? Everyone knows that's bullshit.

No one here is making these arguments. If we can first all be honest about the fact that it is sexualising its 9-12 year old protagonists, we can then move onto the discussion about whether those experiences should be sold to the public and the implications of that. Valve obviously have their own ethical stance which is why the game is not available on their platform. All publishers do the same whether it be games based on hate speech or depicting extreme violence against kids.

The first distinction between generally violent games and this, is that violent content (fantasy or not) is not illegal, child pornography is. So again, Valve are not acting irrational or unfair in wanting to distance themselves from this game which is explicitly targeting such a demographic. The developers can sell their "art" somewhere else as of now. 

Further more when you play your typical violent game, you don't think "wow, I bet the creators and primary audience of this game are serial killers" but you if you play a game centred on the sexualisation children (Watch the trailer) its kind of hard not to think "I bet the creator and primary audience for this game are people who want to have sex with children". These two things are not the same...

You are right, based on the artwork in the trailer, the game does have sexual implications about these little girls.

Let me remind you that South Park: The Stick of Truth (which is on Steam) has kids getting ass raped, but for some reason it gets a pass.

And another visual novel called Monobeno is also Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/758090/Monobeno/), which has similar sexual implications about a loli in the game.

And may I remind you that this game that Steam removed, while it has sexual implications, has no nudity or sex in it whatsoever, so technically it's not porn.

Your last paragraph is honestly subjective.