Steam now bans games that "violate the standards of banks and payment processors"

[Hiku]

Mnementh said:

TheRealSamusAran said:

An Australian anti-porn group has confirmed that they pressured the payment processors, and it wasn't the first time: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/australian-anti-porn-group-claims-responsibility-for-steams-new-censorship-rules-in-victory-against-porn-sick-brain-rotted-pedo-gamer-fetishists-and-things-only-get-weirder-from-there/

OK, not prudish americans, but prudish Australians are to blame. Good to know.

Whoever is pushing for it takes part of the responsibility. But so do the decision makers at these companies that agree and accept these proposals.

That they can be swayed like this is surprising since they pretty much have a monopoly on this.
I doubt they felt concerned that they'd lose enough customers to make a dent in their revenue. Especially compared to the amount of sales they'll lose out on from the companies that decided not to work with them anymore.

Based on what we know, it almost seems like this was more of a morality decision they agreed on, than a financial one. Which would be very surprising considering how these companies tend to operate. (All about money)

So perhaps there are some new US or EU laws that prompted them to do this.

Last edited by Hiku - on 22 July 2025