Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle
notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI regret my short hand of “slippery slope” but it’s not a coincidence that less than 6 months ago payment processors used their influence to get a game pulled from steam and now all of a sudden steam is self censoring based on content.
Whatever the non-fallacious version of “there’s an escalating pattern here” is what’s happening.
Except this particular ban happened in 2023, way before the paypros got in the scene.
gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragione-co-founder-pietro…
Along with the official release date of the game (December 2), the statement revealed that Horses was indefinitely banned on Steam in June 2023 – days before it was set to premiere on IGN’s Summer of Gaming event.
This is useful information I was not aware of - thank you.
While I was wrong about Horses, the issue with payment processors forcing censorship on Steam is still true and an enormous issue - Visa doesn’t get a say in what I purchase.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Do the other stores hosting the game have the same payment processors?
notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let’s finish our conversation about steam before we set up a goal post move.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You claimed Steam banned this because of the payment processors. The same payment processors being used by stores that didn’t ban this. Seems a relevant point to the discussion we are having.
notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’M not claiming steam pulled it due to pressure from payment processors, VALVE reported it. You’d know that if you read the article I posted.
If you want to participate in the discussion you have to do the reading.