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Slashman
Joined: 26 Dec 2015
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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:29 am
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| MarthKoopa wrote: | | Next they will hopefully implement ways to ban uncensor patches altogether |
And your stake in that is what exactly?
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Kougeru
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:34 am
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| MarthKoopa wrote: | | Next they will hopefully implement ways to ban uncensor patches altogether |
Why? Why does it bother you what other people do?
Valve is so stupid and hypocritical. The entire industry is. It's okay to commit mass murder in games but a little consensual sex? Nope. BANNED.
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wohdin
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:41 am
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Steam is literally throwing away money by not allowing adult content.
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Random Name
Joined: 24 Nov 2016
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:44 am
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| Slashman wrote: |
| MarthKoopa wrote: | | Next they will hopefully implement ways to ban uncensor patches altogether |
And your stake in that is what exactly? |
Obvious troll is obvious
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Lord Oink
Joined: 06 Jul 2016
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 11:49 am
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| wohdin wrote: | | Steam is literally throwing away money by not allowing adult content. |
They make more money from lootboxes, doubt they care.
This is why you never buy from Steam.
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CatSword
Joined: 01 Jul 2014
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:15 pm
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| CatSword wrote: | That seems ridiculous, considering there are some games with uncensored explicit sexual material on Steam (ex. Ladykiller in a Bind - I'm talking penises and vaginas during sex scenes). I thought we were moving forward, but this is a big step backwards.  |
Thing is that the past couple months or so have seen more rape, scat & other "extreme" porn games being released & sold very cheap - thus getting more sales & exposure than adult games usually do on Steam. I imagine this is a response to that rather than the sex scenes in games like Ladykiller. The more obvious thing to do would be say what is & isn't allowed & ban sales of the latter, but Steam never turns down a sale. |
I was not aware of this happening. I heard about Wonderful Everyday/SubaHibi being released on Steam which has that kind of content and an uncensor patch, but not any sort of recent trend of "extreme" games.
I guess Muv-Luv Alternative also came out recently, but that doesn't have an uncensor patch (yet?).
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jroa
Joined: 08 Aug 2012
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:19 pm
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Steam's double standards, which are actually those of U.S. society, strike back once again. You can be as violent, gross and gory as you want, but please don't include any sexual content. Can't say this is surprising.
To be fair, the platform has been recently flooded with a number of censored cheap eroge that offer nothing in terms of gameplay, relying on the explicit or implicit existence of these patches in order to sell copies, but I don't think this is the right response.
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Slashman
Joined: 26 Dec 2015
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:20 pm
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I haven't seen any of this "extreme" stuff that is being mentioned. I HAVE seen more numerous adult titles coming out though. and with those more than a few troll "crusaders" trying to cause a ruckus in the forums from some kind of "righteous" stance. I wonder if they are more responsible than anything else.
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HoboSoup
Joined: 06 Aug 2017
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:21 pm
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| HoboSoup wrote: | | So we no longer have the OPTION to uncensor the games we bought? That's honestly messed up. |
You can still patch them. They're just not letting links to said patches be made public on Steam. Think there's a Reddit thread/group dedicated to adult patches for steam games. Not that I'd know. |
| encrypted12345 wrote: | | Just more roundabout means. Users are still allowed to talk about uncensor patches in the forums of the game themselves and there are curators specialized for mentioning games with such patches for now at least. |
Ah that's not so bad then, thanks folks! 
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curtisd88
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:39 pm
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| MarthKoopa wrote: | | Next they will hopefully implement ways to ban uncensor patches altogether |
That's never gonna happen but keep wishing though.
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Chrono1000
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:43 pm
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Corporations are so scared of bad publicity that we are entering an era of secular puritanism. It is due to polite society making it harder and harder to sell products that might offend someone combined with Steam having the typical corporate response of wimping out as quickly as possible.
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Primus
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 12:55 pm
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I'm not a big fan of censoring things that are legal to own, but I'm also struggling to see the problem here. Having publishers link to content that violates Valve's guidelines on Steam undermines their efforts. Steam's a privately owned storefront.This doesn't prevent anyone from modifying the game to add this material, it just prevents publishers from sharing how to do it on Valve's platform. If that mere requirement truly offends you, there are plenty of other PC game retailers out there. This isn't a console situation where if Sony, Microsoft or NIntendo says "Nope" that means no for everyone that owns the hardware.
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Snakebit1995
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:54 pm
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| BrainBlow wrote: | | So steam puts in effort to do stuff like this, yet still can't be assed to do any serious moderation on the unending torrent of shit assetflip games swamping the store. |
You do know Valve just culled like 500 such games a couple weeks ago right?
Also this is probably just a legal thing they have to do or something. Players can still talk about such patches in the forums or reviews, it's the devs that aren't allowed to post a direct link themselves, they could just as easily have a spouse drop it on the forums for them they jsut can't have it in the product description or news release.
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FtKaru
Joined: 05 Jan 2016
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:58 pm
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| John Hayabusa wrote: | Noooooooooo!! Gabe, why did you let us down? 
Honestly, I cannot tell this is a good thing or a bad thing. I hope that we get an explanation from Valve about this mess. |
Valve rarely explains any decision they make. Though I guess it wouldn't be surprising in this case considering it's equally as rare for Valve to do any sort of moderation on Steam.
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OpinionatedWeaboo
Joined: 08 Jan 2014
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 4:46 pm
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George Carlin said it best.
Now that I've made my point, consider DRM-free alternatives and stop feeding Valve. I've stopped buying games from them since '09 and haven't felt the difference.
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