-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Steam first non censored title has been banned in 28 countries
- Thread starter Rodjer
- Start date
- Status
Seems it would have been smarter to have the usual external patch scenario from business perspective.
I had a feeling I knew what I was in for, but I didn't expect it to be so front and center LMAO
Two options: Indexing or child porn. Indexing is not an actual ban but it must be sold under the counter and only shown to adults, Steam may not be willing to fulfill the requirements for that and just blocked it for simplicity. Alternatively if some official instance figured those characters look too young then it might get flagged as child porn. Very unlikely though since that kind of review wouldn't happen so quickly for an indie game (OTOH the USK thought that Gal Gun 2 looked too child porny and refused a rating for that without any court action).
South Korea has lots of anti-pornography laws. Even viewing it online is pretty restricted
https://medium.com/the-establishment/why-is-south-korea-cracking-down-on-porn-28c08984bc89
Futanari princess with her big personality showing, I don't know how Google/Steam allowed that, you could actually click on the game earlier today.
Considering the loli porn pics on the store's page, I'd tell your friend to steer clear of this one.
This makes me think Valve's stance isn't so much about principle but just passing the cost of compliance on to the developer (rather than needing to enforce any standards themselves).
Presumably using some sort of future-tech, because accurate age determination in humans is pretty hard. <straight face>
It's... something
(Edit: and I just realized my censoring also looks crudely rude by accident)
From what I understand, the German games press made a stink about it which resulted in the USK making a stink about it. The developers then decided to not risk a legal punch-up and decided to not sell it in Germany, and then proceeded to ring a lawyer to list the countries that would also threaten legal fisticuffs if they proceeded to release there. Hence, this list.
This is fucking nuts. I've mosaic'd the image but this is what shows up for me.
Since i didnt get it i googled that name to get the full picture and holy shit thats some lewd stuff.
It's... something
(Edit: and I just realized my censoring also looks crudely rude by accident)
Lol
Some futanari pic. Futanari is definitely nsfw btw, just in case.
Edit: handily beaten ^^
loving the fact that you actually clicked on its store pageThis is fucking nuts. I've mosaic'd the image but this is what shows up for me.
Goddammit, he's going to be disappointment but I'll pass the message along.
It's just research init, my friend clicked on it like 3 or 4 times but he told me it just goes to the main Steam page.
I've looked it up and, apparently, the dev decided against releasing the game in Germany because they didn't submit it to the German rating board and, by law, access to games which have not been rated has to be restricted. Steam, at this point in time, apparently cannot offer the kind of restriction the law requires so, to avoid any potential liability, the dev decided against a German release. So it's got nothing to do with the pornographic nature of the game, it seems.
- Status