Comment on the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle

• notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I 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.

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do the other stores hosting the game have the same payment processors?

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    • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Let’s finish our conversation about steam before we set up a goal post move.

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      • 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.

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  • LupertEverett@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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