Saturday 13 October 2018

Steam’s open-door policy starts trouble with the Brazilian government


Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform, is currently under investigation by the Brazilian government after allowing a controversial game to be sold on its platform. While the platform’s relaxed attitude towards games seemed like a commendable idea at the time, it’s starting to backfire. When Valve announced earlier this year it was taking a more hands-off approach to its own catalog of games, I initially called it a good thing. After all, it allowed the company to forgo the task of deciding on a game’s morality, while also not fully taking away their ability to remove unsavory games.…

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https://ift.tt/2yAavkS Rachel Kaser October 12, 2018 at 09:00PM

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