• Ashtear@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    For specifics, I’d like to see consistent, transparent censorship standards, and Steam Workshop files made publicly available.

    Steam’s censorship issues are only going to be more of a problem as the Japanese PC market continues its explosive growth. The platform’s inconsistency is surely frustrating Japanese developers, and the lack of transparency is giving fuel to a (not unearned) narrative that its content reviewers are arbitrary and xenophobic.

    The Workshop matter is far smaller in comparison, but Steam is gatekeeping crowdsourced work product.

    • Charzard4261@programming.dev
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      5 days ago

      The workshop is an interesting topic and one if like to see a larger discussion around - theoretically people are free to upload their workshop content outside of Steam altogether, but arguably it’s on developers to support importing non-workshop content.

      Censorship is definitely something that needs sorting out. I hadn’t heard of much censorship going on but I can definitely see it happening, giv n Japan’s standards can differentiate massively from America’s. Clear rules need to be laid, and I hope clear reasons are given when it occurs.