Valve Now Bans Steam Games That Force Players to Watch Ads

[DaemonForce]

Wait, what ads in games? That shit exists? For real?????????

Cell phone devs are extremely annoying and unwelcome.
They contribute to the enshittification of everything.
King Terry would load them into a rocket and launch them towards the sun.

looks like you're for people, but in fact are protecting yourself against an easy vector for data breaches.

It can be both. Legal isn't really English and hacker spaces know what's up before everyone else.
When I tell normies to keep their snifferer safe, I'm not referring to that wiggly bit shaped like cat kibble.

 

[AusWolf]

I never thought I'd live to see this day, but I'm glad I did.

 

[Denver]

No they ain't removing choice, there's a whole gutter called the internet where you can wade through mountains of shite

A digital distributor cannot remove choice on its own, when there are multiple other distributors and ways to get content, AND a thousand different variations on the same content available. There's really an overabundance of choice, and Steam is doing the right thing filtering for us. If we disagree with what they filter... we can voice a concern.

Curation is going to be huge going forward, especially with AI content flooding everything.


Yes, I'd prefer Rockstar keep making parodies on that twisted overcommercialized existence we call normal today.

Games are an escape and the world you play in is part of that escape. I play them precisely to NOT have to watch ads all day, because they're already everywhere you look.

Then again if Rockstar allows us to buy and install an adblocker in-game, that would turn this whole affair into a gameplay element I would appreciate a lot That's Rockstar parody level shit and perhaps a way to have a win-win situation

I didn’t expect people to be so sensitive about it. Personally, I wouldn’t mind, but I’m not much of a GTA fan; It’s not the kind of game I’d spend $100+ on.

 

[bonehead123]

Well, FINALLY, someone has taken a stance against the over-monetization & over-commercialization of practically everything, everywhere, all of the time, all at once.... hats off to Valve

Although I don't do pc gamz, I hope this move inspires other companies to start thinking about the issue and take action to stop or at least minimize it.....

Just like that so-called "sporting" debacle that was on yesterday..... ~1 hour of actual game time, ~2.5 hours of ads, and 30 mins of whatever that crapfest sh*tshow was at halftime.....

 

[freeagent]

I haven't seen ads in PC games, but cool!

I know they do exist on phones though.

 

[Rubinhood]

That's like the opposite of "enshittification"! Well played.

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

Of course it's not, it's Valve being smart and protecting their brand by pursuing long-term gains over short-term ones. Which pretty much every other company has apparently forgotten how to do.

I'd also remind you that the reason doesn't matter particularly much, if the outcome is generally positive.


HAHAHAHAHA you're a funny guy.

When Steam recently changed their terms of service it was not about benefiting the consumer. Somebody found a way to force them to pay for a silly amount of arbitrations...so they changed policy. People hailed that as a benefit for gamers...until 2+2=4, and we discovered the motivation was not about gaming.

Valve banning games...because they literally do not see any revenue from a free game + advertisements is not about gamers. It's about them pushing for transactions that will benefit them. Note that a one time purchase or microtransactions is what they suggested...not releasing games for free. Not removing advertising...just making games that earned Steam nothing, but were paid Skinner boxes with adds not allowable on their platform. It also does not prevent advertisements...so look forward to your next character wearing branded UnderArmor, with a Bear fleece, and Air Jordans (with you having to pay real money into intermediate currencies before buying a loot box to get a chance to earn crap). You know who else tried that crap? Epic tried to get around having to pay Apple by buying their stuff outside of the App store.

Also, LOOT BOXES IN TEAM FORTRESS 2!

Do you see how maybe, if you think one step ahead, it's not really about doing what is right for us? Moreover, how it isn't actually right for us, but simply gently nudging more crap like League of Legends to exist...a game with hundreds of dollar skins for a single character. Consider me jaded, but after your rant about stupid Americans it's really funny to see you taking the bait on this. Almost like Valve is a blind spot for so many people, because they just never seem to be overtly evil.


The absence of evil is not good, as the absence of good is not evil. Just consider that before everyone starts lining up to give Valve a long loving sloppy kiss.

 

[Ravenas]

Bet they don't ban Call of Duty. Season 1 nothing but a netflix ad.

 

[AusWolf]

When Steam recently changed their terms of service it was not about benefiting the consumer. Somebody found a way to force them to pay for a silly amount of arbitrations...so they changed policy. People hailed that as a benefit for gamers...until 2+2=4, and we discovered the motivation was not about gaming.

Valve banning games...because they literally do not see any revenue from a free game + advertisements is not about gamers. It's about them pushing for transactions that will benefit them. Note that a one time purchase or microtransactions is what they suggested...not releasing games for free. Not removing advertising...just making games that earned Steam nothing, but were paid Skinner boxes with adds not allowable on their platform. It also does not prevent advertisements...so look forward to your next character wearing branded UnderArmor, with a Bear fleece, and Air Jordans (with you having to pay real money into intermediate currencies before buying a loot box to get a chance to earn crap). You know who else tried that crap? Epic tried to get around having to pay Apple by buying their stuff outside of the App store.

Also, LOOT BOXES IN TEAM FORTRESS 2!

Do you see how maybe, if you think one step ahead, it's not really about doing what is right for us? Moreover, how it isn't actually right for us, but simply gently nudging more crap like League of Legends to exist...a game with hundreds of dollar skins for a single character. Consider me jaded, but after your rant about stupid Americans it's really funny to see you taking the bait on this. Almost like Valve is a blind spot for so many people, because they just never seem to be overtly evil.


The absence of evil is not good, as the absence of good is not evil. Just consider that before everyone starts lining up to give Valve a long loving sloppy kiss.

I'd much rather pay for games than watch ads. Removing games with ads isn't gonna change the world overnight, but it is a step in the right direction. If a game isn't profitable without ads, then it's not a good game. Shitty business models shouldn't be supported.

 

[Crackong]

The cake is REAL !!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

With that said. Isnt the new GTA game said to have a tonne of ads and ad placement in game?? I think some of EA and 2K sports games also had ingame ads/product placement and you cant turn these off meaning they are unskippable. These probably wont be included as part of the ban but I wonder how Steam will approach these games (or not)