Wait, wait... dial back, is this verified? The Valve personnel flagging all these VNs and blocking their release are employees integrated from the Campo Santo acquisition?
Do you have a link? This is honestly the first I've heard of this..
Community MetaSteam | August 2022 - Remember Ringo, With Great Power Comes No Regional Pricing
- Thread starter Mor
- Start date
- Status
Do you have a link? This is honestly the first I've heard of this..
Elden Ring shipments and digital sales top 16.6 million
Total worldwide shipments and digital sales for Elden Ring have surpassed 16.6 million units, publisher Bandai Namco announced in its financial results report for the three months ended June 30, 20…
www.gematsu.com
Elden Ring is at 16.6 million copies sold as of June 30.
A document from the Apple trial showed it will be Epic exclusive. Just getting that out there.
Probably going to be a bad game thenElden Ring shipments and digital sales top 16.6 million
Total worldwide shipments and digital sales for Elden Ring have surpassed 16.6 million units, publisher Bandai Namco announced in its financial results report for the three months ended June 30, 20…
Elden Ring is at 16.6 million copies sold as of June 30.
A document from the Apple trial showed it will be Epic exclusive. Just getting that out there.
I still wonder why they are still doing a Dead Island 2 when Dying Light pretty much surpassed the original formula. The "brand" can't be that much in demand all these years later and they still have that "Dead Island Riptide-torso" media debacle tied to the brand name.
Is the Dead Island brand still sought after 10+ years after it's initial release? Is anyone still waiting on Dead Island 2?
Is the Dead Island brand still sought after 10+ years after it's initial release? Is anyone still waiting on Dead Island 2?
Dunno, I'd probably buy it as I liked the first one a lot. I don't actively want a new game though, if it was just "there" then sure. I also hated Dying Light. I might eventually have liked it but dropped it because the controls really pissed me off.
I’ve never heard of this either.Wait, wait... dial back, is this verified? The Valve personnel flagging all these VNs and blocking their release are employees integrated from the Campo Santo acquisition?
Do you have a link? This is honestly the first I've heard of this..
Do we really think the small Campo Santo team moved from making games to being Steam gatekeepers?
There’s clearly some policy specifically for VNs, but I’ve seen no evidence it’s Campo Santo. The only thing I’ve found from a cursory search is a 4chan /v/ conspiracy theory blaming the “Campo Santo f*****s” for it, and, well, that’s hardly reliable.
I think it's easier to list what Embracer doesn't own at this point
How many Campo Santo people are even still at Valve? I know of 3 and I can't imagine (Valve's structure blahblahblah, I know, I know) any of them sitting there and reviewing upcoming games.
Oh this was confirmed by her on twitter.Wait, wait... dial back, is this verified? The Valve personnel flagging all these VNs and blocking their release are employees integrated from the Campo Santo acquisition?
Do you have a link? This is honestly the first I've heard of this..
Some people got puzzled when anime style games visual novel ban became a trend on Steam. Old OAG site made some great article about this, maybe is still up on archive.
She was one the employes:
I cannot remember the other employee but there is a forum screenshot over, too.
Most of sources are shadowbanned by google. XD
Valve’s erotic game bans may be a result of local obscenity laws
Steam's removal of a selection of adult-themed games may be as a result of Washington State's corruption laws
www.pcgamesn.com
This?
raises hand
I finished both Dead Island and Dying Light and to be honest I liked Dead Island more. I enjoyed the more elaborate melee combat in Dead Island.
Blossom Tales 2 publisher isn't the same of the previous games so maybe they will invest a bit more in marketing this time.
It's amazing how JoyMasher always manage to nail the looks of their games.
This is all I can find using the keywords "Jane Ng", "Visual Novel", and "Valve":
Valve’s erotic game bans may be a result of local obscenity laws
Steam's removal of a selection of adult-themed games may be as a result of Washington State's corruption laws
www.pcgamesn.com
yeah, no joke! it seriously looks great!
why would it be? also - she hasn't been working at volvo for well over a year now
That person is no longer at Valve from what I rememberValve’s erotic game bans may be a result of local obscenity laws
Steam's removal of a selection of adult-themed games may be as a result of Washington State's corruption laws
This?
Yep If I’m not wrong that OAG article pcgamesn points to is one the first sources that made Campo Santo reference.This?Valve’s erotic game bans may be a result of local obscenity laws
Steam's removal of a selection of adult-themed games may be as a result of Washington State's corruption laws
I really don't like this targeting of individual employees, honestly. Especially with former employees.This is all I can find using the keywords "Jane Ng", "Visual Novel", and "Valve":
From the article, it doesn't sound like any of this was Jane's call at all, honestly.Valve’s erotic game bans may be a result of local obscenity laws
Steam's removal of a selection of adult-themed games may be as a result of Washington State's corruption laws
Valve clearly has an internal hardline stance on this issue, likely inspired by state laws. I think any game with English support just gets more scrutiny, as arbitrary as that is.
Fully agreed, on all points.
The weird thing is that the game has a. eSRB/PEGI rating which should mean it is OK to publish.
this is one of those areas that valve should be making absolutely certain that they have hard rules in place so devs and publishers know where they actually stand.
hopefully somebody like GOG can pick up the slack if their is no possibility of a steam release.
this is one of those areas that valve should be making absolutely certain that they have hard rules in place so devs and publishers know where they actually stand.
hopefully somebody like GOG can pick up the slack if their is no possibility of a steam release.
Be me
barely play any new releases this year cos of less free time, diversifying that free time amongst other interests, and a general ennui of AAA games in particular
But get excited for Soul Hackers 2 cos weeb
look at reviews
barely play any new releases this year cos of less free time, diversifying that free time amongst other interests, and a general ennui of AAA games in particular
But get excited for Soul Hackers 2 cos weeb
look at reviews
Last edited:
Feels more like they have nebulous guidelines and idiots can just ban whatever they feel like if games whose goal is to rape, sell raped girls and ransack towns to rape and sell raped girls are ok but a school uniform in a rated game has them go ballistic
edit: that said I guess until spike-chunsoft officially says the game isn’t releasing anymore it means they’ll try to reverse that although i’m not sure that ever gonna happen.
Last edited:
Cult of the Lamb has 1 million players across all platforms.
Looking at the Open Critic scores and it's a good 10 points lower than I anticipated. Still playing it day one because I'm a Megaten geek so.Be me
barely play any new releases this year cos of less free time, diversifying that free time amongst other interests, and a general ennui of AAA games in particular
get excited for Soul Hackers 2 cos weeb
look at reviews
Yeah, I think this is something they can absolutely clean up. Just have clear, specific guidelines on what can and can't be sold on Steam, and make it explicitly clear in their vendor agreement.
That's the fairest approach - if I was a VN/general weeb game publisher like Spike Chunsoft, i'd be pretty angry if I splashed a bunch of money on a PC port, only to find that the product I worked on is suddenly banned from the shelves of the platform's primary sales channel. I counted those prospective PC sales into my budget projections while developing it, yeah?
I took a break from Kairosoft to complete Just King
think they plan to add 2 more zones so il have to get back to this later if they add more achieves.
Honestly not surprised. The team previous work, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, was fun especially the fast-paced combat (better than Persona) but I wouldn't say it's a great game.Be me
barely play any new releases this year cos of less free time, diversifying that free time amongst other interests, and a general ennui of AAA games in particular
But get excited for Soul Hackers 2 cos weeb
look at reviews
The other issue I have with valves stance on this is that due to guidelines in Washington State (?) this has been banned across the rest of America and the rest of the World. They could have also geo blocked the affected area and let the rest of us purchase the game.
I am still optimistic this will come to PC in one form or another as this is a series I intend to work my way through.
I am still optimistic this will come to PC in one form or another as this is a series I intend to work my way through.
Yeah, they are enjoyable enough for me on their own and they can co-exist. Just like there are open world games like GTA and say Sleeping Dogs, they have a similar structure but ultimately feel different.
The game is sold at Walmart which I'm sure exists in Washington state and also on PSN/eshop which i'm sure have users in Washington state, so I frankly don't believe that washington state law is the issue.
The issue is Valve guidelines being what they are (or aren't in this case) and causing this situation, which also leads to people pointing their fingers at everything and anything as the cause for this because nobody knows, except the idiot with unilateral power to veto games who reviewed the game in question.
edit: various edits for grammar
Last edited:
I just don’t get why valve isn’t transparent about this. It’s seriously a bad look.
A Gimmick remaster is not something that I was expecting to see announced. Hopefully it will be a good remaster.
---
It's out!
Last edited:
I'm still salty that the the SMT x FE project morphed into TMS. On the bright side, it gave us this pure unadulterated cringe.
True, I had forgotten about the Walmart situation as well. It's just a very frustrating situation. Unfortunately, due to the niche nature of VN's as well, there isn't too much of a way to heavily publicise it. I am not really sure if any of the major sites have even picked up on this.
This is one of those areas where Steam being the leader of the pack has come to bite us in the arse. However SpikeChunsoft should remember that places like GOG and itchIo exist.
I thought TMS FE# was fine but it's obvious 99% of the budget went in producing the songs and 1% for everything else.
FInally took my time to start Cult of the Lamb. Like it a lot so far.
Definetly picking it up soon. The demo was great.
- Status