Valve finally has done some damage control but we will never forget this insult, Review queue must change!!!

>>714325614 (OP)
blue archive bros... not like this.....

Dude what the hell is wrong with Valve. There needs to be some EU consumer protection shit against these guys since they have a virtual monopoly over the PC market.

They need a more transparent review process, and rejections should be based on real evidence of misconduct, more than just "feelings and vibes." It also should not be a one-shot-or-nothing deal where you have no ability to appeal if you're rejected the first time. Especially since you have to pay for this frankly opaque shitty review process.

The tides are turning in our favor.
Blue Archive by the end of the week, just watch.

>>714326892
I feel like I heard about dragami games before, what did they do?

>>714326458
God you faggot Europeans are disgusting, crying for daddy government to "help" whenever possible. Make your own fucking marketplace.

>>714327031
They're the inheritors of Kadokawa Games. They did the recent Lollipop Chainsaw Remaster and the DRPG Demon Gaze Extra to name some things.

>>714326458
Except Valve doesn't have a monopoly. It's virtually impossible to run a monopoly on the PC market because you could literally just run your own store to compete with them and nobody is stopping you. Valve could literally just one day say "no more Japanese games allowed because fuck them slant eyed gooks lmao" and the EU wouldn't be able to do shit.
The only way to get Valve to change for the better would be for people to actually stop buying shit off Steam and using alternatives like the Epic store, but we all know that's never going to fucking happen.

>>714327162
You corporate bootlickers are disgusting, crying for saars to leave the multibillion dollar company alone

>>714327296
>no more Japanese games allowed because fuck them slant eyed gooks lmao
That would actually be based and make me start using steam just for the lulz

>>714327296
The Epic Store doesn't even have visual novels on it, there's barely any Japanese games at all.
The Schoolgirl game here is surprisingly releasing there but its useless to try and convince fans of these games to buy it there instead.

>>714325614 (OP)
Why is valve like this

>>714327162
Why are valve fanboys like this

>>714327479
They do have Genshin Impact though for some reason.

>>714327681
>some reason

>>714325614 (OP)
Valve allows loli games now they fired Mary since it was hurting business

Do the Steam versions of these games even have porn?

>>714329895
Nekopara 1-3 have the 18+ patches available to purchase on Steam. By Nekopara 4 Mary Rules were implemented and so the patch was banned. After's patch is also off-Steam and the game itself barely made it on even without 18+ content.

I beg the new BA release date will.be announced at Anime Expo.

>>714325614 (OP)
>trannyslop

>>714330090
BA panel is tomorrow morning I believe, if they announce a release date then we won, if they don't announce a date then there will be a loud pack of feral BAfags all hating on Valve at a really popular event, still a good win

>>714330334
do you know if they're streaming the panel?

>>714327296
>Except Valve doesn't have a monopoly
lol

>>714327296
>because you could literally just run your own store to compete with them and nobody is stopping you.
Except nobody fucking buying from it because Steam was there first, and PC fags willingly allowed it to monopolize the market.

>>714330334
>>714330504
tweet says so https://x.com/EN_BlueArchive/status/1939916969702309980

>>714330862
gracias, anon

>>714330612
>>714330697
>tranimesloppers are cucks too weak to make a website

>>714330612
>>714330697
You people don't know what a monopoly is. Try again.

>>714331127
>make your own website for anime games
>get cucked by visa and mastercard denying you service because they don't like anime
There's literally no winning here.

>>714331420
What's the matter? I thought you cucks heckin loved gatekeeping?

>>714329895
First few got their 18+ patches on steam, but they started freaking out after that.

>>714327296
>Except Valve doesn't have a monopoly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
Antitrust legislation needs to be updated to account for this. Valve's network effect has made it all but impossible for other storefronts to compete with them, and as a result anything that can't release on Steam is effectively doomed to die in darkness even if it releases somewhere else.

>>714331127
JAST USA exists. MangaGamer exists. KaguraGames exists. But very few people actually buy from them because they want it all on Steam.

@714331127
no (you) for your low effort shit

>>714331294
if epic can't compete and EA doesn't even fucking bother with origin anymore, then who else is supposed to do it? just because you can make your own service it doesn't make one any less of a monopoly, steam owns the entire PC market and saying it's not a monopoly is fucking delusional

>furry hitler cock vore 69 gets instantly approved with the most deranged point shop items imaginable able to use throughout steam
>some anime titties are over the line

>>714326458
Yuropooroids are even more antiporn and antiloli than even the most deranged evangelical burger, why the fuck do you think they'd help?

>>714331294
You're just playing semantics, what steam is doing does not fit the legal definition of a monopoly, but they're still a monopoly because PC karen race doesn't buy from anywhere else, every other store has failed miserably, Epic, GOG, whatever the fuck else NOBODY CARES or even knows they exist.
Steam is it and PC fags willingly handed that power to Gaben and co.
You want your game to sell on PC? You NEED steam.

Sorry guys i'm still new here meant my post >>714331742 to respond to >>714331127

^

>>714332119
>still responding
Awww does somebody think because they didn't give a heckin (you) you aren't acknowledging me?

fuming

>JUST MAKE YOUR OWN STORE
>Multiple gaming companies do just that
>They all fail and come crawling back to steam

>>714332239
You are yeah. Hence you continuing to passive aggressively posting.

keep malding sperg

>>714332401
>still responding

>>714326892
Mary xisters........our power is fading.......

>>714325614 (OP)
i don't get it, weren't this games actual explicit porn? or is this the all-ages version?

>>714325849
Never lose hope, nekopara had to wait 44 days

Lolicons are becoming too powerful!
You can't do this!

>>714334902
>nekopara had to wait 44 days
Actually it was a bit more like 50+, they stopped updating the timer after a while

>>714331581
>anything that can't release on Steam is effectively doomed to die in darkness even if it releases somewhere else.
minecraft and fortnite, the biggest games to ever exist, did just fine despite not releasing on steam

>>714335223
Ummm those don't heckin count sweatie

So uhhh, how were their other VNs they made since vol 4?

>>714335596
No wait, meant Sayori's other works.

>>714335727
nothing released yet, plus theres a gacha in the works and the nekopara remakes

>>714325614 (OP)
So if valve is cool with full blown lolicon why isn't Happy Lamb Garden's stuff on steam?

is this the thread?

>>714336541
Bad if true.

>>714335596
Inupara is vaporware at this point. Sayori said that it's priority number 1 after Nekopara After but considering all the controvery it's possible she won't bother.
Sorry dog fuckers our game isn't coming.

>>714331581
Alright well lets say antitrust gets involved or whatever to interfere in this matter, what would they even realistically do to help other storefronts?

>>714331581
>>714337279
lmao regulators dont even go after payment processors

>>714337237
It will come out before silksong and gta 5.
Trust the plan.

>>714336951
sure

>>714325614 (OP)
>>714330090
>>714330334
>>714330862
They need to fire Mary I swear to god. Fire her from the Steam Reviewers panel.

>>714341383
Mary is a symptom, not a cause. Valve tells their reviewers to ban this stuff, not all of them adhere to it as strictly as Mary, but there will always be more Marys as long as this is the case.

>>714336951
yes

>>714341805
Valve is just a retarded mix of braindead libshits and autistic lolberts.

A Steam reviewer there not only accepts these games but also goes out of his way to help a publisher out too.

>>714325614 (OP)
Valve finally found the reviewer?

Steam is a monopoly and should be forced to make their service worse so other storefronts can compete

Akane Love!

>>714343959
wrong thread post?

>>714325614 (OP)
blue archive next week?

looks like shit. steam really needs to do some housekeeping and remove all these indie shovelware games

>>714325614 (OP)
Valve is openly racist towards Japanese developers.

>>714331581
Tarkov, not on steam.
War thunder was huge before steam.
Starsector not on steam.
Fallout76, not on steam. Or maybe it is now, who cares. Game was successful considering how trash it was.
Someone else mentioned big games not on steam too, so I won't repeat those.

Steam is basically just free advertising, but you can succeed without it.

>>714337279
Steam is THE storefront, they can't really force the entire PC userbase to use other storefronts. What they CAN do, however, is apply similar rules of neutrality as public utilities to platforms with a certain percentage of market share or greater, restricting what they can ban from their stores to only things with a clear and imminent legal threat, and only in the territories where said law applies, so no more global bans. And most importantly, give developers grounds to contest these companies when they're unfairly blocked from the market.

>>714346868
sounds like communism

>>714325614 (OP)
Bluesky Archive trannies btfo

>sexualing tiny lolis like this is A okay in Gaben's book
Dare I say based?

That first scene was amazing. Worth the wait for Shigurefags I think.

>>714351320
>have to sign up to another storefront to download a r18 patch.
ill wait until someone rips it for a free download.

>>714351505
Why wait, it has been up for weeks already.

>>714325614 (OP)
At this point isn't it better to just ditch Steam for VNs?

>>714330697
>and PC fags willingly allowed it to monopolize the market.
Do you remember what the alternatives were?

>>714353008
No, for the simple fact that steam brings in a bunch of revenue that allows VN devs to keep existing and making 18+ stuff at all. You're better off buying directly from them if you can, but having access to the largest customer base on PC is irreplaceable.

>>714353008

>>714326892
tbqh there is nothing to cause problems, or shouldnt really, it was already supercensored before even coming to steam. so its really just some stupid chipped bitch thats causing all the drama

I bought Marry Skelter 2 on switch because of the steam censorship stuff, but now Nintendo is hopping on the train too.

>>714326892
D3 censored Samurai Maiden so I'm wary about their new game.

>>714353589
Alicesoft needs to slip Gabe some G's when Rance X is finally translated

>>714330697
People choosing a better service is not a monopoly.
Just make a better store.

>>714353589
Seeing this does make me wonder what exactly is the threshold for VN publishers to consider a release successful. Did VNs and eroges really sell 15k or more back in the day before Steam took off? If they did, then Steam not only introduced new users to the PC ecosystem, they even managed to monopolize the users that were already there.
>>714354010
The environment has made Vita-style ecchige virtually impossible to release. Tokyo Clanpool couldn't properly release ANYWHERE, not even fucking GOG! It tried the same method Mary Skelter 2 used to get on Steam and got met with a hard-ban. Steam is getting worse, Nintendo is getting worse, only Sony seems to MAYBE be shifting away, but I still don't think they're trustworthy, they still censored a game as recent as last winter. This is why I'm calling for these platforms to be regulated, lesser devs that deal in "controversial" content need a shield from agenda-pushers bullying them out of the market.

>>714325614 (OP)
What are some other games with cute anime girls? Pic is what I got from the sale.

>>714326458
Valve has said the only reason they're doing things like this is because they worry about legality and the EU is full of nanny states, so I doubt that'd work out the way you'd expect. Also credit card kikery and mobs have formed to try and get games taken off steam. Valve's review process sucks and they need to rescind their no resubmission policy, bu it is easily understandable why they're wary of games where the mc fucks his loli little sister.

>>714357325
Chrono Ark is pretty good if you don't have it yet.

>>714357195
The most infuriating thing about this whole ordeal is Nintendo themselves. After shitting the bed with Wii U, the Switch was a haven for uncensored games, they even mentioned that it was the ratings board's job to check the game contents. This makes sense, since Nintendo is the whole fucking reason we have the ratings boards to begin with!
But now they completely forgot about that and are having publishers censor their shit again. Fuck them for being duplicitous bastards.

>>714327296
At least say gog. Buying shit off epic would absolutely not make anything better, it would only make epic even worse, and epic is already worse about these games than valve is. Valve isn't concerned about these games because they have some anti-japanese stance and are just not selling them because they simply hate asians or whatever persecution complex people want to run with.

>>714331581
Retarded image.
Everything in that image Valve has accepted. That representative thinking Nintendo of all corporations is some last bastion for these games is depressingly out of touch and just makes it obvious why they're floundering. Valve accepts far more of these games and when Nintendo doesn't outright ban them, they'll censor them with no recourse. Valve is unironically more pro-Japanese than Nintendo is at this point.

>>714357649
Valve made a similar statement back then as well (eVERything ThAT'S nOt ILLegaL or TRollinG). It really drives home that you can't trust anything they say and that devs need some form of insurance when they decide on a whim to be assholes to them.

>>714351505
>ill wait until someone rips it for a free download.

>>714331762
>>some anime titties are over the line
The problem is there were no anime titties. Just blood related nipples and little loli sister dickings.

>>714358126
The last Gal*Gun release on Steam was in 2021. Going by precedent from 2023 (censored version of Dungeon Travelers 2 banned) and 2024 (censored version of Tokyo Clanpool banned, all-ages VN Key VN with no sexual content banned), there is little reason to believe they would accept another Gal*Gun game. I don't know why Inti thinks Nintendo is still viable after the Neptunia Re;Birth bans and Tokyo Clanpool being censored, but being insiders I guess they might know something I don't.

>>714353008
No. Where else are you going to go, first of all, even DLSite is getting attacked and has games on it that they won't even show you that Valve will sell to you, and Steam is unironically a good service that people want to use. I mean, sure, get your VN on every store that will take it, that's the great thing about PC, but like it or not Steam is where people are going to buy it.

Choose

>>714358627
Wait, the green cat also joined the cast? Wasn´t she just a part of the anime? 5 6 7

>>714358595
Having to buy points was one thing, but the region-locking really was just DLSite shooting themselves in the foot. It's so frustrating seeing them cuck out that badly. I'd be shilling them if they didn't do that.

>>714358474
>there is little reason to believe they would accept another Gal*Gun game
When they're selling you games not even dlsite will show you, accepting games like mad island and konoha and a slew of other loli porn titles, and taking the time to deliberate and accept after instead of just immediately banning it like they could've, I don't really understand how people can be so doom and gloom about steam as a storefront for these titles.
Yes, mary and the no resubmission policy suck and needs to go and there does seem to be an element of rng over whether a sketchy game gets accepted or not based on the reviewer's feelings on any given day. But far more often than not, valve is better about this than anyone else, especially nintendo at this point, and it's baffling that representative seems to think otherwise. If they keep trying to latch on to consoles instead of doing everything they can to take advantage of pc, they are 100% for sure doomed.

>>714358627
The sister is the only one that can get pregnant.

>>714327296
Well, the fact Valve can simply ban your game from ever being on the platform at the drop of a school skirt without recourse is pretty fucked up.

>>714358627
Cinnamon.

>>714327296
>Valve could literally just one day say "no more Japanese games allowed because fuck them slant eyed gooks lmao" and the EU wouldn't be able to do shit.
EU could just ban steam you retard

>>714360576
No one in the EU is going to bat for panty sniffer 5000 or I molested a girl on a train and now I'm a lvl 99 rapemaster!?!

>>714360576
Is EU in the habit of banning things for no reason now? Because they wouldn't be able to ban Steam for being a monopoly because lo and behold... it isn't one.

>>714360945
Governments can ban anything for any reason they please, whats with this monopoly hangup

>>714360576
On what planet do you think the EU of all places is going to try and take on Valve over loli porn? The EU are currently trying to restrict access even just to regular porn.

>>714345813
None of those are good though

>>714362053
>On what planet do you think the EU of all places is going to try and take on Valve over loli porn?
Oh, they could, just absolutely not in the way that anon thinks. If anything, they would take on valve for enabling the sale of loli porn.

https://steamdb.info/app/3557620/history/

TWO UPDATES BEFORE ANIME EXPO
TRVST

>>714327162
We just want to kick out burger corpos from our countries, but can't directly tell them to fuck off because of politics. So we just make them bleed as much profit as possible under the guise of 'consumer protection'. You are welcome.

credit card jews belong in a mass grave

>>714334921
they are not lolis you fucking pedomong