Currently, only GOG and Itch are still selling this game.

EDIT: It seems the game has returned to Humble Bundle.

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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (8 children)

That's not how that works. You don't get to decide what a store does and does not sell. Steam refuses hundreds of games a year, this one doesn't get special treatment.

Saying "I understand why (store) would not want to carry this product" is not the same as saying "no store should carry this product."

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  • [+] -6 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    I’m not admonishing the store, as you said it’s up to them to carry what they like. I’m admonishing you and people like you for trying to exert pressure on the store to not carry something you personally don’t like, because again, you’re not intended to be in charge of what others sell.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    When did I (or anyone else) exert pressure on Steam to not carry this? My understanding is this is a decision Steam made.

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  • [–] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Earlier this year steam updated its guidelines to prohibit content that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by steam payment processors and related card networks”

    Visa and Mastercard pressured steam to remove a game because they didn’t agree with its content. Visa and Mastercard only care because they believe they end users care - that’s you, a potential end user of visa and Mastercards service. Valve only cares because visa and Mastercard care.

    You saying “I see why they wouldn’t want to sell the game” helps them to pressure steam into self censorship.

    You’re speaking with an awful lot of confidence on stuff you don’t seem to be very well versed in.

    For example, you somehow missed the fact that just months after payment processors forced steam to remove a game, they’re suddenly self-censoring.

    Go ahead and read up https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-steam-banned-adult-games

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You've fabricated a straw man, and appear to be furious at it

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  • [–] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Visa and Mastercard literally used their influence to get a game pulled from steam this year. So less of a strawman and more “Exhibit A”.

    Go ahead and read up https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-steam-banned-adult-games

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