Steam - The Future is Now

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I'm down with finishing The Forest.
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I bought some stuff and got some points. Is there anything worth getting with the points?
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I bought a cool new loading screen for my Steam Deck.
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Interesting price chart for Doom: The Dark Ages

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60% profit margins are insane. Numbers like that attract competitors (Epic, Microsoft, etc), but Steam just keeps winning. Shows you why Apple wanted to keep control of their App store so badly.
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Valve is at the top of the games industry and gamers seem insanely loyal.

Why?

This is why.

Corporate America could learn a lot from Gabe.
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Steam has a calendar coming that will tell you everything releasing that day, month, and in the future that matches your preferences and those of people with tastes like yours. This is Valve's way of trying to remove marketing from the equation, and let you know about games that might interest you specifically.
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Steam was trending this morning in a rare moment of bad press for them. Long story short: A game dev went public about an image that Steam rejected and people are suspecting this has been affecting other games too.

Gotta say, I'm with the dev on this one. There is nothing sexual about that image. I wonder if the person that made this decision is Muslim or a Puritan?
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A one piece bathing suit? Seriously?
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I don't have adult games blocked on my Steam store, so I see them advertised on my feed probably once a month or so. (Naked people do not offend me.) Coincidentally, as this controversy about a butt in a one piece is happening, "Inside Jennifer" shows up in the "Discounts & Events" section. The preview image is of a buxom woman with hard nips. Click the image and it's XXX porn.

I have to believe the one piece butt was rejected by someone very specific with a grudge or jealousy.

A very small sample of other games' promotion materials on Steam right now:

Valve's very own product and promotional shot...
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I'm thinking about suing over that bottom one... :D
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Censorship on Steam was defeated!
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Yay! Too bad it took so much effort to win.
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Total speculation on my part, but I really think this was probably one person. The backlash was so public that someone else took notice and they corrected the issue.

There were obviously way, way too many other examples of things similar or worse that were allowed to think this was an overall Steam policy.
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Leisher wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 9:47 am Total speculation on my part, but I really think this was probably one person. The backlash was so public that someone else took notice and they corrected the issue.
Yes. Many things like this are. Probably some $1/hour Indian at that.
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Horny Villa! LOL!!!!!!
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Stranger wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:30 pm Horny Villa! LOL!!!!!!
Hey, I know that guy!
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TheCatt wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 11:11 am Probably some $1/hour Indian at that.
I'd wager an overweight single white woman.
Stranger wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:30 pm Horny Villa! LOL!!!!!!
Most accurate title ever.
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Re-enters the console wars.

Here's all their hardware coming next year.

Timing...

Valve makes this announcement while the current X-Box has basically been dumped by everyone and is disappearing from stores. Meanwhile, SteamOS is becoming the preferred OS for handheld manufacturers and is outperforming Windows in every test.

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I still want them to figure out a better family system or plan though. Families, AT THE SAME ADDRESS, should be able to share a library or a game. For example: I should be able to play Dying Light: The Beast while my kids are upstairs with their friends playing You Don't Know Jack games from the same library.
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