Valve Confirms Removal of Adult Games from Steam Due to Credit Card Companies' Pressure
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10mo ago· 3 min readenNews
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Valve confirmed that it delisted certain adult games from Steam due to pressure from credit card companies. The decision was made because the games violated rules set by payment processors and their related networks and banks.
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As a result, we are retiring those games from being sold on the Steam Store.
It's not a great precedent, that's for sure.
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