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Point out a single instance where Valve has been caught banning accounts at the request of other businesses. Of course you're welcome to make all the wild specu

Point out a single instance where Valve has been caught banning accounts at the request of other businesses. Of course you're welcome to make all the wild speculations you'd like, but I'll stick to reasonable conclusions in the mean time.

threeseed 2y ago
It is standard practice across the entertainment industry including video games. Rights holders will demand that platforms enforce their restrictions. Which is exactly what Valve is doing.
- tomnipotent 2y ago
  Of course Valve has policies designed to meet the expectations of rights holders, that's a given and I'm unaware of any serious business on the planet selling goods created by other companies that doesn't have such policies and enforce them so they can continue to sell those goods. This is a blanket policy that Valve enforces regardless of the publisher. Valve has been banning accounts for circumventing region restrictions for as long as the feature has existed, and long before Sony added their games to the platform. Just because these policies were designed to appease rights holders doesn't change the fact that it's at Valve's sole discretion to enforce compliance (at risk of losing publishers).
  - margana 2y ago
    Let's be real here, there is no risk of losing publishers over not bending the knee to publishers over unreasonable demands (such as banning entire accounts). Publishers have been trying to stay off Steam for much more strategic reasons, and they have always come crawling back, admitting they fail at distributing games on their own. They would never seriously consider ditching the platform over petty grievances like this.
doublerabbit 2y ago
Dota2 and Smurf accounts. No different to as to using the VPN. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-bans-90k-i-dota-2-i-accounts-for-smurfing- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-bans-90k-i-dota... https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3692442542242977036 https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3692442542242977036
- oefrha 2y ago
  1. Dota is from Valve, not another publisher. 2. I see no mention of Steam account bans in either link. Don’t know if you have additional information supporting Steam bans. Banning unwanted players from a game is fair game. Locking them out of every other purchase too? Highly questionable.

threeseed 2y ago

It is standard practice across the entertainment industry including video games. Rights holders will demand that platforms enforce their restrictions. Which is exactly what Valve is doing.

tomnipotent 2y ago
Of course Valve has policies designed to meet the expectations of rights holders, that's a given and I'm unaware of any serious business on the planet selling goods created by other companies that doesn't have such policies and enforce them so they can continue to sell those goods. This is a blanket policy that Valve enforces regardless of the publisher. Valve has been banning accounts for circumventing region restrictions for as long as the feature has existed, and long before Sony added their games to the platform. Just because these policies were designed to appease rights holders doesn't change the fact that it's at Valve's sole discretion to enforce compliance (at risk of losing publishers).
- margana 2y ago
  Let's be real here, there is no risk of losing publishers over not bending the knee to publishers over unreasonable demands (such as banning entire accounts). Publishers have been trying to stay off Steam for much more strategic reasons, and they have always come crawling back, admitting they fail at distributing games on their own. They would never seriously consider ditching the platform over petty grievances like this.

doublerabbit 2y ago

Dota2 and Smurf accounts. No different to as to using the VPN. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-bans-90k-i-dota-2-i-accounts-for-smurfing- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-bans-90k-i-dota... https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3692442542242977036 https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3692442542242977036

oefrha 2y ago
1. Dota is from Valve, not another publisher. 2. I see no mention of Steam account bans in either link. Don’t know if you have additional information supporting Steam bans. Banning unwanted players from a game is fair game. Locking them out of every other purchase too? Highly questionable.