Where my Steam bootlickers & shills at?
this seems more like the kraut nanny state twisting valve's arm, doesn't it?
this is not the first time Germany did that bludski
>>738214016Looks like Germany fucked up as usual, OP.
isn't this germany's fault not steam's? valve is just following the law.
>germany does retard>steam at faultthey voetenblokenspiegentrunkened for it
>>738214096Yeah. When Germany bans a game for whatever dumb reason, Valve gets to choose between either removing those games from the German version of the store, or having to deal with their legal bullshit and either paying a fine (and still being forced to remove those games) or getting shut out of Germany entirely.Companies don't just get to ignore the law, even if the law is dumb.Either way, G*rmans can still use a VPN to buy those games, or get them from third party sites, or just pirate them. So I doubt anyone will be seriously hindered by this nonsense.
>>738215201>G*rmans can still use a VPN to buy those gamesThat didn't even work in 2012, buddy. Trust me, I tried it with F.E.A.R. and CoD Black Ops 1 Back then only gifting worked
Seems more like a Eurofag issue than a Valve issue.Not my problem, Europoors can eat shit and enjoy their censorious governments that desperately want to harvest and sell their data or surveil them so they can't say mean things to their elected officials.
>>738215752>desperately want to harvest and sell their data or surveil themPalantir and Flock are American, not European. Acting like this is a European issue is extremely silly.
>>738215201>or just pirate themdon't you actually get v& for pirating shit in germany?
I would die for Valve over my country
>>738216080Only if you torrent
>>738214016not steam's fault, they are just following the shitty german laws to avoid more problems
>>738214016EU is a cucked shithole
>>738215978My state literally terminated and blocked multiple contracts with Flock and banned other surveillance companies because they're a privacy concern.
>Where my Steam bootlickers & shills at?>Flood of them immediately.
not in Germany, thank God. most buckbroken nation on Earth, it's fucking embarrassing
>>738214016good. they were probably offensive and racist
>>738214016Lemme guess, all porn?
>>738216543post wrist, consolepoor
>>738214016Whenever I go into steam forums for a game I see germans begging the developer to register it to some german age verification thing or it will get blocked there. I guess it finally happened lol
>>738214016>steamBrother, its a germany issue. Steam would love to sell everything they can, but if a fucking government steps in and demands censorship, they either bend the knee, or completely pull out of the country.
>>738214926>voetenblokenspiegentrunkenedlol
>>738214016That's literally on Germany.
>>738214016Dev here, they can still buy keys off of random keysites and activate them on Steam.Steam won't do shit because they're not the retailer and thus not responsible for the sale and I as a dev won't do shit because i'm not a cunt.
>>738214016>not hating the countries that force steam to do thisOf course its steams fault that they have to comply with these retarded governments to be able to sell games in their countries
>>738214016Yeah Steam should just ignore the German government order, get the entire platform blocked in the country, and make millions of Germans lose access to the games they paid for instead, genius.
>>738214016based. Fuck Germjeets
>>738214016All complaining does nothing.Nothing will change until you remove progressives from positions of power.Think of it like a strategy game.
>>738216832Yes, Germany's government would totally overnight rob their entire citizenry of their circus, that is totally something they would do and would not at all result in massive riots and assassination of politicians.
Germany practically runs the EU too that's the scary thing. That nanny shit is going to spread all over there.
>>738216881Some of it this is actually just lazy devs/publishers not setting the age rating in steam. Which results in the game not being available. I have a bunch on indie game in my wishlist that are gone because they didn't set the age rating on steam.
>>738216592Nope. Germany has some law that says all games need to be age rated. Devs that release games on steam can submit a form to do so but many of them don't bother or don't know they need to.
>>738216995Germs never change
>>738214926
It's weird watching all these foreigners and flyovers give in to all these obviously fascistic (in the actual sense of the word) corporate data collection and surveillance schemes. I honestly don't get it, do people unironically fall for the "think of muh chilren" shit in fucking 2026 and not understand that this is about stamping down on speech these countries don't like?
>>738216995Everywhere is trying to become a nanny stateThat's the goal. Say you love mcdonalds to read this post
>>738217038Probably because that shit isn't required in countries like the US, historically PC games didn't need age ratings because you'd basically need every fag making a game in their bedroom to submit to whatever censorious government entity decides what can be in a game.
It's funny how you see the way Germans are so docile and tamed and realize that this wasn't an after effect of WW2, but rather a prerequisite for it.They are the way they are back then, following a leader with zero thought.
>>738214016Germany is cooked beyond believe and the average German is proud of it too.
>>738217418The "shame" of WW2 is held over any free thinking German. its over for them.
>>738215752I sure hope you never said anything bad about israel, Anon.
>>738217590The thing is WW2 didn't change Germans, Nazi Germany came to fruition specifically because Germans were already this docile back then and followed the rules.
>>738217661I live in Massachusetts, we're one of the few states without anti-BDS laws, so I can say whatever the fuck I want about Israel and donate to companies or non-profits that are explicitly anti-Israel.
>>738217661entire left in the US hate israel and never shut up about it
>>738214016i honestly wish they were banned from cs, since pretty much every german is a closet cheater
>>738217313Seriously age verification is becoming a thing everywhere. Every liberal country is beholden to corporate interests that are demanding this shit and anything further right of that is even worse since el presidente will just pocket the bribes instead of your representatives
>>738214096Yes, this is almost certainly what happened.When you put a game up for sale on Steam, you have to fill out a Content Survey, which is basically checking boxes for the kind of stuff in your game. (Level of violence, drug use, sex, and so on.) Based on that survey, Steam automatically assigns your game a rating and, in certain territories blocks it from sale. Like if your survey has a lot of 'drug use' stuff in it, you can bet it will get auto-blocked in Australia.What happened here is Germany probably tightened the screws a little and blocked some subset of content that Steam's systems then translated into 'we have to block your game in Germany to comply with the law' that affected those titles.t. indie dev w/a game autoblocked in a few countries
>>738214016Hahahaha get fucked Goymoney!! Make sure to give abdul more money so he can run your mother over when she's out grocery shopping! LOL!!
>>738216592No, there's a full list of over 900 affected games.Some choice examples are>Tales from the Borderlands>Saya no Uta>Highfleet>The Red Lantern
>>738218181the only one I can guess the reason of is highfleet, probably for some "le nazi" reasoning
>>738218148>t. indie dev w/a game autoblocked in a few countriesDoes Steam tell you exactly which countries or is it just something like a notification that just pops up and says "limited in some territories?"
>>738218249NTA, but from what I remember from SSeth's review, Highfleet has all kinds of drugs, human slavery, and other 'it's the apocalypse and shit's rough' content in it.
>>738214016did they find the naughty anime games that need off site patches?
>>738218271I believe you get a preview in the Content Survey itself before you hit Submit that says 'Based on what you've selected, it will be blocked (here, here, and here).It's very explicit on which territories are blocked, yeah.
>>738214016They don't have access to some shitty video games? it's fucking OVER
>>738214016Germany and Australia are literally the two most cucked countries on earth for video game releases
>germany bans a beer making simulator????most of these games make no sense to ban
>>738218305So is Fallout the series just banned there or what can't imagine such a popular franchise being outlawed for drug usage erm stims
>>738218431Also the most horrific and ugly age ratings
>>738218515oy mate, can't have you circumventing taxes by creating your own supply
>>738218553IDK, but I would assume so unless the Fallout devs ever made a region specific version of the game, which is common with big franchises. (Like when WoW went to China the first time and they couldn't have skeletons and such in the game because it was a big cultural taboo, so Blizzard made a separate version of the game where the skeletons are all just fully fleshed zombies.)
>>738218072Slight tangent, but the thing I don't like is that the iPhone forces you to lie in order to use it in a car. Yay Im at the stoplight and trying to play music, why are you asking if am driving or not and forcing me to say Im not in order to get into my phone? I am fine with a warning notification, and If I get pulled over for texting and driving so be it, but dont make me a liar in order to do something on it.Its like its wilfully trying to erode my idea of the truth.
>In Germany, the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (Entertainment Software Self-Regulation) has been responsible for assigning age ratings for video games since 1994.>The USK's review of a game is voluntary, but games without approval may only be offered and sold to adults. Every game must be submitted for review to the gestapo or it is restricted to adults only and steam can't verify age. It's not a simple setting in steam that devs can change.
>>738218978>but the thing I don't like is that the iPhone forces you to lie in order to use it in a car.Wait, what?That's a thing?
Germany and the UK are 2 peas in a pod.
Goymen bitches LOL!!!!
>>738219071Germany never had to adress the route problem of its national prusssian OCD character, it was just given another avenue to express it.
>>738216946Germany has been pretty aggressive about censoring media, historically
>>738219110yah, think its automatic, but because I am more flecible when drunk, I asked AI about it and it said you can turn it off and I just did. This makes me feel much less of an ontological shitbag now.
>>738214016>country repeatedly emasculates itself out of troll's remorse>this is somehow valve's fault for some reasonevery day the word bootlicker is ruined by literal sub-30 IQ niggercreature thirdies. by the end of the year, it'll be about as meaningful as nazi.
>>738214016Germany is a psychotic shithole that needs to turbo censor violence because they're afraid of creating the next hitler; if a german sees a single drop of blood, they might instantly warp into a genocidal war criminal.
>>738219351This one is the most baffling example of censorship I've ever seen in a video game and I still don't understand it over 20 years later.What the fuck possessed Germany to do this?
>>738215201yeahgood luck buying Fear & Hunger with tactic
>>738214016>Germany>current Germany>user knows the blame is on Germany>op is a fucking idiotYou can delete the thread now op or enjoy getting splitroasted.
>>738219328>out of troll's remorselolyou and I both know the absolute state of Germany is a sustained act of revengeGermans will keep being humiliated, degraded and tormented until they cease to exist and their nation is entirely destroyed.
>>738219389Even the implication of humans fighting humans might stir the germanic BE^ST that ends the world. Doesn't kraut tf2 have silly gibs enabled by default? I recall another game that turned the blood green, and another game that would have killed enemies slump down to their knees, and shake their head as they fade away. Was that counterstrike?I know the South Park censorship was Ausfalia
NIEMIEC ANGLIA DWA PEDALEHEJ HEJ
>>738219535>Was that counterstrike?Pretty sure all the Valve games were like that, I recall seeing some Half Life footage of that. Hell, modern CS2 might STILL be like that in Germany.
>>738218249it's actually really dumbgermany requiered retroactive that the devs fill out some BS form that is conform with germans age lawsif you don't do ittheir game gets banneda lot of devs don't know this or simply don't careunderstandable so
>>738219535https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkUuABNnTC0wait, here we go - they lay down, and put their hands on the back of their head.Must have been another game that had dudes shaking their head when they got shot
>>738219351To be fair, they started 2/2 world wars. They're statistically likely to start the next.
>>738219535blood was green in a lot of games in germany in the 90s, they also liked to change human characters into robots so there wasn't any killing.
Germans getting Zutted in the ass...posting this picture is an automatic prison sentence in England and Germany!!!>YAAHHOOOOIEEEEEE!!!
>>738219535You could only buy CS with a special permit in the early 2000s and you had to pass a psychology examination first.
>>738219703>Must have been another game that had dudes shaking their head when they got shotThat was Half Lifehttps://youtu.be/_o_rHpdHB2kValve is very well-acquainted with retarded European censorship.
>>738219676Damn, even more retarded than I ever imagined
>>738219703>Must have been another game that had dudes shaking their head when they got shotScientists in Half Life
>>738219991>>738219948Yep, that's it, funny as fuck.
>>738214016This doesn't effect me so idgaf. Germans live in a fascist country (illegal to deny the holocaust or raise your right arm), so they shouldn't be surprised when they are oppressed.
>>738219914Europe is so fucking goofy sometimes.
>>738219703I remember discovering about 5 years ago that there was actually violence in video games, as all our games in Germany are redacted
>>738219948>"OH MY GOD, WE'RE DOOMED">scientist runs into an explosion>"AA-">sitting there shaking his headthat's fucking funny
>>738220042Yep.. I remember my older brother going to the police station with my dad to get the test done. They also sent a police officer 6 months after to check in.
>>738219703It is pretty risky to play these kinds of games in Germany, as you have to register yourself with local authorities who can summon you to submit your hard drive at will
>>738220330>>738220245Is this a fucking joke?There's no way in hell this is true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1nHW4j_8oWith a country so cucked that they now default to putting massive concrete blocks outside of Christmas markets and arrest stabbings of peace victims for daring to yell when the diverse rapefuge sticks a blade in them.It is still the way they talk that is so embarrassing.
>>738220245one year my cousin was arrested for playing day of defeat as he had a pirated version and using german ww2 imagery is heavily illegal he spent a week in jail and had to attend some classes, he is still registered as an at risk for extremism in the land database
>>738220396thats actually pretty tame. its risking serious legal problems to even use this website
Turns out they don't do it like us in Germany.
>m-must be valve's faultnigger take as usual, timmystill not using your shitty store, sorry
>euros bitch about americans and make fun of american laws constantly>euro law is 100x more authoritarian and invasive than anything happening in the USmy country has problems, but at least i acknowledge that, euros will always make excuses or just deflect with something unrelated about america like it somehow makes their own situation better
>>738221429>eu-euro laws!!!!germany and the UK aren't 'europe', don't bunch me in with these niggers you faggotand yes, my country is still superior to your tranny infested, nigger worshipping land, don't worry about me, I'm good in my mountains and my 98+% white village, cya
>>738221429Fuck you american bitch!!! Palestine
>>738214016It's not Steam's fault your country is run by retards.
>>738221525Soon it'll be>Germany, the UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands aren't "Europe!"
>>738221603>uk has been a nest for high surveillance state since before the 60s>germany has been cucked for over a hundred years >s-surely all the others will join in soon, no, please ignore most of them voting far right and getting rid of the muslims, that doesn't count, you're still bad!!!huhuh, whatever you say nignog-kun
>>738221714Tick tock
>>738221771Damn popups.
>>738214016It's not steam's fault sadly. It's stupid laws in Germany. It's really a shame.
>>738214016VILL SOMEONE THINK OF ZE GERMANS
>>738216995Germany I swear to god if you guys start another World War.
>>738214016Hope you enjoyed your what, 5, 6, years of freedom. Don't forget you voted for this, and even if you didn't, you still took the vax to brand yourself as government cattle. You won't do shit.
>>738216098Based
>>738214016germany's fault actually, this country is a mess, everyone knows it and hates it, hell, people are willing to vote for a parth that may or may not be nazis(they are just right wing, but the propaganda and politicians says otherwise) just to get rid of the retards who are currently raping the country with retarded decisions... luckily i am sure banning more things and further messing with people is what will earn them their votes
>>738221525DeflectingJust like that anon said lol
>>738219708>they started 2/2 world warsAnd lost them. They just led to German kids being raped to death in churches. Rest of Europeans didn't care lmao
>>738216098kek, Gaben needs to make outer heaven ASAP before he croaks
>>738219708Germany started neither of the world wars. Burger education showing through once again.
>>738216995other way around, everyone in the EU is taking turns fucking germany and stealing its money, germany may as well be their free use bitch
Germany is literally the goal for all of Europe, anyone coping about its just Germany is a fucking moron. They are the De facto European power and dictate what the EU as a whole does. If you're European look at Germany for what your future will be.
full list mentioned in the screenshothttps://gist.githubusercontent.com/bignutty/72605ba7970a92898ead575a93e1dcad/raw/039fdcd72e85df42b16d82b5f5a1acf7e3f687ec/all_apps.txt
>>738214016groveling over the new controller, i think
Excuse me but why should I care about what happens in the third world?
>we don't let the goy have fun in GERMANY
>>738222613>Kingpin Reloaded>Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder>Devolver Bootleg>Mary Skelter 2>Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
>>738223232>germany>banning a game called "brewmaster"germany has fallen
>>738222414Germany changed WW1 from a regional balkan issue into a worldwide issue by invoking shitloads of defense treatiesGermany unambiguously started WW2 in europe by invading poland
>>738223407Gotta keep it halal
How much of this is steam, and how much of this is compliance with german laws and regulations? A quick cursory google shows they have a long track record of censoring and banning games. A lot of classics too.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games_by_country
>>738214016>lives in a dystopian far left shithole>blames valve for stupid lawsAnd I thought germs were smart.
>>738214016Someone should develop a Steam competitor and then be totally transparent about what's happening to them since Steam is apparently in too deep.
>>738216098Same desuFuck this brown shithole
>>738222613>Tales from the Borderlandsis available (again)>>738223232Devs too lazy to fill out a content survey.
>>738216098Most people would rather put their place in "product" they like than whatever their shit hole is. Me included
Probably some age rating bureaucracy.Germany has tons of those mafia-esque parasitic structures like the German age rating agency (USK) in all sorts of sectors.They're not official government institutions but usually enabled by the government through some sort of law.These people feel very important and very entitled to their authority, so they get very mad if someone doesn't want to play by their rules.Imagine head of HOA tier hubris but they get to harass an entire nation.
>>738214016it's insane the neverending humiliation ritual that country's been put through by The Tribe for what happened 86 years ago
>>738214016nooo they blocked my poopenfarten vr
>>738214016The deutsches have always been at odds with videogames. They're the Australia of Europe in that regard.
>>738225678Based Jews. German believe that might makes right.
>>738217418>>738217698Big if true
>>738214016>fill out this content survey to determine an age ratingno>ok, you can't sell your game anymoreWOOOOOOOW
>>738221830this is bullshit. people are so much worse when real identities are at stake.
>>738216946The Germans don't care about losing. That's what makes them dangerous, you retard.
>>738218515The Simulator did not follow the Reinheitsgebot as defined by the Bayerische Landesordnung of 1516!
>>738227552They're subhumans compared to God's chosen people
>>738214016>live in shit country speedrunning fascism>blame steamI mean, yeah, I guess technically you're right though. Steam is at fault for not just dumping your country outright and ceasing service there.
I would rather live in Germany than USA. More culture, better food and language.
Nein!! Der games!! Ich hab just poopensharted!!!
>this must be because of the leftist dystopia >this must be because of fascism classic /vpol/
>>738228475IS THIS A DECLARATION WAR GERMAN BITCH?
>>738214016Why do you play that game. We don't do that in Germany.
>>738214016Us Germans have a word for this actually. It's Gametakendownen.
>>738229192It's actually Videospielaltersbestimmungsunzulassung.You're welcome
>>738216098We shall meet in Valhalla
>>738214016Germany is such a joke dude. It's okay, we're over it. You can have violent games again...
It's mostly porn games, anyhow the country is a vassal state of afrimerica like every other european country which is funny as the games that are banned are mostly made by americucks
>>738214096The anti-shills will take literally any ammunition they can get. Only someone with a double digit IQ would come to the conclusion that Steam just blocked 900 games in Germany for the lulz.Funny how you never saw daily Steam hate threads until the last 18 months or so. The platform hasn't changed that significantly for years. So why do you think there's suddenly an army of retards repeating the same 3 talking points?
>>738219676>banned due to insufficient bureaucracyMost German shit I've seen all week
>>738214016
>>738214016>Taking away the bread and circus
Why dont they just default it to an 18
>>738217661Wut? Half the country won't shut the fuck up about hating Israel and their hatred of kikes. lol
>>738216098Same tbdesu my country is a cesspit
>>738217418peace of Westfalen 1648
>>738229094kek
>>738230647Germany is pretty much the only european slave nation that's still productive with some manufacturing, it's the economic center of europe, can't have the slaves getting exposed to porn games and becoming unproductive coomers
>>738219328>remorsegerms don't feel any remorse
>>738231091explain how jacking off makes people unproductive
>>738216098this but unironically, australia is such a fucking shithole
Schwab sends his regards.
>>738226580Faggot
>>738228484Rent-free lmao
>>738231091>that's still productive with some manufacturingLmao, someone didn't get the memo.
>>738214096If Valve actually gave a shit about gamers they would be fighting this in court. Fuck you
>>738231572Lolyea, Valve should fight your fucking government for you.Eat shit, retard.
>>738231572gabe literally just beat the jew overlord's ass in court fuck off
>>738231572Lmao lol
>>738231592>>738231687>>738231690>VALVE IS THE ULTIMATE PRO-CONSUMER COMPANY BRO, JUST TRUST ME, GABEN IS LIKE OUR FRIEND>LOL you ACTUALLY expect them to fight for your rights in court? Hahaha, fuck you bitch, get fuckedSo what I learned from this is that Valve doesn’t actually give a fuck about gamers or our rights. They care about the perception of them caring about gamers and our rights.
>>738231810Valve is not a German company, it's not their fight.If you need someone to advocate for your rights, then YOU should be doing that.If you're not, then go fuck yourself.
>>738231810I can see valve maybe donating to a German movement wanting to fight games censorship but I don't see them just picking a fight over not being able to sell select titles The real action has to come from the German people first
>>738231897>>738231956>HAHAHAHA GABEN IS INVINCIBLE HE DEFEATED THE MOST POWERFUL JEWISH FAMILY IN COURT>what? Challenge a minor law in Germany? Wouldn’t that like cost money because they have to hire a lawyer? Idk bro that’s not fair to expect that from them….You guys seem to be responding well to Valve being outed for the greedy corp that it is
>>738232052Sorry Eurocuck, not Valve's problem.No one is going to save you, sort yourself out or die.
>>738232079That’s fine, if Valve doesn’t care about German gamers I’ll sail the seven seas and exclusively use GOG and other stores.
>>738232157Ok I use epic too mostly for the free gamesGOG is pretty great
>>738232157Until your country sends the cops to your house for piracy/using a VPN without verifying your identity, then you'll bend over like a good Eurocuck and get fucked in the ass.
>>738214016>Germany no one cares about Thirdies fuck off
>>738214016Maybe Germans should unfuck their country and this wouldn't happen.
>>738218181Uh I thought SnU was already heavily censored on steam
>>738232193Yeah it’s honestly no sweat off my back. Sucks missing out on some of the Steam exclusives and sales but oh well. Never used any of the other features like the social stuff.>>738232197Doesn’t really happen here. America is the country with corporate rule that will drag you to court for pirating a song. In fact the corporate worship culture is so strong that you have fat muttoids worshipping corporations like Steam. Only country more cucked by corpos is Japan.
>>738232338Don't forget pirating is always an option If it's impossible to pay for it then you've done everything on your end
>>738232338>Doesn’t really happen here.Your entire region is going to be moving towards de-anonymizing the internet, you are absolutely going to get bent over and fucked for piracy.Enjoy it, this is what happens when you wait for other people to fight for your rights instead of getting off your worthless lazy ass and doing it yourself.
>>738214016>Germans so retarded they think Valve chose to not sell them games for their own financial benefit
>>738231572They did, they lost and were forced to tell YOU that YOU don’t own games. Dumb Americans defending corporate interests, when will you die from YOUR actions. Who’s the Nazi now, huh?
>Some dude shoots up another dude outside a sandwich shop>100 years later germany bans videogames
>>738216098This is weirdly true, fuck this kosher shithole.
>>738228180>comparing Germans to Germanswhat?
>>738231517Well yeah, manufacturing has been and is being moved to other slave nations like turkey now because taxes are so high, shlomo wants his holocaust reparations, and all the war reparations (US, UK, russia etc) also need to be paid and it's difficult for companies to keep up lel
>>738232387>blah blah blah<50% white country ran by Jews with a Palantir police state is talking
>>738232815Enjoy your cope, sorry Valve couldn't fight your battles for you, good luck getting assfucked by your government.
>>738232570If they were God's chosen people, God would have given them victory. German children got raped to death in churches lmao. Jesus isn't German.
>>738217590Nigger WW1 was the same. And the Prussian state before Germany and it goes back. Notice how the largest ethnic group in the States became German right at the same time they started shitting all over their own founding principles? Face it, Germans are the jeets of Europe; servile, inflated sense of self worth propped up by an entirely imaginary headcanon history, and obsessed with making everyone conform to their bullshit culture they imagine is so superior. They even use the same term to identify themselves and the Nazis adopted a jeet symbol as their own lol.
>>738214016That's more of a Germany issue, gamers bitched about this in the 80s and 90s, and even in the early days of 4chan Germany was roundly mocked for their videogame censorship you newfag.
>>738220785>play game>get arrested unreal
>>738214016German here, this is not random and a multi-layered issue with the developers, steam and complicated german law. Basically Germany demands that all games sold to germans need an age rating to be sold publicly. No age rating doesn't mean you can't sell your gane, you just need to verify your customers age and are banned from publicly advertising it. Steam refuses to implement a way to verify your age for german customers so non-rated games have to be delisted for them.Getting that rating previously required you to send an actual copy to a german authority in the past but nowadays it's as simple as going into your store settings and filing a quick 2 minute survey for it on Steam.Basically you describe your fontent, check some checkboxes and automatically get your rating. Developers, especially japs are simply to retarded or unwilling to do that which automatically gets their games restricted. Aside from that, germany requires all pornographic games to be sold exflusively to age verified customers. It's not banned, the shop just has to verify your age.A lot of retarded japs mark their games as AO / pornographic just to be on the safe side even if it doesn't actually contain pornographic cojtent which again, automatically gets them restricted.
>>738214016Imagine living in krautland.
>>738215201No you can't. They check if your payment method is tied to a german bank account.
>>738236986>doesn't buy with a Swiss bank accountPoorfags are something else.
>>738237073You need to actually go and have an in-person meeting in an actual foreign bank to make a foreign bank account.
>>738232423Kek. The CDU are socialists and have been ever since they put the commie-plant in charge two decades ago.
>>738237145I'm a burger, and there are Credit Suisse and UBS branches in my city.
>>738232338You're not german lol, almost certainly a pajeet, possibly a spic.
>>738225123the only good thing about us being on the brink of declaring bankruptcy is that all these parasitic fucks will become homeless
>>738214016This is why Germans are collectively obsessed with American politics and culture - looking at their own situation is too demoralizing and embarrassing. They're probably the most American politics-obsessed non-Americans not counting Canada or Mexico since they're right next door.
>>738237264Neobanks and international debit cards are often declined by steam but even if you get a foreign bank account, you still need a valid billing adress in a different country.It's quite cancerous. I just paypal my friends to gift me shit I want. The real downer is that you can't see new releases, not even with a VPN. So s lot of titles slip by.
>>738237404Well this is gonna hit all 27 EU member states soon unless steam offers age verification. And once steam offers them, this issue isn't gonna affect germans anymore.
>>738237435Good thing I'm American. HAIL THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND! DEATH TO HERETICS!
>>738232423Imagine believing your vote matters LMFAO
>>738214016Sex with Hitler fans will never recover
>>738217418You're a typical Anglo-American retard convinced he is a free thinker when he himself lives in one of the most rigidly authoritarian cultures and nations on earth
>>738237539It’s the biggest cuck cope>Sh-she voted for thisLmao. Even farm animals are less dumb. Pigs will literally try to kill you if they find out they are about to be slaughtered, you cannot allow bigs to see it ever. Meanwhile whites will keep cheering and blaming their own kinds. Literally dumber than pigs. Sickening
>>738237596>lives in a country where owning Wolfenstein 3D is a hate crime
>>738217239
>>738237874German words are kryptonite for a boner.
>>738237874>wow in english you call it hair dresser place? Thats crazy! In german we have a word for that, it is hairdresserplace
>>738238007>haardrizenplatzheilhitlerscheisse
>>738238007>german showing up 30 minutes late to a place only a 30 seconds walk away because he had to pronounce the name of the place
>>738219676Fun fact: this also affects a bunch of games made by public broadcasting stations so you can't play games funded by your fucking tax money like this one:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1089860/Blautopf_VR__Geheimnis_der_Lau/
>>738238158Available in my region.
>>738216098Steam wouldn't try to ethnically replace you by importing brown people, so I can't blame you.
>buying porn games
>>738214016>germacucks are being germacucks, as usual>it's Steam's faultThe fuck do you want Gabe to do?Storm Normandy all by himself?
>>738232423Grok, which party was in power in Germany during the biggest European migration wave in recorded history?
I can't believe GabeN just took over Germany and banned video games.
>>738216098>>738230921>>738231190>>738238243Unfathomably based
>>738216946>massive riots and assassination of politiciansEvery single German with even an ounce of willpower died during WW2.The only ones left are so cucked even actual cucks mock them.
>>738238243but what if I am the brown people
>>738221429>muh yurolandyou literally can't criticize jews in private chats amerigoylem
>>738238407>Every single German with even an ounce of willpower died during WW2.Or was raped into submission during "denazification." It's honestly kinda ghoulish to read about how the jews immediately set upon Germany and made a point of crushing out any possibility of its people ever having any semblance of national pride again.
>>738238396
>>738238432Rape any white women today?
Don't these retard devs simply have to fill out a couple of questions to get their game listed in germany?
>>738238486Did you know that minorities have never committed a crime in history, and it's all racist white police and judges that cause them to be arrested and convicted?
>>738223579Retard alert.
>>738215752Don't lump the rest of us with German retardation. Germany to this day gets special censored versions of games and they were the ones the most retarded about it and they have their own rating system instead of using PEGI (Pan European Game Information) like everyone else.
>>738238407Niggers burned down half your country for Fent Floyd and not a single on of you burgers emptied a mag on these monkey crowds.
>>738214016You're one of them.I don't want to hear about such a degenerate company. No exceptions. Anyone using it should be killed.
>>738237695Based, germanophobic anglo-american propaganda should be banned
>>738238574>I'm BEGI for a PEGI
>>738238612>half your countryWhile the riot zones are bigger than your country, they were small and in places nobody cares about.My governor just mentioned the national guard, and black people were like "shit, I got work in the morning."
>>738232423anon, germany's farthest right wing politician is a literal dyke who is married to a sri lankan
>>738238612Browns rape your mothers, sisters, and daughters, and when you go to the police about it, they tell you to shut up because saying brown people have literally kidnapped and are raping your daughter is racist. They'll also arrest you if you try to stop it.
>>738238665>has memorials of niggers in his city>has elected a nigger president>has quotas for niggers in every workplace>has nothing but nigger music blasting on the radio 24/7>has all their sports infested with niggersWake me up when your national guard actually shoots a coon.
>>738238718Women voted for this. I've got no time for foids.
>>738238776>is brown, trying to call people niggersLet me know when you actually experience sunburn.
>>738238776You have three of those things.
>>738238816Let me know when Mr Kikenstein allows you to have a foreskin.
>>738238850You also don't have one.
>>738218515Some law against alcohol.Or some law against "separatism" that forbid anything that promote self-reliance.
Time to become an epicchad instead
>>738238850>penis is covered in smegma>have to peel back a bunch of skin that makes it unattractive to every woman ever (but incidentally, gay dudes LOVE it)>smells like Indian food>has maggots>want to take mind off disgusting rotten penis>flip on 4k TV since 8k is illegal>no display, since loicense wasn't paid>TV detector van spots transgression>slight delay on response time, so you make some meatballs>bobbies come pouring out of a lorry, head up the apples to the jack sprat you live in and beat you senseless>see meatballs>you get arrested for hate crime against "homisexuals"
>>738239082You know you can just wash your penis, right?
>>738239082why aren't you cleaning your dick properly you disgusting slob?
>>738239082lil bro wrote fanfiction of someones foreskin
>>738239114>>738239119My penis isn't disgusting.>>738239123That's what happens before six-a-bong in the average br*t*sh person's home.
>>738218148>Like if your survey has a lot of 'drug use' stuff in it, you can bet it will get auto-blocked in AustraliaAHHHHHHHHHHHH LET ME BUY IT
>>738239159bro I'm American and this is embarrassing, just take the L on the foreskin issue and turn the conversation elsewhere.
>>738239218>bro>take the L>yo>I like rap>shawty>word up>frfr>ong>no cap>rizz
>>738238612Kraut, even the surrendermonkeys at least tried something.That's how much of a cuck your nation is.
>>738239238I'm a white burger, and the cops are on my side.
How are they more cucked than THE cuck country - UK?
>>738239264LMFAOthey're on the jews' side
>>738239236this but unironically
>>738239339>admits to being a goyReally? This is what 4chan has become?
>>738239310Bongland is a cuck police state, but germans in particular really bought into the video games cause violence narrative of like 90s and 00s and they never really recovered from that. They require all games sold in germany to be rated by their own agency separate from the one in the rest of europe and enforce it much more strictly. The random ass games banned is probably because forgot to submit it
>>738216098Gabe should found his own country where we can all belong.
>>738214016ÜMMM VE DÖN'T DÖ ZIS IN GERMANY
>>738239082Rabbi pls
>>738238371>now gaben even pulls the strings of world governmentsCan he ever be stopped?
>>738239710Good goy. Leave your foreskin on.
>>738239751what are we even saying at this point
>>738239829You're such a good, obedient goy.
>>738239082>be mutt>don't know about showers>waddles around with a shit encrusted ass 24/7Shart in mart wasn't just a meme after all..
>>738239082Bro, please. We are not in the desert, just use a goddamn shower once in a while.
>>738214016>kraut government getting their goys ready to die for Israel by killing off their job simulators
>>738240124>>738240232>Goy showers instead of using the blessings of Yahweh>that's why he has a stinky penis
>>738214016All of EU is like this, including the UK and Australia too. Why do you think they are building all those Data Center? It's to stalk every person with access to the internets and censor everything. This is only the biggening.
>>738239082At least we're not speaking German
>>738214016Germany is a country where the majority of the population is in retirement age. I'm surprised they have not passed a law that sends their grandkids to jail if they don't call every week
>>738240332Stop kvetching.
>>738216098
>>738231190I hate our govt too friend.
>>738216098Sign me up for the first ticket to Outer Gaben. Why do you think he's investing in yachts?
>>738240539I want to visit Newell Island.
>>738240539>every time Gaben leave Outer Gaben, the entire platform swings 90°>so he have to send GabeN to do his bidding
>German is a cucked nation who doesn't care about the murder or rape of their citizens but cares about no-no vidya>this is somewhat Valve's faultNo one cares, Mr Goldberg
>>738215752But the one eating literal reprocessed genetically modified shit is you, mutt
>>738216881Germans can just vote afd (which they will soon as its starting getting majority everwhere)
>>738238007>English word: hairdresser>German word: FrisörWho's laughing now
>>738240367Would be based ngl
>(1152810) Love with Kadyrov>Publisher: Analog Chechen Dudes>Developer: Taxincrease>Reviews: 254
>>738239082Circumcuks fantasies about bad hygiene is as weirdly hilarious as liberal woman and their fantasies about that handmaid's tale rapefic
>>738216098Same, valve have done more for my enjoyment and quality of life than any governement
>>738241171>goy bitches about the chosen people in charge>does everything in a way completely opposite of the chosen people>doesn't understand why he's a powerless goycattle slave
>>738241241Iron dome status?
>>738241287Just deliver my matzahs, slave.
>>738232289It is, no h scene in itYou need a patch for it like 99% of adult vn
>>738241314>no foreskin>no interceptors>no matzahTruly, God isn't kind to his chosen ones.
>>738241171It's literally a cope. They have to justify why they did it because if they admitted it's a pointless practice they'd feel bad or wronged about it.
>>738241484Explain why you bitch about us making our penises more attractive, and how we run the world, but you can't afford a mortgage.
>>738232157You are a retard.Since the problem is the law in your country and you are dead set on not fighting it, it's only a matter of time before they force GOG to comply too.
>>738219389jews
>>738214016that's what you get for not finishing the job on the jews and then becoming it's number one cuck. fuck you bitch!
>>738241638>about us making our penises more attractiveThat's the part you cope about, lmao. Stump dick.>how we run the world, but you can't afford a mortgage.Parasitism is always much, much easier than being the host - which is why it's the path so many lower lifeforms choose. Most parasites are just no dumb enough to purposely kill their host while they still need it.
>>738215752>desperately want to harvest and sell their data or surveil them so they can't say mean things to their elected officialsbro
>>738214016ban the games and bring in the minorities
>>738242497What's it like being poor, goy? I'll never know because we run Hollywood.
>>738240497i wish i drank myself retarded like everyone else but that just killed my liver and now i'm stuck here forced to watch this shitshow
>>738214016>Germany Hallo, guten Tag
>>738215752there are 6 million reasons to keep g*rmany in check
>>738232423There is not a single right wing party in western Europe lol
After 20 years of free access to all steam games in Germany, now we have to regulate that because reasons...
>>738245534It's never been free access through. Lots of games were hilariously crudely censored or banned. They've always been weird about games.
They always say books were burned and games were blocked but never which ones.
If My Heart Had Wings has been banned after 12 years... a game you can even buy in China...
>>738214016>there are people on this board who unironically want even more EU regulations in gaming
>>738246450Yeah, we don't your predatory lootboxes
>>738246574You'll get Germany banning nearly a thousand games because they didn't do their paperwork. Thanks for playing!
>>738246836That's their problem, fortunately I'm not german.
>>738214016I still remember fighting robots in Half-Life and was blown away when I found out they were supposed to be marines
>>738246836It's 99% indie stuff, so if you ask the devs they will probably give you a key
>>738246450About the only redeeming quality of the EU is specifically robust consumer protections
>>738246997Just ask the devs to fill out the form on steam. It takes like three minutes.
The less germoids I see in my videogames, the better. Yanks have no idea how insufferable these humorless krauts are, not only can they not speak english in the slightest but the ones that can are so easily offended by everything that I've made a few of them literally start crying. These animals require their own servers where they can speak their disgusting language, just like the Ruskies have.
>>738238574>Germany to this day gets special censored versions of gamesDamn. Didn't know you could travel back in time.
>>738247295>but the ones that can are so easily offended by everything that I've made a few of them literally start crying.Holy shit, is that actually a widespread thing?I just thought it was the faggy Germans I play with sometimes.
>>738247295You can always spot the Poole.
>>738246450>some regulations are bad>therefore, all regulations are badDumb take
>>738246836You’re supposed to rate age verification through one of the free online sites in USA as stated in ESRB. You should file for taxes under law and civil duty. Lastly, never lie about Ai content to Steam or players.Yet you think it’s ok to commit crimes against gamers by breaking ESRB laws, not paying taxes and lying about AI content. Time to stop.
>>738216995Germany is pretty unique when it comes to stuff like this, they were always up there with Australia for some reason when it came to banning a lot of games and having special "low violence" versions of others.
>>738247571That hasn't been the case for decades now.
>>738247554>You’re supposed to rate age verification through one of the free online sites in USA as stated in ESRB.That's actually not true, PC games aren't required to be rated by the ESRB, which is why a lot of them don't have ESRB ratings.
Wow this is reddit huh
>>738247438He's american, he can only think in extremes, please understand.
>>738247382They are about as fragile as the Chinese people (there's actually a wikipedia article for hurting the feelings of the Chinese people btw) if you make any sort of political or history related joke, I don't really care to discuss politics online so that doesn't really matter to me. Mostly they just speak German in English servers which is infuriating, even the slavs at least try to communicate in English.>>738247435It would appear the eternal kraut is much like the Indian man, always blaming the pakistani for every critique they get online. Try to guess again though, I'll give you a hint : it's a little bit colder here than Poland.
>>738247619Lies! Reddit Lies!https://www.esrb.org/faqs/
>>738247619I find it funny how many Euros think the ESRB is some kind of government body in the US, not realizing it's run by the games industry itself, it's basically just a form of self-policing, and if a dev doesn't want to be subjected to that, then they're not required (on PC).
>738247775What's it like being retarded?
>>738247735>even the slavs at least try to communicate in English.Lolno
>>738247735>anon with the biggest hateboner against germans shows up
>>738247735>working day>noon in europe>morning for americansHmm... who could possibly be behind this?
>>738216098This.
>>738247947I don't play dota 2 or CS:GO. I assume those are just full of Russian kids that can't speak English even if they tried. Those are somewhat containment games in a sense, the European version of BR hues plaguing F2P MMOs back in the day. >>738247997Yep, just don't like em'simple as. I'm almost 40 years old and I've had to deal with these specimen for a very long time, be very glad if you play on NA servers or something.
just change your region to a different € country, it's not that complicated
>>738247947I remember playing HotS with my buddies and we got a random Russian on our team. We were losing, and in his eyes we weren't doing too well. I remember him insulting us by not calling us "whores", "fags" or anything similar but just "ANIMALS!". I thought that was hilarious and neat.After that he started just spamming stuff in Russian, so who knows what he said then lol
>>738247850That’s the same mindset of rich people, they find loopholes and not pay taxes. Shut up anon, that’s still an asshole way to do things.
>>738248971It's the RIGHT way to do things, fuck you Eurocunt, the government shouldn't be able to come in and tell me what games I can or can't play on MY fucking computer.
>>738214016you want steam to flout german laws?
>>738247850Neither is PEGI or even the German USK technically speaking and most EU counties don't require ratings, so I dunno where the idea comes from. Cases where it's required and strictly enforced is pretty much just Germany.
>>738249158Valve could allow german users to send in their ID to verify their age and unlock all those games for them if they really cared. But they don't care.
>GermanyDon't care. Germany has been lost.
>>738214016>goymany
>>738216080As a kraut I can confirm that browsing the web without a VPN in this country is basically just shooting yourself in the foot constantly. Fitgirl is completely blocked off in Germany, as an example
>>738249158Bad laws should be broken as a matter of civil disobedience.
>>738249450aye
>>738249195Valve understands that they're a private company and shouldn't have access to your government ID just because you want to buy a game from them, since that would be fucking retarded.Same reason they're not doing age verification in the UK with government IDs.
>>738249914Meant for>>738249256
>>738249960why would it be retarded?
>>738214016Those jew niggas really guilt tripped Germany to be a little bitch
>>738249976Because anyone with a brain wants to minimize potential attack vectors for identity theft, which means they want their government ID to be used as little as possible, and only when absolutely necessary.Valve doesn't have the resources to run ID age verification themselves (or doesn't want to spend the resources for a country like Germany), which would mean relying on a third party, who we've already seen have bad track records with leaks and selling people's data.It basically benefits no one except German bureaucrats and sycophants, so there's no point in doing it.
>>738218181>Saya no UtaUnderstandable nanny exclusion considering the subject matter.>HighfleetWartime imagery, maybe? It tends to be verboten in Deutschland. I thought that was more of a 3rd Reich thing, though; I hadn't heard about 2nd Reich imagery receiving similar shunning.>The Red LanternUh... maybe they thought it was a reference to red light districts?>Tales from the Borderlands...Did they think it was about immigration? What the hell, Germany?
>>738250118So first of all, they are not required to hold on to anyones ID. They are required to verify the age. The data can be deleted after that.Second, you are talking about it if was mandatory. It would be OPTIONAL, to get access to 18+ games. If someone doesn't want to do it, then he can just choose not to.Third, of course valve has the resources to do it themselves. >or doesn't want to spend the resources for a country like GermanyYea that's pretty much waht I said, they don't care enough.>It basically benefits no one except German bureaucrats and sycophantsThis is nonsensical. Why would german bureaucrats benefit if someone sending their ID to valve so they can play porn games?It would benefit the people who want to gain access to the complete store.
>>738250118Germany already provides age verification via eID. The only data transmitted is if the user is above the age of 18. Nothing can leak.
>>738216098Understandable.
>>738250576>>738250612Good lord you Eurofags are so browbeaten.Valve should just treat you like China and give you your own dogshit version of the store and tell you to use a VPN or eat shit.
>>738250646I accept your concession
>>738250646Don't worry, Europe will be banning anonymity soon, so they WILL be like China in the near-future.
>>738250320It's just publishers being lazy.
>>738214016That's it. The brown horse was fine. I can't goon to bestiality rape incest vns? Duetcheland haz fvllen
>>738251178>Horde Yeah I'm uninstalling this fucking browser
>>738249074Then don’t buy from a company that limits gameplay because they are too lazy to fix DRM or require Windows applications to work. Stupid Americans.
>>738250576>The data can be deleted after that.Yeah, sure... because corporations are going to delete the only evidence they've got that they didn't do anything illegal.Then, when the government accuses them of selling illegal content to minors, they will say: >"Oops! I didn't do that, but I accept the accusation because, out of respect for consumers, I deleted all their data, because I care more about consumers' privacy than the existence of my own company, and now I'm willing to pay whatever fines you bureaucrats want to impose on me, and also bow to all your demands, and literally submit my corporation to the wishes of your authoritarian state."The only way the data will be deleted is if there's a law forcing corporations to do so. But that just makes the problem come back.Now you've got corporations unable to defend themselves against accusations because they're forced to delete the only evidence that they did nothing wrong. What's the only way to avoid this? By increasing their revenue, because that way they'll have an emergency fund to pay off blackmailing bureaucrats here and there. And how are they going to increase revenue? Take a guess.>This is nonsensical. Why would german bureaucrats benefit if someone sending their ID to valve so they can play porn games?It's a mystery, Anon! How could bureaucrats benefit from having citizens' private information? There must be no advantage to having that on hand, right? Privacy isn't important... A corrupt bureaucrat who sees you as a problem for him certainly won't use your private information to go after you.>But... but... my leaders are all honest! I swear!Even if this impossible scenario were true, no one can guarantee that in the next election 100% of those elected will also be honest.You're way too naive, Anon.
Pirate chads win again
>>738250695And the States Anglo spree will be right behind them.
>>738250320It's probably a random selection of games that haven't filed some bullshit paperwork and at least some just notable enough for some beurocrat to bother writing a letter to valve that they have noncompliant games.I doubt that it was really a judgement about their contents. Many random older games, they probably missed the email of "you have X days to comply" or something.
>>738250576>Why would german bureaucrats benefit if someone sending their ID to valve§ 188 StGB?
>>738214016why don't you block steam games like we do in GERMANY?
>>738251289I don't.This isn't a problem I have to deal with, because I'm not a Eurocuck.Not my problem if your shitty government tries to limit what games you can play because you're a slave.
>>738236881>verify your age goy>meanwhile every 9-year old kid watched porn and knows about only fansfuck off, bootlickerit's never about muh kids and always about control
>>738250646Let us remind you that they committed crimes for GEO-Lock laws. They stopped online digital games. Lied in court about game ownership. Twice avoid being sued for content EU deemed illegal such has Nazi propaganda. UK suing them for copyright infringement and illegally price gouging.They are not the good guys in Europe, they’re criminals and you’re supporting them.
>>738251652I hate germanoids so much it's unreal. I've unironically had that interaction with almost every german I talked to. People complain americans are self-centred and think everyone else is USA but germans might be even worse.
>>738251712You literally can’t play games without paying Steam, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo or Chinese companies. You Americans cause this, you promote it.
>>738251771>Twice avoid being sued for content EU deemed illegal such has Nazi propaganda.Now you're just making me like them more.I'll take your consumer protection laws, but your gay censorship laws are China-tier and need to fuck off and die.I'm as lib as lib gets in America and even *I* don't support banning shit because it has a symbol in it that your government has its panties in a bunch about.And yes, that also applies to the confederate flag.
>>738251884>You can't use a product without paying for itOkay?The fuck is your point?I also can't use the internet without paying an ISP or mobile phone company.
>>738251804I think they're just autistic.
>>738249256>>738249450why don't germans just vote in better legislators? why do they need Steam to save them from their bad laws and regulators?
>>738251771>Why don't you force ID verification like we do in Germany?are you actually german?
>>738251593Why are you using the Sims currency symbol?
>>738252063Because Germans don't think those are bad laws, they WANT these laws in place, and prefer that their government tell them what games are and aren't verboten.
>>738252063if I had 50 million fellow chuds I would do it DUH
>>738214016German bros submit a complaint to the European Commission or the European Court of Human Rights please, we need to fight back against shitty laws, against all of them, no matter how small or reasonable they might sound: censorship is censorship
>>738252065Age verification is not ID verification.
>>738252187Ve don't do zat in Germany
>>738214016werent those games banned because they didnt comply with germanys age rating law and had the wrong ratings? im pretty sure most of those games are back alread because the publishers fixed the issue. which is apparently only editing an entry.
>>738251771>sued for content EU deemed illegal such has Nazi propagandaYou mean "i don't want to be raped by somali invaders" propaganda. you pussy.we will send you all back motherfucker.
>>738252236Vy don't you require age verification? Ve don't do zat in Deutschland
>>738252297Literally you only need one person, you're being unfairly prevented from accessing legally protected speech on the largest gaming platform: it's ground for appealHell if you're a European game developer you can submit a complaint even if you don't live in Germany if your games are potentially affected
>>738252454
>>738252236But why even require verification in the first place?Are the german youth so retarded that they'd implode if they see a +18 game on steam?
>>738214016See>>738252398It is a literal nothingburger. The games that got removed were the ones were devs didnt fill out the age rating for the german region. They can literally fill in whatever. They just didnt. This was a thing that started in 2024 but only now got around to being actually enforced. https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/contentsurvey/germanyHeres a German source: that references the announcmenthttps://winfuture.de/news,158483.htmlLiterally all they have to do is fill out a form to give the an age rating to a game. It does not even have to be the correct one. Any Rating will do as long as it complies with german law and the game will be put back. The games arent removed theyre just invisible and if you purchased on its still available in your steam library.
>>738216098Same. Still doesn't mean Valve is any good btw.
>>738252565Oh look, my state's green.So I'll reiterate.Vy don't you require age verification? Ve don't do zat in Deutschland
>>738252845We do though.
>>738252565Have we seen any ID leaks from this yet? I want to know what porn my republican senator is looking at.
>>738214016Germany is my favourite countryGo look up what they did to Resident Evil Nemesis PS1 version
>>738215752Meanwhile Amerisharts are busy banning books from the library lmao.
>>738252893Ya, ve do, age verification is wunderbar, it's a shame ze violent Americans are not like us.
>>738251942confederate lost, a new era of legal slave is here. People are now under modern slave where you either work or work in jail because of money. Only a matter of time until you become a victim anon.>>738251994>No, only buy popular productsAOL, Bright House, Netcom and star gate died for your entertainment.>>738252063Why don’t you Americans just vote for better candidates. You could have $1 gas, $0.10 chicken eggs, $2 hamburgers from the 70s, reasonable price car, zero student debt, etc. Oh wait, no you voted the wrong candidate, that’s why!>>738252065Meanwhile American is copying German laws. Huh?>>738252613>>738252739It’s the law, just like not letting a kid drive a car because they are dumb and will cause problems.
>>738252980You do age verification for lots of stuff.
>>738253035No, I don't.
>>738229896>literallybot
>>738253090
>>738253160Yes, I'm 102 years old, how could you tell?
This isnt about age verifications. Its about age ratings for games being accurate and according to the german USK. https://usk.de/en/the-usk-age-ratings/
>>738253184Thanks for verifying your age.
>>738253031>It's the lawThe calling card of the Eurocuck.
>>738253031>It’s the lawGoymany lol
>>738231572you vote for your own government
>>738253276I'm also verifying that my name is Anon Emous and my location is Moldova.
>>738253276So steam already does age verification? Why is germany kvetching then?
>>738253516Missing age rating.
>>738253571Then Germany should add the age rating.Steam's not stopping that.
>>738253735No one is stopping publishers from getting a rating.
>>738253865And what are the requirements to get a rating?Don't link me to anything, I don't speak German, explain it here in English, on this English American imageboard that you chose to come to.
>>738253954Fill out a short content survey provided by Steam itself. That's it.
>>738254065Well then, sounds like Valve doesn't need to do anything, so what's the problem?Why are Germs bitching at Valve about not having age verification (something we've already shown they do indeed have).
This is why I buy all my games on GOG. I own my copy of Pragmata.
>>738254147they're not, they just want onevalve provides one with a like 5min survey about your game, that's it, it's entirely on the devs
>>738254465>they're not, they just want oneThey have one.Steam already has age verification, see >>738253160
>>738254147Strict age verification (e.g. eID) would enable Valve to sell unrated games in Germany.
>>738254541Steam already has age verification.See>>738254519
>>738254578The keyword being strict.
>>738214016Germans voted for this.
Bros, the hype with this controller was because us steam controller 1 owners bought the overflow stock of original controllers for like $25, because why not, and then after using them for a while with steam link realized that the controller was actually god tier for allowing you to play anything from the couch (particularly older games without controller support and emulators) because all buttons were flawlessly customizable and best of all, someone else already created the perfect custom control scheme and uploaded it for you and others to download. After realizing we needed to buy more, it was never sold again. We then spent 10 years talking about how fucking badass the controller was to all our friends, planting the hype seed. Now, we have the updated version following the steam deck format, which is double god tier since we have physical joysticks AND track pads in steam deck format(which is why 4 million people are trying to get the controller for docked play). No more holding the 8bitdo power button and spending 15 seconds moving right analog stick to move the mouse cursor on screen to a mouse only menu on playable compatibility games. This seals the perfection of the deck as a portable vacation game system and casual couch steam access point by fully extending its control scheme to the couch.I'm going to buy the steam controller 2. Ugh, I know, I know, no xinput, its just... IM BUYING IT HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
>>738254627Why is Steam's existing age verification not enough?
>>738254646we don't vote for jackshitour "democracy" is a clusterfuck and a scam
>>738231572>>738231810>>738231810>>738232052>>738232157Fucking vote better next time.
>>738254703The same reason why pornhub's age verification is not strict enough for Texas.
>>738254770Because Germany wants to control and surveil their citizenry under the guize of "save muh children?"
>>738214016where the fuck is the link to the list you useless fuck man op you're a faggot for sure this time
>>738254725Why would they? They love laws. That's why they're blaming steam instead of their own shitty laws.
>>738254827Not really. As >>738253184 already demonstrated, it's not very good age verification.
>>738223579>changed WW1Nice moving of the goal posts. Germany did not start WW1
>>738254936But you said it's for the same reason Texas wants it, and what I just explained is why Texas wants it.
>>738216098This. Krautland is cucked beyond saving. Fuck it.
>>738255152The question was why it's not enough, not why they want it.
>>738255246The question was why the current system is not strict enough, and the answer is the same.You said it's not strict enough for Germany for the same reason it's not strict enough for Texas, and I just explained why it's not strict enough for Texas.So are you saying it's NOT for the same reason as Texas?
>>738255329Care to explain why Steam's current age verification method is not strict enough to control and surveil their citizens?
>>738255430I don't know, you'll have to ask Germany.They're the ones who think that's the case, I for one think Steam already tracks you more than enough, so I wouldn't support any additional tracking.Even Texas is fine with Steam's existing age verification.
>>738255526Yeah, that one optional bit confirming I'm over the age of 18 on my 18 year old Steam account is just too much tracking.
>>738255526I think Steam should check your ID and see how white you are. If you're not white, you're restricted to Japanese games.
>>738256147Valve believes so, yes.If it's a problem for you, might I suggest using a German platform instead?Or just pirate, that's always an option.
>>738256343Not a problem at all. Strict age verification was always a QoL suggestion and not a requirement.
>>738216490Which state?
>Remove 900 Simulator games>Remove THE Brewmaster simulator for simulating beer making>IN FUCKING GERMANY>Germans get angry>Very angry>WWIII startsThats the planDON'T YOU SEE YOU SHEEP?!
>>738214096>be american game company>get letter from germany telling you to censor things>send back goatse and go on with your daylike what are they gonna do? invade america? fuck em.
>>738244561i close my eyes and pretend it doesnt existit helps me cope>greatest land on earth>sick cunts as far as the eye can see>ruled by evil retards with no end in sightit actually hurts
>>738214016I genuinely hope we get an economic crisis and ww3 at this point, politicians fuel corpo bubbles and run the economy like shit and we can't even get entertainment in peace
>>738221429germans were always like this, in fact they used to be even worse back in the day
>>738214016bad valve no kiking out
>>738256828MassachusettsWe've even got a law drafted in the state house to bar using any form of license plate reading cameras for anything other than collecting tolls on toll roads, and it also bans any sale of any data to any third party, whether it be a government entity or private (so no recording people using road cameras to raise their insurance rates or deny coverage).So no tracking people's movement, no data collection for any reason unrelated to collecting tolls at designated toll roads or an articulable criminal investigation (meaning an active warrant), and no long-term data storage of any kind.
>>738251760This law is older than you. It's not a product of the new push for draconian surveillance.
>>738258384No? They'll put a big fine on Valve and stop them from doing business on Germany if they don't comply.
>>738258384They won't be able to sell anything in germany this wayIt's not like 4chan vs UK, 4chan doesn't sell anything so they can just ignore the uk
>>738253272The age verification is only necessary for unrated games. You can still sell unrated games, you just need an entirely sepperate non-public area of your store to sell it with no visible marketing for the product. And ofc, you have to verify everyone as 18 or older.
>>738259762>a finedon't pay?germany doesn't rule the world, as much as they've always wanted to.
>>738259606good goy
>>738260284You can also just have it rated and sell it normally
>>738216098If only Germans had had this attitude a hundred years ago, a lot of trouble and death could have been avoided.
>>738260067So Germoids have to do age verification shit for any indie games, or does the Germoids government just require every indie game to submit for their age ratings.How does this shit work on platforms like itch.io and GoG?
German males can't even leave the country for more than 3 months without approval from the military, as of this year. What the fuck are they preparing for?
>>738259994germany is not isolationist, without money flowing into foreign companies, there would simply not be enough money flowing at all. So if companies simply ignored intimidation from foreign governments, eventually it'd cause economic effects that would cause those governments to panic and course correct.That and with every company that refuses to do business in said countries due to laws, it would cause more public discontent with the government. The government doesn't want that. At the end of the day they want people spending their free time playing games or watching tv, not going out and tagging the neighborhood because there's no legal catharsis in the world anymore.
>>738214016Link the list. I want tosee what gems the nazis will be missing out on
>>738260569No age rating means you can't advertise or display your game. Basically you can't even list it on your website publicly. It doesn't stop you from selling or buying it. You're required to either have a sepperate 18+ verified section of your store or do verified 18+ transactions with your customers.Every game can fill out a form to get an automated rating. It's a matter of 2 minutes.
>>738260927That sounds retarded.So basically, PC gaming in Germany is like console gaming elsewhere, where everything needs to be approved by ratings boards or you can't even see it?What happens if a game gets denied by the ratings board?
>>738261159Yes. This is an ancient relic of a time where videogames were scary and evil and now the boomers are hard to get rid of.If you don't get a rating you can't display or name or even talk about your game in a public setting / storefront. Which makes selling it extremely difficult to impossible.
>europeBomb it all
>>738214016Sounds like a fourth reich issue
>>738214016I live in an actual country so it doesn't effect me
>>738261313Well apparently they just rubber-stamp self filled questionnaires at least for games on steam. With how much shit comes out nowadays it would be completely nonviable to actually judge it in any fashion so probably unless someone contests it or something it's vestigial.
huh, interesting
>>738261724Is this some ragebait of "old germany is over, accept the browns you chud" again?
>>738218553not banned but heavily censored, some mods and guides straight up tell to not bother installing the mod if you have the german version
Why do Steamies support gay ben and his nazi stranglehold on video games? This would never happen if Tim Sweeney had the dominant game store.
>>738261834Fucking lmao, what a fucking shithole.I don't think Germans can really be considered PC gamers, if this is how censored and locked down all their gaming is, then they're all essentially just consolefags with more money.
>>738261709These only exist for majour store fronts btw. It's really fucked for every smaller store or self hosting puhlisher. With all 27 member states pushing for age verification it might also be a thing of the past soonish. It's about time we get rid of the USK and just join PEGI but nobody really cares right now and there's larger issues.
>>738261724There's no way this is about censorship and unchecked immigration right
>>738261832Actual good video about boomers ruining everything. Not even kidfing.
>>738214016>>738214016jesus christ is a child raping non omnipotent nigger so much for your ban lel
>>738261982>>738261832well technically it is, because immigrants are the ones who will replace the working population
>>738262015Those woke fucks? It must really be cooked. Than again complaining about boomers works in this framework too.
>>738259286Wow, congrats to your state for becoming based. I hope lefties and liberals countrywide start caring about privacy and overreach like that.
>>738253516Because after forcing people to implement self-reported age verification, everyone will realize "wow people can just lie. clearly age verification is a good thing because we already had it, so we just need to fix the loophole™. Now give me your government ID"Also requiring a phone number is basically requiring government ID since they've clamped down on temp phone numbers and a lot of places are very gay about selling pre-paid plans without ID because 'muh criminals'
>>738259286Porn ID law status?
>>738262662Yeah in my shit hole you can't get a prepaid SIM anonymously anymore. I think they were already sort of falling out of favour by then because normal plans got cheap enough with unlimited everything so people didn't care that much, but now of you want some disposable phone number you have to get it activated at some store and they'll take your id.
>>738263096Nonexistent.There is some social media verification shit that's going to the Senate, but it's likely to be shot down since it's very easy to argue that such a law would put illegals at risk or make access to anything reliant on social media difficult for them.That's one good thing about living in a super lib state, it's very easy to piggyback off of talking points like illegal aliens and voter ID to smack down obvious mass-surveillance ploys.
>>738263701Based strat. It's kidna funny how lib allergy to require id for anything because niggers are apparently too dumb to get one can be turned to your advantage too.
>>738216428Just Germany in this case.
