june gloom on 8/9/2010 at 13:05
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http://kotaku.com/5630828/report-korea-might-ban-steam) As seen here. Apparently, determined to prove once and for all that government regulation of entertainment is 100% bullshit, South Korea law currently demands a licensing fee, and the fee is calculated by how big (in terms of megabytes) the game is. Most developers don't bother doing this. Steam has hundreds of games, almost none of them licensed, and, as the rumour goes, SK is ready to block Steam entirely 'cuz sometimes a country just wants to feel a little Northern. It's cardia1's dream come true!
Eldron on 8/9/2010 at 14:25
I think it has to do with esrb and equalent, that games has to be rated at all to be sold in south korea, but due to the fact that getting a rating is shit expensive, most indie developers wont bother, and there are a ton of indie games on steam.
Thus, south korea deems that steam is full of unlawful unrated games.
I highly doubt blizzard would wish this kind of horror upon their enemies, heck I'm betting most people at blizzard use steam.
van HellSing on 8/9/2010 at 15:23
Quote Posted by dethtoll
SK is ready to block Steam entirely 'cuz sometimes a country just wants to feel a little Northern.
The irony here is that Steam is practically a totalitarian control system itself.
Koki on 8/9/2010 at 15:41
Quote Posted by van HellSing
The irony here is that Steam is practically a totalitarian control system itself.
Andl here goes the thread.
EvaUnit02 on 8/9/2010 at 19:21
Quote:
Blizzard pays off South Korea to kill the competition
Misleading sensationalist headlines designed to generate mouse clicks? You'll fit right in as a staff member of a terrible media blog like Destructoid/Kotaku/AICN, good luck with the game journalism career. High five Jim Sterling, Brian Ashcraft and Harry Knowles.
Seriously, learn that lesson now. Have the integrity to not use false controversy (and flame bait, in the case of Sterling) to get page views.
june gloom on 8/9/2010 at 22:09
Hahahaha is that what you really think? I guess you're right, I couldn't possibly have made that thread title for the sole purpouse of insulting Blizzard, all other effects being secondary, no sir that would be IMPOSSIBLE nooooo I'm just being SENSATIONALIST
Cry more. Go find someone who takes your opinion seriously because I am not it.
Zygoptera on 8/9/2010 at 22:57
Yeah Eva what next? Accusing dethtoll of judging games based on reading fanfic?
If Steam won't comply with local laws then diddums, band, same as for anything else.
addink on 8/9/2010 at 23:01
I'm with Eva on this one. Other than Blizzard being weirdly popular in Korea, what does having a number of -I can only assume- government licensed titles have to do with forcing Steam out?
Also, last time I checked Steam is perfectly capable of localizing their selection. So it's not as much Steam being forced out, but a large number of titles that happen to be available on Steam being forced out. Silly and stupid? most probably. But in the end each sovereign region should be capable of setting their own rules on what to censor and how to enforce its censorship.
june gloom on 8/9/2010 at 23:27
For Christ's sake can't a man make a joke?
And sorry Zygo cuzzy bro but I already knew the game was shit before I read the book, and a book that consists almost entirely of text from a game does not make it fanfic. (It makes it a text dump.) You want to wiggle your epeen about it go do it in the appropriate thread.
But fine, Jesus, whatever, I'll change it in the vain hope that it'll get you fucking asstanks to go replenish your Midol.
