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Developers remove games from Steam over Valve's Black Lives Matter silence

Original story, June 16, 2020: Several indie developers have removed their games from Steam to protest against Valve's …

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"Over the past few weeks, Steam and Valve have chosen not to address the Black Lives Matter movement, failing to make even a broad and generic statement about racial justice," Glander said in a message he sent to Valve alongside his request to remove his games from the store.

"It's clearer than ever that the owners of this platform feel beholden to a base of angry white male gamers. This makes me especially sad because I feel that some of these people are the people who most need to hear the message of Black Lives Matter."

Get em while you can folks:

 

[God Enel]

Idiots.

 

[Anki]

I don't know what to say, if you are not with me you are against me logic is stupid.

 

[LostDonkey]

Good riddance.

 

[bitbydeath]

Not getting much support.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Only a sith deals in absolutes.

 

[Bwesh]

Amazing. I hope more of them go away.

I would say that real life politics does have a place in gaming. And just like every other niche, it shouldn't be the end all be all of publishers or platforms. Games can be political. Not all of them has to be.

 

[lame gag1990]

This kind of thing usually gains a bit of traction if we've actually heard of you. Good on Valve not letting this bullshit get into Steam. It has no business on there. So run along whoever you are, your games won't be missed.

 

[MightySquirrel]

GAF could really use facepalm reaction.

 

[John Day]

Is this what they all want? An empty statement? Really?

 

[Psykodad]

When a good cause is taking it too far..

 

[Dimitroco]

 

[oagboghi2]

So how long until Valve bends the knee? A week?

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

That developer let me fuck his wife the other day.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Says the angry white male gamer

Any black developers doing this or is it just the whitie's speaking on their behalf again

 

[Laptop1991]

Too many poor games and not very good developers on Steam anyway, ever since they opened their doors to all and sundry, infact i haven't bought a game on Steam since a sale nearly 2 years ago, the games i want to play are either having to use 2 launchers or being delayed a year, all they had to do was make Half Life Alex a normal game as well as VR, i would of bought it.

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

HAHAHA fuck these people

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I find having my games be associated with Steam is both embarrassing and nauseating.

This person runs a business? This person creates content? Goodness, I will never, ever starve.

 

[ZehDon]

Couldn’t have been too nauseous of them to be associated with Steam when they took all the money their games generated on the platform. Maybe if they back all the money they’ve made I might think more of such a self-aggrandising piece of bullshit. Demanding a private company make a statement about something that they have nothing to do with feels like it’s more a statement the developer is making about themselves than about the clearly asinine demand.

“I, the righteous Developer, shall martyr myself for the good of all! Don’t cry for me, people of Earth, for I consider sacrificing my career and livelihood a mere contrivance in the face of such evil! My games - linked here for your convenience - are but all I can offer on the alter of freedom! Nay, nah, I am no hero - this small act of saint-like sacrifice is but nothing - the REAL heroes are the [insert group]! They are truly the best of us!”

 

[Ogbert]

Bet the games are dogshit.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Some of the classic games getting removed:

GabeN is on the ropes

 

[Graciaus]

I don't see why they or any company needs to say anything. If you want to make less money over it that's your choice.

 

[Starfield]

"steam will not be getting any more money from me" neither will you you idiot lmao

 

[martino]

isn't the plural in the title misleading (or i missed something)


edit: ok they are two.

 

[jackets with pockets]

More like

#BlackLooterMob

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Dory16]

I don't know what to say, if you are not with me you are against me logic is stupid.

So "there are good people on both sides" like in Charlottesville?

 

[On Demand]

Why does anyone have to be forced into saying something? That’s so dumb. I don’t remember all these worrying and caring before?

The BLM movement is not even a real group like the black panthers were. It’s fake and was created and is being used for political purposes.

George Soros anyone?

 

[John254]

Ok, bye
(and don't come back)

 

[SuperLupeRap]

I can only congratulate him for putting his money where his mouth is.

This doesn't hurt anybody but himself so I salute him for standing up for what he believes in.

 

[oagboghi2]

Some of the classic games getting removed:

GabeN is on the ropes

He is making a thousand a month from that?

 

[AV]

 

[captain_cabbage]

It's clearer than ever that the owners of this platform feel beholden to a base of angry white male gamers.

I get it, they white, but why angry? I thought games are supposed to make you relax after a long day and such. Isn't it that games provide escapism and sometimes are valued as art? Just because some of them can be competitive doesn't make them inherently toxic and encouraging obnoxious behavior.

 

[Great Hair]

He is making a thousand a month from that?

looks neat , think this is the game

 

[Anki]

So "there are good people on both sides" like in Charlottesville?

Ofcourse there are good and bad people everywhere.

 

[llien]

My outrage quality checker rates this outrage at 1/10.

 

[zcaa0g]

Nobody developers. Loooooosers.

 

[xrnzaaas]

"Steam is nothing without our games."

Congrats on posting from an alternate world.

 

[Spukc]

 

[Birdo]

All three Revolution 60 fans must be sweating right now.

 

[Rodolfo Brito]

Cheap PR move.

 

[Virex]

Who?

 

[zcaa0g]

So "there are good people on both sides" like in Charlottesville?

Yes.

 

[lame gag1990]

It will be nice of him to donate all of his money to this righteous BLM movement... Oh right, he wouldn't want to waste his money that he earned with his white privilege. He's another full of shit white bandwagon jumping scrub.

 

[Orta]

Fuck him, whoever he is. Looks like a nonce.

 

[ULTROS!]

Sometimes I feel that the BLM cause is becoming a temporal PR move that people want to take advantage of because it’s super trending now in the US (and several parts of the world).

 

[Explosive Zombie]

Good on Steam for not caving to this bs.

 

[Thugnificient]

BLM likely started from an honest place but now seems to be a money-making scheme.

 

[Inuteu]

GAF could really use facepalm reaction.

this would be nice too: