![]() ![]() Note that on this, whenever there is some discussion around gaming, it’s never gamers speaking on our own behalf, it’s some stodgy businessmen and industry lackeys from various industry interest groups, not actual gamer advocates. Gaming in Australia has a massive following, per capita close to, if not, the highest involvement world wide, and yet with all that political push at our disposal, we gamers are so individualist, so disorganised, that we don’t harness it for positive cultural change in relation to our own hobby/interest. The irony of the situation is that we now have something of an adult rating in Australia, but more importantly the kids who are potentially likely to be corrupted by this are the same ones who are addicted to Fortnite or sexting each other, and therefore unlikely to engage with a game that doesn’t (a) have fifty gazillion players and (b) maybe has something of a story which doesn’t involve shooting or beating people or things. ![]() Sounds like it wasn’t submitted for classification. There really is no choice in the matter and is one of the downsides of releasing a mature adult game on Steam.” “I wish country restrictions were not necessary,” wrote Dharker, “but I must comply with laws in countries for the sale of such material. All Dharker can do, though, is continue to reiterate that its hands are bound here, and not in the sexy way. The Steam community doesn’t appear to be taking the news well, as evidenced by a series of remarkably irate threads on this subject. This may be changed in the future, but for now we have no choice.” “Germany is particularly strict on this kind of thing. “Steam does not have a comprehensive third-party age verification system in Germany, therefore there are ways that it could be considered illegal to sell this game in Germany via Steam,” Dharker wrote. Negligee could theoretically be sold there, but Steam isn’t equipped to handle it yet. Germany is an interesting case, according to Dharker. Here’s the full list of countries where the game currently cannot be sold: Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Botswana, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Bangladesh, China, Lebanon, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Iceland, Ukraine, Russia, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Iraq, Dubai, UIE and Germany. Therefore sadly we must err on the side of caution. If they fined or targeted Steam as per our agreement with Steam, we would be liable for it. If we release a game in a country where the content is illegal or could be considered illegal, then potentially we could suffer. “You might think that it is ludicrous, but Dharker Studios is a company. “Several of the restricted countries banned the game, which prompted us to realise that we can’t release it under the radar,” the studio wrote. In a thread on Steam, developer Dharker responded to prospective players’ confusion by explaining where and why Negligee remains unavailable. The catch is that it’s only available in some regions, and it remains banned in a globe-spanning majority of others. ![]() Slowly but surely, Valve seems to be letting uncensored adult games onto Steam at last, starting with Negligee, which came out yesterday. ![]()
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