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Steam is now banned in Vietnam (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ooof. What a stupid take.

There are indie studios whose lives have been changed because they focus on the international market.

This small brain thinking will ensure they die.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The local devs were not trying to get steam banned. Hell they wanted steam but wanted to play by the same rules and pointed out how strict their own laws and requirements were.

Vietnam govt said you're right, it's not fair and banned steam to make sure everyone plays by their rules rather than admit the rules were stupid and draconic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Careful what you wish for - you never know if it'll be granted by a Monkey's Paw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not immediately obvious to me that indie developers in Vietnam won't be able to find an international publisher. While I don't approve of the law, it does strike me as potentially having a positive effect on Vietnamese studios.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Given how it can be circumvented by fiddling with DNS according to the article, I doubt it'll really do anything besides stoke negative sentiment towards Vietnamese studios. Besides, you can buy plenty of the games elsewhere, so even if it worked, all you're accomplishing is making it slightly more annoying for gamers to buy what they want, rather than having it in one place.