Valve har i årevis fået megen kritik for at efterlade oprydningen af deres butik til brugerne, og selvom de, ved hjælp af feedback, erstattede Greenlight med Direct, så udgives der flere spil end nogensinde før, og flere spil der enten ikke virker eller er såkaldte "asset flips" end nogensinde før. Dog tyder noget på at Valve ikke har i sinde at rydde op i Steam.
Valve har truffet en kontroversiel beslutning, som de har offentliggjort via et blogindlæg. De har besluttet at de ikke vil putte nogle restriktioner på de titler der tilsluttes Steam... overhovedet. Medmindre spillet direkte forbryder sig imod loven, så kan du uploade det og sælge det uden problemer.
"We ended up going back to one of the principles in the forefront of our minds when we started Steam, and more recently as we worked on Steam Direct to open up the Store to many more developers: Valve shouldn't be the ones deciding this".
"If you're a player, we shouldn't be choosing for you what content you can or can't buy. If you're a developer, we shouldn't be choosing what content you're allowed to create. Those choices should be yours to make. Our role should be to provide systems and tools to support your efforts to make these choices for yourself, and to help you do it in a way that makes you feel comfortable."
"We already have some tools, but they're too hidden and not nearly comprehensive enough," Valve explains. "We are going to enable you to override our recommendation algorithms and hide games containing the topics you're not interested in. So if you don't want to see anime games on your store, you'll be able to make that choice. If you want more options to control exactly what kinds of games your kids see when they browse the store, you'll be able to do that".
"And it's not just players that need better tools either — developers who build controversial content shouldn't have to deal with harassment because their game exists, and we'll be building tools and options to support them too."
Igen, Valve lader til at foreslå, at det udelukkende er brugerne der skal navigere butikken, og at de ikke har noget ansvar om at fjerne eller redigere i den software de sælger.
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