Now if only they'd finish The Hobbit, since it gets halfway through the story and abruptly ends... :angry:

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I'd buy a Steam console in a heartbeat - my Steam Deck basically spends its time in a dock, which in turn is connected to a projector, because but I'm getting older and my eyes just aren't what they used to be.

For a traditional console, the anti-cheat situation is going to be a major roadblock.

unlike steamdeck that have a reason to exist (portability) this thing might strugle without anti cheat , especially when an title like gta6 launches

100%.

The Steam Deck is fantastic is so many ways - but if Valve Software are serious about being a major competitor to console gaming (handheld or otherwise), they need to find a way to attract more online multiplayer games to Steam and actually keep them there.

They don't need everything on SteamOS from Day One, just a handful of carefully curated games that will bring large numbers of gamers across to SteamOS... Then the rest will follow.

Unfortunately the anti-cheat situation means there are still some prominent games missing, and they're the kind of game you might well want to play on a Steam Machine kind of setup. Just lack of Fortnite and Roblox is a harsh hit. If Valve could pay off the Roblox people somehow and get solid Roblox support, that would make the difference in a lot of cases between "Get this for my kids" and "No point getting this for my kids"

The thing is, most anti-cheat systems actually support Linux-based operating systems natively... But you have "key" people and "key" companies that flat-out refuse to support Linux-based operating systems because they don't like Linux (or have been paid-off by Microsoft, which I think is equally likely).

Sure, they have all sorts of arguments as to why they don't support Linux - but most of those arguments can quickly be torn apart with facts, and many (most?) of their complaints about Linux also apply to Microsoft Windows, too.

So at the end of the day, it just comes down to influential people within the industry that simply don't like Linux and / or have been bribed by Microsoft doing whatever they can to discourage fellow developers from supporting SteamOS.

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Non GOG.com support this time around?

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Wait, they actually made a Season 4 of Snowpiercer? Last time I checked, they weren't planning on making Season 4, and Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger!

Also, the game looks awesome... Totally picking this up when I next get paid.

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Yeah, but what other payment networks are out there? Visa and Master Card basically control the market, with Amex not far behind... PayPal, Stripe and most similar services? They still rely on the other payment networks "behind the scenes".

Sure, somebody could setup their own "consumer first" alternative payment network... But an alternative payment network would need to be independent of a financial institution (e.g. a bank) as much as realistically possible, as said financial institution would likely receive pressure from Visa / Master Card / etc to discontinue association with the alternative payment network.

In short, setting up a financial institution (e.g. a bank) is a big task, setting up an alternative payment network would be a herculean task.

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Illegal according to jurisdiction of which country(ies) exactly?

So just hide the "illegal" content from the countries where it's deemed illegal?

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Yeah, Miyazaki. Not the game itself, just that trailer, has a feel that goes beyond general "anime" style and more into the specific animation style of the studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki, like "Kiki's Flying Delivery Service" or "Spirited Away" (which are awesome

Oh yeah, I totally got that feeling... Just wasn't aware of the name of the guy behind these.

if you haven't seen Spirited Away, just bloody go and see it).

We're a big Studio Ghibli house, and have most of these of their stuff on Blu-Ray Disc or DVD.

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This has happened numerous times over the years across multiple industries and it blows my mind that in 2025, we still don't really have alternative payment processors and stores which permit uncensored adult content (within the confines of the law, of course)... If I had the time and money to do so, I'd quite literally setup both myself for the potential returns on such a project alone!

My take: If US payment processors get a say what is and isn't allowed on Steam, so should every government in whose jurisdiction Steam sells any games.

They do though - we've had loads of games removed because of the police state country I live in (Australia)... And we're not the only ones that have caused this to happen.

They'll will get distributed elsewhere and funded with other payment methods. I wouldn't worry about those games.

That's often not the case, though... Quite a lot of the time those games simply have no alternative options for stores and / or payment processors. I am aware of at least one game that successfully moved over to SubscribeStar; but quite often these games disappear into the nether.

I am glade to see less of those games on Steam but I think the better way would be to get a working Age verification system.

God no.

We already have too much of a push for identification verification with third party here in Australia... Nobody wants Brother to expand his reach to game stores.

But no one has addressed the elephant in the room here. Look over the list of the games being banned. The topic of these games is incest. Now, I can't speak to European regulations -- nor can I speak to Japanese ones either -- but here in North America, incest is illegal.

Not my forte to be honest, and I'm pretty sure it's illegal in Australia as well... But why not just hide these entries from countries where it's deemed illegal?

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As for No Man's Sky, this is an excellent comparison. People did a 180 and forgave that game, too. I have played a bit but it's very hard to enjoy properly knowing it's a similar situation to Cyperpunk 2077.

Yeah, but with No Man's Sky, I'm still getting monthly or bi-monthly updates / upgrades to the game... So despite all the criticism, they've certainly gone above and beyond in the updates / upgrades department.

It's probably the same for Cyberpunk 2077, but I never really followed the game prior to launch and despite owning it, I just haven't got around to picking it up on the Steam Deck yet.

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Kinda makes me want to try it out even though RTS' aren't even my thing.

As far as Open Source games go, this is pretty much the Crown Jewel, so it's worth having a look, even if real-time strategy games aren't your thing.

For me, the worst part of this game is to not have BAR (Beyond All Reason) formation tools, and the lack of proper collision between troops, bodies, etc...

For me it's that stupid "can only build in this grid section" thing... I don't really know how to describe it, but where you're allowed to build is just so unbelievably restrictive compared to most other real-time strategy games, and it's frustrating as hell (to the point of being game-breaking for me).

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