Originally posted by Tweeto:

Valve now search filters games in the UK for people without a credit card

As the title says Valve is now filtering searches for adult oriented titles on Steam for people who do not have a credit card, this has been going on for almost 2 weeks and the lack of communication from Valve on other forms of age verification is worrying.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Tweeto:

Valve now search filters games in the UK for people without a credit card

As the title says Valve is now filtering searches for adult oriented titles on Steam for people who do not have a credit card, this has been going on for almost 2 weeks and the lack of communication from Valve on other forms of age verification is worrying.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6

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Still the same page no new forms of age verification just credit card :/

Why'd you create another thread about this. You know the answer isn't going to change. They've made their decision, and likely made it years ago. You'll need to go somewhere else. That has far laxer security in place. It's their way or it's the highway, and you've had weeks to get over it.

Just you and a couple dozen misanthropes on this forum. You need to get over your bruised ego, and go find the store that will sell to you. Just go to your local sex shop, and buy games off of the rack. Like back before Steam even existed. You have alternatives start using them.

Yep, so buy your games elsewhere. It is the best solution either whilst we all wait or if they implement an even worse solution.

Originally posted by Dodece:

Why'd you create another thread about this. You know the answer isn't going to change. They've made their decision, and likely made it years ago. You'll need to go somewhere else. That has far laxer security in place. It's their way or it's the highway, and you've had weeks to get over it.

Just you and a couple dozen misanthropes on this forum. You need to get over your bruised ego, and go find the store that will sell to you. Just go to your local sex shop, and buy games off of the rack. Like back before Steam even existed. You have alternatives start using them.

I made this because I want to show that it is gradually getting worse and it seems Valve are just okay with credit card verification as a due diligence.

Steam has jumped the shark.

Steam was great when they first came out, but like many overly successful businesses they just got worse the more popular they became, and now they rate between MEH and No Thanks.

It feels like it's time to move to a new digital store for purchases.

Originally posted by ZiffyHead:

Steam has jumped the shark.

Steam was great when they first came out, but like many overly successful businesses they just got worse the more popular they became, and now they rate between MEH and No Thanks.

It feels like it's time to move to a new digital store for purchases.

The same laws will apply to them if they wish to do business in other countries that have these types of laws as we have seen in Germany for awhile.

Am I reading that wrong? Isn't that a good thing?

It just shows you the games you can buy without a credit card if you don't have one, so you don't have to waste your time finding out you need a credit card to buy a game after clicking on it and trying to buy it?

Originally posted by Tweeto:

As the title says Valve is now filtering searches for adult oriented titles on Steam for people who do not have a credit card, this has been going on for almost 2 weeks and the lack of communication from Valve on other forms of age verification is worrying.

To be more accurate they are filtering titles from people who haven't verified their age. They do that to further comply with the UK's crazy law. Don't expect other forms of age verification until the complete lack thereof truly threatens Valve's bottom line. Something that isn't going to happen when the only affected titles are niche ones. If that crazy law truly gets applied to GTA 6, then expect Valve to offer alternatives just a little before its launch on PC... So probably around 2030ish.

If you absolutely must have the porn games now, then buy them outside of Steam from a site that lets you verify your age by handing over your identity.

Originally posted by Tweeto:

Originally posted by Dodece:

Why'd you create another thread about this. You know the answer isn't going to change. They've made their decision, and likely made it years ago. You'll need to go somewhere else. That has far laxer security in place. It's their way or it's the highway, and you've had weeks to get over it.

Just you and a couple dozen misanthropes on this forum. You need to get over your bruised ego, and go find the store that will sell to you. Just go to your local sex shop, and buy games off of the rack. Like back before Steam even existed. You have alternatives start using them.

I made this because I want to show that it is gradually getting worse and it seems Valve are just okay with credit card verification as a due diligence.

The law literally specifies that the filtering is required. You're not supposed to see anything at all questionable. Until you can prove that you are of legal viewing age. Valve is probably a whole lot more then just okay. The credit card method will keep them out of trouble. The security cannot be made any stronger. Anything else will actually make it weaker. They went with being bulletproof.

Just use a VPN?

Originally posted by BinaryDigit09:

Just use a VPN?

Valve's age gates are account-specific, not IP. In other words, it doesn't matter if you're currently really in the United States – your rights have been limited merely for having a British account.

Originally posted by Mantis:

Originally posted by BinaryDigit09:

Just use a VPN?

Valve's age gates are account-specific, not IP. In other words, it doesn't matter if you're currently really in the United States – your rights have been limited merely for having a British account.

That's a bummer, man. :(

Originally posted by BinaryDigit09:

Just use a VPN?

Won't work. And even when it did work, making a purchase with a VPN active resulted in your account losing community features as well as the ability to purchase or register keys permanently.

The "Buy Your Own Card" cards are much lower-entry than they used to be. Apparently they get as low as $50! I don't know if that's the limit or the limit is higher than that but if you can buy a secured, or maybe just semi-secured card for $50 now, that pretty much solves the barrier for anybody whose bad debt prevents them from getting a credit card.