Steam Launches in China with 53 Games and No Community Features

[Tsing]

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Steam has finally launched in China, but it appears that the Chinese version of Valve’s digital distribution behemoth is just a pale imitation of its international counterpart. This should be apparent to anyone who visits steamchina.com’s complete catalog, as it only contains a paltry collection of 53 titles. While the Chinese version of Steam does include some notable staples such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, most of the other titles appear to be games that only locals would be familiar with.



“Steam China only sells games that have received a government license certifying that they abide by a long and complicated list of restrictions,” PC Gamer noted in its coverage. “That one rule cuts Steam China’s available...

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[Burticus]

I'm a little shocked the China gov allowed this at all. But I'm sure a truckload of money was involved...

 

[MadMummy76]

This just reminds me how much of humanity is yet to become civilized.
Many countries that are used to be quite westernized are regressing back to the dark ages.