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

submitted 7 months ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 106 points 7 months ago

Citing it as "an injustice to domestic publishers", Vietnamese studios reportedly say that local game development "will die" if Steam is able to keep releasing games without the same government scrutiny as domestic games...

Yeah! It's so unfair that one person can put their heart and soul into making a game on their own, self publish, and be successful! No way anyone else could possibly do that!

[-] pycorax@lemmy.world 59 points 7 months ago

This all just sounds like the publisher or MBAs speaking. Did they ask the actual developers on their opinions?

[-] Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br 49 points 7 months ago

Also, it seems like the ISPs were the ones that blocked access. No word from the government yet. Kinda weird to call this a "ban".

[-] 60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As far as i know, only the Steam Store domain is blocked by ISP's DNS. So changing to Google DNS would easily bypass it.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago

Do they not also block access to the Steam IPs?

[-] 60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

No, for now anyway.

[-] MustrumR@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

VTC is a state owned enterprise...

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

All ISPs under the same company/person/organization?

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 7 months ago

I'm taking this off of my list of places to move if I ever fake my death.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 28 points 7 months ago

If you faked your death you'd likely never want to tie yourself to any platform that requires you to make an account that could in time be used to identify you

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago

You don't have a separate 100% anonymous steam account to use in case of having to fake your death? Your loss tbh...

[-] isles@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Why buy one steam library when you can buy two for twice the price?

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago

I am moving "faking my own death" lower on the list of retirement plans.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

That's why we use GOG and download the Installers!

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

What if it's tied to your new identity? But idk, starting your whole library over from scratch... Better hope that insurance payout is nice.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

This was about a week ago, since then it was unblocked, then reblocked. Note, this is only the store itself (and the store within Steam), you can still play your existing games, so it seems they have blocked the store front to hamstring or reduce sales so that Valve will then pay whatever tax amount is going to be asked for.