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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

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713 points freedomben | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.879s | source
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egypturnash ◴[18 Jul 25 23:34 UTC] No.44611013[source]▶
Okay so is Steam enough of a money printer for Valve to say "well fuck you guys, we'll make our own credit card with hookers and bingo"? And hold out Half-Life 3 (only purchasable with the ValveCard) as a carrot?
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soared ◴[19 Jul 25 00:00 UTC] No.44611192[source]▶
The problem is if visa/etc say no, valve instantly loses ~70% of their sales. So it’s a bet they won’t win
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1. echelon ◴[19 Jul 25 00:03 UTC] No.44611208[source]▶
Visa needs to be broken up.
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2. socalgal2 ◴[19 Jul 25 01:33 UTC] No.44611733[source]▶
trying: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-s...