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Steam Ignores Australia's Ban on Disco Elysium - Oni - 04-01-2021

Between this and the Facebook News situation, it would seem the Australian government has a very limited understanding of the internet.

Don't give drugs to kids.

Quote:Even though it’s officially refused classification in Australia, it doesn’t look like Steam has paid much attention to Disco Elysium – A Final Cut‘s ban because Aussies can still buy it as of this morning.

The RPG, which has gotten a huge update this morning with new content, voice-overs, controller support, new political vision quests and a hardcore mode, is still being sold through Steam to Australians. The game is officially supposed to be unavailable, with the Classification Board finding that a game that lets you split bags of coke with underage kids and specifically offers achievements and quests for doing speed was absolutely not going to fly under Australian guidelines.

Still, that hasn’t stopped Steam from selling Disco Elysium to Australians as of this morning. What’s interesting is that The Final Cut is now the only version of Disco Elysium listed on Steam, rather than a second app (as some games have done, like Divinity: Original Sin).

Read More: https://kotaku.com/disco-elysium-is-basically-banned-in-australia-but-ste-1846595046


RE: Steam Ignores Australia's Ban on Disco Elysium - Jiggly - 04-01-2021

10/10 Australia. Sometimes Australia is praised for things like it's immigration policies... But then you read this stuff. Get with the 21st century!