The game publishing platform Steam has taken new actions in the Chinese market.
Editor’s note: This article is from Interface News , author Peng Xin.
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The game publishing platform Steam has taken new actions in the Chinese market.
According to the e-sports news website Win.gg, the recent update of Steam includes a beta version of Steam China, from which you can learn about the details of the operation of the Chinese version of the game service after its official listing.
When testing the Chinese version of Steam, Win.gg found that “health game advice” will appear every time the game is started. According to the system language, both Chinese and English versions are provided. The advice will be maintained in the game for 5 seconds, mainly to remind players to restrain the game and resist bad games.
English version of the health game advice. Image source: Win.gg
On the beta version of Steam China, personalization of users ’personal information is also restricted. Currently, all users’ IDs cannot be changed by themselves, but by a set of serial numbers. At the same time, the user’s avatar can not be selected, and use “?” Instead. It is unclear whether this is a simplified solution based on the beta version, or whether the changes to the user’s personal information in the future need to be approved before they can be displayed externally.
In addition, the anti-addiction system common to online games operating in China will also be bundled with Steam China. Win.gg tried to start “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” (CS: GO) and “DOTA2”, but both failed because the time was not within the specified game duration, and the accountNor has it passed real-name authentication. The warning that appears on Steam shows that the game cannot be played between 10 pm and 8 am, and players are advised to “take a break”.
Anti-addiction system will also be bundled with Steam China. Image source: Win.gg
Both “CS: GO” and “DOTA2” are represented by Perfect World in China. They operate on independent servers to comply with Chinese laws and regulations, and have nothing to do with the international version of Steam. The encounter with Win.gg means that when the two games represented by Perfect World are integrated into Steam China, the anti-addiction system will monitor the player’s game time at the platform level.
In short, even if it is running on Steam China in the future, some stand-alone games that can theoretically be played without internet connection will also be limited by anti-addiction systems in the future.
Every indication shows that Steam has changed a lot to enter the Chinese market to meet domestic regulations. And the recent precedents of other game companies cooperating with the supervision of game content and operating strategies show that these changes are highly likely to be implemented in Steam China.
“Cube Game Platform” anti-addiction system.
In China, the agency sells block games for stand-alone games such as “Xianjian Qixia Zhuan” and “Xuanyuanjian”, and also operates a game platform called “Cube Game Platform”. In the latest version of the software recently, an anti-addiction system has been added. The actual effect is that even a non-networked game such as the first generation of “Xianjian Qi Xia Zhuan” cannot be bypassed if the user does not pass the real-name authentication Anti-addiction system starts the game.
The person in charge of the square game told the interface news reporter that this is to add an anti-addiction system to the platform in accordance with the requirements of the relevant departments.
While using the “parallel” model for domestic listing