In the past few years, the issue of Steam's “legitimacy” in Vietnam has become a topic of interest to many people in the media, social networks and gamer groups.
According to information from Vietnamnet, many domestic publishers believe that “They are being treated unfairly when the Steam platform is releasing more than 100,000 unlicensed PC games into the Vietnamese market.”
“Steam is releasing games freely into Vietnam, including violent games, adult games… but without having to ask for permission. This is an injustice to domestic publishers. This requires authorities to take management measures with this cross-border platform, otherwise, domestic game publishers will die,” a representative of a game publisher shared.
– According to Vietnamnet –
Reality shows that the above perspective from Vietnamese publishers is reasonable, especially when considering the legal framework. Basically, Steam does not have any legal representation in Vietnam. Even VTCPay is only a payment partner, not a legal representative.
Meanwhile, a game that is considered “officially released” in Vietnam needs to go through many stages of censorship and licensing. This is something that almost most games on Steam do not have.
Besides, Steam also has many moves and policies targeting Vietnamese users. For example, launching a Vietnamese version, accepting payment in VND, and subsidizing games in the Vietnamese market. This shows that Steam is “circumventing the law” to “attack and dominate” the game publishing market share in Vietnam. According to Vietnamese law, they are no different from a portal “releasing pirated games”.
According to sources from the management agency, with no contact point in Vietnam, the authorities are looking for solutions to prevent illegal cross-border services from being provided to Vietnamese users in the future. next time.
– According to Vietnamnet –
https://gamek.vn/nha-phat-hanh-viet-cho-rang-steam-toan-game-lau-178240423104322122.chn