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Valve faced lawsuits, gambling scandals, payment processor ultimatums, and accusations of censorship. 42 million concurrent players later, they're about to reshape PC gaming. Here's how both of those things ended up true.
00:00 - Never More Criticized, Never Better Positioned
01:10 - Valve Under Fire
05:56 - Payment Processors
10:24 - Valve's Big Moves
16:05 - 2026 Is Valve's Year
Sources:
store.steampowered.com/charts
https://bellular.games/steams-billion-dollar-competition-lawsuit/
https://bellular.games/valve-have-rewritten-the-rules-you-already-agreed-to/
https://bellular.games/millions-of-people-nowknow-valve-still-profits-from-gambling/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valve-just-deleted-three-billion-from-cs-players/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valves-new-1500-regulation-dodging-cosmetics/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steams-protecting-you-from-chinese-reviews/
https://bellular.games/too-many-games-on-steam/
https://bellular.games/they-broke-steams-rules/
https://bellular.games/valve-just-approved-blatant-war-propaganda-on-steam/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steams-32-000-malware-problem/
https://bellular.games/steams-content-rules-now-set-by-payment-processors/
https://bsky.app/profile/steamdb.info/post/3lu32vdlsmg27
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steam-uk-now-locked-behind-a-credit-card/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valve-just-doomed-an-indie-developer/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valves-monopoly-problem/
https://bellular.games/the-future-could-be-steamos-on-every-screen/
https://bellular.games/valves-new-os-standards/
https://bellular.games/steam-machines-ten-years-later/
steamdb.info/app/3029110/info
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wolfire-and-dark-catts-antitrust-lawsuit-against-valve-granted-class-action-status
steamyouoweus.co.uk
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/polish-regulators-to-investigate-ps-store-and-steam-for-anti-competitive-practices
https://bellular.games/steam-has-a-major-problem-72-of-devs-agree/
►Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at on.auraframes.com/BELLULAR. Promo Code BELLULAR Sponsored by Aura
Valve faced lawsuits, gambling scandals, payment processor ultimatums, and accusations of censorship. 42 million concurrent players later, they're about to reshape PC gaming. Here's how both of those things ended up true.
00:00 - Never More Criticized, Never Better Positioned
01:10 - Valve Under Fire
05:56 - Payment Processors
10:24 - Valve's Big Moves
16:05 - 2026 Is Valve's Year
Sources:
store.steampowered.com/charts
https://bellular.games/steams-billion-dollar-competition-lawsuit/
https://bellular.games/valve-have-rewritten-the-rules-you-already-agreed-to/
https://bellular.games/millions-of-people-nowknow-valve-still-profits-from-gambling/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valve-just-deleted-three-billion-from-cs-players/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valves-new-1500-regulation-dodging-cosmetics/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steams-protecting-you-from-chinese-reviews/
https://bellular.games/too-many-games-on-steam/
https://bellular.games/they-broke-steams-rules/
https://bellular.games/valve-just-approved-blatant-war-propaganda-on-steam/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steams-32-000-malware-problem/
https://bellular.games/steams-content-rules-now-set-by-payment-processors/
https://bsky.app/profile/steamdb.info/post/3lu32vdlsmg27
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-steam-uk-now-locked-behind-a-credit-card/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valve-just-doomed-an-indie-developer/
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-valves-monopoly-problem/
https://bellular.games/the-future-could-be-steamos-on-every-screen/
https://bellular.games/valves-new-os-standards/
https://bellular.games/steam-machines-ten-years-later/
steamdb.info/app/3029110/info
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/wolfire-and-dark-catts-antitrust-lawsuit-against-valve-granted-class-action-status
steamyouoweus.co.uk
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/polish-regulators-to-investigate-ps-store-and-steam-for-anti-competitive-practices
https://bellular.games/steam-has-a-major-problem-72-of-devs-agree/
