A series of conspiracy theories targeting Vietnamese game publishers has left them struggling to fight angry mobs.
On the evening of May 7, the world’s largest game selling platform – Steam, had a problem in Vietnam, making it impossible for users to buy new games.
A few days ago, a representative of a game publisher in Vietnam said in the press that Steam is releasing games `freely` into our country’s market without asking for permission.
This person suggested that authorities need to take measures to manage cross-border platforms like Steam, otherwise domestic game publishers `will die`.
Steam is the world’s largest game selling platform (Photo: Internet)
This comment seems a bit excessive when most games on Steam are paid games, offline games, quite picky about players.
Therefore, Vietnamese game publishers will not die even if the authorities do not tighten Steam management.
Games on Steam have their own player files, players live in separate communities, and their taste in enjoying the game is also very different (Illustration)
Unfortunately, Steam customers, angry that their favorite platform was banned, vented their anger on Vietnamese publishers.
On offline game groups and forums, many conspiracy theories have been put forward, claiming that the reason Steam was banned was due to the influence of a Vietnamese publisher.
As noted by the writer, VTC Game is the unit most heavily affected.
VNGGames sat idle and got hit by a few stray bullets. There were still some critical comments here and there, but the situation was much better.
Blaming Vietnamese game publishers and boycotting them is clearly absurd, because there is no specific evidence.
Isabella