http://rockpapershotgun.com/rpsforum/topic.php?id=4463So, I started Steam today only to find out that my freshly bought (during the Sale recently) version of GTA San Andreas was missing from my games-list.
Checking the Steam-forums, I found out I'm not the only one (here and here are two examples).
This seems to only be an issue for German Steam-users at the moment, and certainly has something to do with the game (or certain versions of it) not being allowed here for some strange reasons (although it already was the censored version). I'm perfectly fine with the fact that some games are just not available via Steam, there are other means of getting those games.
What I find a bit alarming however is the fact that they just can delete games from your account without any warning or message. This reminds me of the Amazon fuckup when they started to delete certain ebooks (about a year ago I think) from customer's readers. Or recently when EA shut down some of their servers.
So, is Valve finally showing us all that they've stopped being the good guys? First they start deleting games from German customers, next they delete a game from an account because the publisher or someone else decides they don't want people playing anymore?
So far there seems to be no explanation (except a standard text-snippet from support that this 'issue' is being looked into)...but I'll certainly think twice about what games I buy (and forever link with) Steam in the future (sadface).
I hear their competition the bay of pirates won't even delete your games