We have previously reported that the Steam platform no longer accepts payments through PayPal in currencies other than Euro, Canadian dollars, British pounds, Japanese yen, Australian dollars or US dollars.Steam initially explained that PayPal's acquiring bank stopped processing most of Steam's currency transactions.At that time, the platform did not explain the reason why the bank took the measures, and now the truth has finally surfaced.

Valve's statement to foreign media Rock Paper Shotgun confirmed that these banks and Mastercard stopped supporting Steam transactions for the same reasons: "This divestment involves the Steam platform content we have commented on the Mastercard incident. A PayPal acquisition bank decided to stop processing all Steam transactions, which caused the multinational currency to be unable to pay through PayPal."

Previously, Mastercard did not communicate directly with Valve, but forced transactions to be blocked through the acquiring bank.Today PayPal affiliate banks seem to adopt the same strategy.The storm began with a campaign initiated by anti-porn group Collective Shout, which claimed to dominate the Mastercard incident.

Some U.S. government officials also participated in it, trying to make platforms such as Steam bear legal responsibility for users' uploaded content.These people admitted that their ultimate goal is to force websites to actively restrict access to content in the United States.Although it was originally targeted at illegal content, platforms such as Itch have begun to remove completely legal LGBTQ+ games.