So it seems like whether we like it or not, Steam is going to become a very open marketplace for games. That's got its good points, but it's also got some very bad ones. This comes with news of Valve adding a program reporting feature to Steam in the future that allows users to report programs for things like Pornography, being offensive, Legal Violations, Hate Speech, and Malware.

Looking at this list the "offensive" one stands out to me. I loved South Park: The Stick of Truth, but it's clearly an offensive game. South Park gets away with some crazy stuff and as a result so does the game. Hopefully games like that aren't going to get the axe or any other sort of trouble regarding people being mad when their feelings get hurt.

There's also the Fraud one, stuff like Malware. Do I really have to keep an eye out for some crappy Free to Play MMO that installs malware on my machine now? Yuck.

What do you guys think? I mean, obviously Steam isn't going anywhere, but is this a bad direction for the platform? I personally like a little quality control when it comes to marketplaces lest it turn into a mirror of the Newgrounds flash game section circa 2006.

Props to PC Gamer.