The gaming platform Steam has done some serious housekeeping. Over 40,000 accounts have been closed!
Those who like to cheat regularly in games have already lost quite a few gaming accounts. This is where particularly cheap offers come in handy, where games cost only a fraction of the actual price – such as the Summer Sale from Steam.
However, just one day after the end of the Summer Sale, there was a major incident. Apparently, Steam has taken decisive action and launched a sweeping crackdown against cheaters and fraudsters. According to several databases that check Steam user data, the operators have permanently closed just over 40,000 gaming accounts!
Biggest Ban Wave on Steam of All Time
This is the largest ban wave that Steam has ever had on its platform. The old record of “only” 15,000 banned accounts from October 2016 now takes a distant second place.
Many games on Steam are secured by VAC (Valve Anti Cheat). If a player is identified cheating in a game, they can (as a rule) no longer play online in all other VAC games.
Although there hasn’t been a confirmation from Valve regarding the actions, it seems that the day of account bans coincided quite closely with the end of the Summer Sale.
Effectively, the cheaters who bought during the Summer Sale literally threw their money out the window, as the suspension of their accounts likely also makes returning games impossible.
The money seems to have vanished into thin air. Or rather in this case, into steam.
What do you think of this hard approach? Is it a good thing that more is finally being done? Or is it cold calculation to “grab cash from the sale” first? Are you affected by the bans?
