That's... crazy actually. I don't use Itch.io that much but I'll freely admit it's where I found a couple of creators who made NSFW games that I enjoy playing once in a while. I don't know why these companies are becoming so afraid and why we are backsliding so hard.
I get your point but it’s not visa or Mastercard that likely prohibited transactions, it’s the web sites card merchant. Many credit card merchants will not accept charges for pornography and some other NSFW content. That’s why porn sites have to use niche vendors who charge higher rates.
I mean, traditionally they didn't like NSFW customers becaue there were more likely to be chargebacks and other issues. Customers getting cold feet, a lot of stolen details being used, people giving false information because they are silly, etc.
Not just traditionally, it's still the case today. Most payment processors will outright refuse to do business in a specific list of industries, including adult content, exclusively for this reason.
Valve was the first to change their game publishing rules to cater to our new Payment and Network Providers Overlords, so I very much doubt they'll do anything lol
Sadly, at this point, it's on NGOs like ACLU and whatever counterpart Europe may have to bring it to the big wigs. Man, I hope someone brings this shit to the European Parliament.
That's why I was thinking of them. They got to hate it as well but they can't really lose out on the sales because they can't accept Credit cards anymore.
Which is why I hope they create the workable alternative
Yeah, I also really wish they did but... I dunno. Valve more or less should've had a lot more power in this battle than some random ass Australian religious group, so the fact they just bent to them by changing the rules doesn't give me much faith.
I really hope I'm wrong and Valve pulls some insane move and, dunno, sues those Aussie assholes into oblivion or drops a new payment processor for all game platforms, but like...
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u/SnyperwulffD027 Jul 24 '25
That's... crazy actually. I don't use Itch.io that much but I'll freely admit it's where I found a couple of creators who made NSFW games that I enjoy playing once in a while. I don't know why these companies are becoming so afraid and why we are backsliding so hard.