After a huge cleaning of adult games from the ITCH.IO platform, she is looking for new payments that are willing to sell NSFW titles.
As Shotgun Rock Paper Shotgun states, this suffering began at the beginning of this month, when Steam updated its instructions to forbid “content that can violate the rules” by credit card and banks. Immediately immediately eliminated the litany of controversial games that focused on themes such as Inc*W and Slavery.
We actively address other payments processors that are more willing with this type of content. We suspended the ability to pay with a lane for 18+ content in the foreseeable future. It immediately focuses on reviews of content classification and implementation of a stricter age in place.
Itch.io soon followed a suit and updated its own instructions and at the same time confirmed that a collective scream was to blame for sudden changes. This raised the main concerns about censorship, because the group has historically faced games like Detroit: Become Human and GTA 5, suggesting that its campaign can exceed adults.
The Collective Shout initially addressed directly to the steam, but the group was ignored, so it decided to push the processors of payments for the facade, who have since urged Valve to remove such content. If itch.io should find new partners to make it easier to sell on their platform, it could completely bypass a collective cry and campaign. Steam, however, did not indicate that it would follow.
Why itch.io removed more games than steam
Itch.io works a little differently than steam. While the Valve platform is closed, which means that each product is approved before it appears in the store, itch.io is an open content platform generated by a user, operated by a much smaller team and a company. As stated in his FAQ, “We have a limited ability to” push back “.”
If we lose the ability to accept payments from a partner such as PayPal or Stripe, we affect the ability of all creators to do business. For example, the loss of PayPal would prevent us from sending paydays to many people. Our measures have been taken to protect our payments.
Itch.io, however, issued a reminder that the platform was from the first day without DRM, and urges the players to “download and back up their games and [not] Let any company dictate what you can own. ”
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