Discussion

• Gameranx Ryan Parreno on x

  Itchio Is The Latest Target Of Payment Processors Campaign Vs. NSFW Games

• @highimpactsex @highimpactsex on bluesky

  itch released a statement and confirmed it was the same goddamn group, Collective Shoutout, that forced steam to remove adult games: itch.io/updates/upda...

• @fasterthanli.me Amos on bluesky

  rip nsfw on itch, they kept it going as long as they possibly could afaict — itch.io/updates/upda...

• @swordandquill.itch.io @swordandquill.itch.io on bluesky

  Itch has issued a statement.  No surprises.  This all fucking sucks.  —  itch.io/updates/upda...  Apparently, EU is considering making their own payment processing service.  Maybe hope for an alternative (but nothing short-term...)  —  thepaypers.com/payments/new...

• @tomwarren.co.uk Tom Warren on bluesky

  Itch.io has followed Steam in removing adult games.  The gaming marketplace is bowing to pressure from payment providers, but the abrupt deindexing of adult content has angered creators www.theverge.com/news/712890/ ...

• @wario64 @wario64 on bluesky

  Itchio - “We have “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from our browse and search pages.”  —  ..."We are currently conducting a comprehensive audit of content to ensure we can meet the requirements of our payment processors."  —  itch.io/updates/upda...  [image]

• @basterbinez T.S. Opera O on x

  itchio removing nsfw works is like when tumblr banned porn, vast and arrogant overestimation that anyone uses the website for anything else lol

• @invaderalex Invader Alex on x

  Glad they are explicit about Collective Shout harassing them [image]

• @the_doddler @the_doddler on x

  Looks like https://itch.io/ is the next victim of pressure from card processors and activist groups, choosing to delist all adult content and auditing all content available for sale.

• @sorcerobe Fight Knight on x

  I don't like porn games, I think they're distasteful and crass and I'd like more effort by storefronts to keep it away from kids but I despise the idea of mastercard/visa essentially creating their own laws and strangling markets to suit their moral ideals. this is wrong

• @dussopsfables @dussopsfables on x

  This aged like milk

• @ediskrad327 Edis on x

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• @fuguemichie @fuguemichie on x

  Itch io situation is bleak man. People who dismiss this just “lol it just shitty indie porn game” When its fucking deeper than that. Payment Processor now DICTATE which art is legal. This shit can happen to any SFW vanilla game if they deem there's ‘inappropriate’ content

• @jadeofcelestial @jadeofcelestial on x

  itchio functionally banning eroge because of payment processor companies is so fucking bleak lol like okay, the company has dictated that this art is no longer permissible and theres nothing anyone can do abt it, legally speaking

• @dracthegoblin @dracthegoblin on x

  Itchio and steam is just the start, if Detroit become human is one of their targets you really think any game or movie or book or indie project is safe? These people are a roving band of reactionary sycophants and everyone else is turning a blind eye because its “gross”

• @kayinnasaki @kayinnasaki on x

  We need PIX or whatever in America. Mastercard and Visa need to burn. This is a long time coming.

• @_ceee_ @_ceee_ on x

  Lmao I love how “you must agree to mastercard's terms of service to use our website” is just how stuff works now [image]

• @itchio @itchio on x

  https://itch.io/...

• @firesisterbee @firesisterbee on x

  To all the people that were cheering on the censorship of japanese adult content thinking they had a morally superior stance. Don't worry, payment processors are slowly coming for your games too now

• @kuma_kurea Claire on x

  i am actually going to cry right now there should be thousands of games here and now they're just GONE @itchio [image]

• r/pcmasterrace r on reddit

  Itch.io Removes Adult Games & Books, Even Purchased Copies Are No Longer Downloadable

• r/Steam r on reddit

  After Steam, they came for itch.io

• r/gamedev r on reddit

  itch.io seems to have straight up wiped ALL adult games on the platform shadow banning them. …

• r/pcgaming r on reddit

  Update on NSFW content

• r/pcgaming r on reddit

  itch.io has shadowbanned any game with the tags ‘nsfw’, ‘adult’, or ‘erotic’ which prevents them from showing up when searched.

• r/Games r on reddit

  Indie on Itch.io: Platform has seemingly shadowbanned NSFW/Adult games and made them harder to discover