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kevingadd ◴[] No.44606666[source]
It's interesting that Valve sort of put themselves in this situation by opting not to police their store anymore.

I'm personally a fan of fewer restrictions on content in video games and fewer "gatekeepers" but it's kind of inevitable that people would get upset when you chose to allow people to sell games like "Sex With Hitler" and "Pimp Life: Sex Simulator". Deciding to allow that content on your store and simultaneously not going to bat for it is weird, it's like they decided to just get the porn money while they could as a short-term boost to revenue.

Itch.io still has fewer restrictions but I assume they'll eventually have to clamp down too once payment processors cut them off - they don't have the financial resources to fight it like Valve or Epic do.

Interestingly Nintendo has as of late relaxed their restrictions too, you can find porn-adjacent shovelware on the Switch eShop despite their history of being very censorious. I wonder if payment processors will successfully push them around too or if Nintendo is too big to get pushed around.

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nottorp ◴[] No.44606884[source]
The question is: has "kill in the name of Hitler" also been banned, or is that okay with Visa/MC?
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AraceliHarker ◴[] No.44612264[source]
I don't need your 'what ifs' and 'could haves.' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is actually available on Steam, and that's good enough.
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1. nottorp ◴[] No.44613752[source]
Looks to me like you read the opposite of what i wrote though.