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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

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793 points freedomben | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.313s | source
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Aeolun ◴[19 Jul 25 02:54 UTC] No.44612148[source]▶
I think it’s hilarious we allow stuff like Postal or Soldier of Fortune without a question, where the whole focus is on going crazy and murdering a whole bunch of people.

But try to show a sensual human body, instead of one that’s ripped into small pieces, and oh my god, this is going too far!

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deadbabe ◴[19 Jul 25 03:03 UTC] No.44612196[source]▶
I think this is a bit of a strawman. The market for people who get addicted to gruesome gore and are willing to pay money to see it is several orders of magnitude smaller than people willing to pay to see porn or OnlyFans. There is simply far more risk with adult content as a result and a lot more chargebacks from disatisfied customers with a post nut clarity.
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simpaticoder ◴[19 Jul 25 03:12 UTC] No.44612240[source]▶
The GP highlights a classic observation: America's nearly unique cultural contradiction, where nudity and sex are considered highly offensive, while gore and violence are widely accepted.
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arrowsmith ◴[19 Jul 25 06:11 UTC] No.44612994[source]▶
This really isn't unique to America.
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1. legacynl ◴[19 Jul 25 11:31 UTC] No.44614593[source]▶
In the "western" world it is.