▲ 646 ▼ Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments Few days ago: https://www.thegamer.com/steam-removes-adult-games-because-of-collective-shout-feminist-anti-abortion-group/
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago* (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children) steam and itch capitulated here because indy games are small potatoes. the calculation changes if they start going after $70 AAA titles selling millions of copies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children) They don't need to. AAA developers will start backing down on their own because they don't want to risk the confrontation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) confrontation by what mechanism though? aaa devs can’t be threatened in the same way with payment processors. they try review bombing and that doesn’t do anything. if these people had a similarly effective way to financially threaten AAA devs they would already be using it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago And that's how many AAA are failing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Funny enough I have DRM free rips of these from my steam account. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago How do I go about ripping my collection? I got some NSFW games that I want to back up, just in case things get worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children) steam and itch capitulated here because indy games are small potatoes. the calculation changes if they start going after $70 AAA titles selling millions of copies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children) They don't need to. AAA developers will start backing down on their own because they don't want to risk the confrontation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) confrontation by what mechanism though? aaa devs can’t be threatened in the same way with payment processors. they try review bombing and that doesn’t do anything. if these people had a similarly effective way to financially threaten AAA devs they would already be using it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago And that's how many AAA are failing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children) They don't need to. AAA developers will start backing down on their own because they don't want to risk the confrontation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) confrontation by what mechanism though? aaa devs can’t be threatened in the same way with payment processors. they try review bombing and that doesn’t do anything. if these people had a similarly effective way to financially threaten AAA devs they would already be using it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago And that's how many AAA are failing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) confrontation by what mechanism though? aaa devs can’t be threatened in the same way with payment processors. they try review bombing and that doesn’t do anything. if these people had a similarly effective way to financially threaten AAA devs they would already be using it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago And that's how many AAA are failing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Funny enough I have DRM free rips of these from my steam account. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago How do I go about ripping my collection? I got some NSFW games that I want to back up, just in case things get worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago How do I go about ripping my collection? I got some NSFW games that I want to back up, just in case things get worse. permalink fedilink source parent