Where will nsfw game creators go now that itch.io has "changed"?

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨GrumpyCat@leminal.space⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

I feel like most of the community on itch was either there for horror games or nsfw games? Im curious on what gamedevs will do or go now that itch has changed. They cant really go to steam sense itch was sorta the free way to post. Also how are players or you reacting to this?

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Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No idea but it works be hilarious if they did something like all t-shirts, candles, stickers on Etsy or something and then give you a free download of the games

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- LongLive@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Can’t run out of loopholes as a seamatress.
  
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  - Drekaridill@feddit.is ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s fucking brilliant
    
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DuskyRo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They already re-indexed NSFW games that are free & are working to find alternative payment processors for the paid ones. This is less a itch.io problem & more a Visa/Mastercard problem since even Steam are powerless against them.

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- INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sell them for bitcoin instead. Boom solved.
  
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- ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  No, they paid lip service to finding a new payment provider
  
  This is less a itch.io problem
  
  No, it’s their problem. Passing the buck up the chain doesn’t help the NSFW game developers, it’s trying to save face for a cowardly corporation, itch aren’t your friend.
  
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etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
They’ll have to start performing on OnlyFans and then start up a PG persona on YouTube with their linktree in the bio and keep making subtle references to “spicy content”.

While they’re getting slapped with tentacles they’ll have their game playing in the background and when someone asks about it they’ll take out their ballgag and explain they’re sorry but they’re unable to distribute it to them.

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- brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I get the joke, but how does onlyfans slide by?
  
  reuters.com/…/us-whistleblower-says-mastercard-vi…
  
  WTF? Do they have dirt on finance execs or something?
  
  …Actually that would make a lot of sense…
  
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Toes@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
jastusa.com (NSFW) seems unaffected currently and vendors on itch have been using them as well.

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TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Based on what Steam did, isn’t uh, specific categories of NSFW that were removed? Or has itch gone 100% no NSFW?

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- Red_October@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Itch delisted ALL Nsfw games, rather than sorting and qualifying content.
  
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
nutaku? They advertised with iAMAs on reddit…

I wonder if they’re hiring?

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