Major payment firm behind Itch adult game cull say they themselves face restrictions from another banking firm
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Summary
Online gaming platform, Itch.io, has reversed its decision to remove adult-themed games after coming under pressure from payment processors.
The platform removed thousands of adult games and content after complaints from payment providers.
Following negotiations, one payment processor, Stripe, has now said it wants to support adult content in the future, but its banking partner is exerting pressure on the firm to ban it.
Itch.io is now looking for alternative payment providers who are prepared to handle adult payments.
The platform has re-instated free adult games, but is still discussing how to handle paid content.
Developers who want their content to be re-listed must ensure their games are set to “free” and not “pay what you want” on the platform.
Itch.io also warned that individual priced files on the games will be made free, as the platform does not support owners-only content on free games.
