Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mastercard-deflects-blame-for-nsfw-games-being-taken-down-but-valve-says-payment-processors-specifically-cited-a-mastercard-rule-about-damaging-the-brand/Open linkView original on mander.xyz409
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Thankfully they played their cards well enought not to damage their brand!
I'm actually relocating atm and am looking forward to cutting my card.
Yeah, it backfired really bad - suddenly people weren't just talking just about adults games, but also the Visa/Mastercard duopoly, corporations LARPing as lawmakers, and all of that.
They really masterd that card... thank god we have our own payment processor here where im from , those guys just process payments and are happy people are using em
Not sure if these numbers still work, but if anybody is bored:
If Mastercard claims they aren't blocking anything, then it should be no problem for Steam and Itch to put all the games back up, right?
Mastercard can eat a satchel of richards.
How can it 'damage the brand'? Doesn't everyone already see them as a blight on humanity?
Everyone except the people who make the laws. They are the only people who really matter. If they get upset, regulations might get enacted and those can be bad for business.
Hopefully this story stays in discourse long enough to affect the processors bottom line
Wow I was going to get a MasterCard card but now that I know gooners have bought porn games with their cards I'm definitely not going to anymore.
You might say that unironically if you lived in Iran. MasterCard wants to make all the money.
I've also started playing Adult Videogames! Thanks!
You're not allowed to draw an image of what the prophet mastercard looks like...