Japan's sex game developers blocked from receiving Steam payments by banks

Japan's sex game developers blocked from receiving Steam payments by banks

Taro Yamada, a member of the Japanese Diet's House of Councillors, wrote on X (via Automaton) that there have been numerous cases of Japanese developers of adult-oriented games being unable to transfer their profits to Japanese banks from abroad, which means no money coming in from Steam.Read Entire Article

If you use your PC to play video games, Steam is something that you will have yes or yes, as this store and platform is the best known of all, greatly surpassing Epic Games, GOG and others. Steam does not stop growing every year and today we have more than 32 million simultaneous players connected. This store has been with us for more than 20 years and has more than 100,000 games available, most of which are created by developers and indie studi…

Japanese banks are blocking profits from adult games on Steam!

Japanese adult game developers are facing unexpected financial trouble as local banks have started blocking their payments from Steam. The issue was highlighted by Taro Yamada, a Japanese politician, who raised concerns about the situation on Twitter/X and YouTube. According to Yamada, several developers are unable to transfer their earnings from Steam’s U.S. bank to Japanese accounts. Both the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) and the Mi…

Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income

Stalled Steam profits are prompting free speech concerns.

Japanese developers on Steam can’t receive revenue...

Japanese developers on Steam can’t receive revenue from adult games due to Japanese banks blocking transfers - AUTOMATON WEST Japanese developers of adult-oriented games on Steam are having their money transfers blocked by Japanese banks- but why is this happening? automaton-media.com It has been revealed this week that Japanese developers who are distributing adult-oriented games via Steam ar…

Adult Game Devs Rage After Japanese Banks Block Their Steam Revenue: 'Banks Censoring Freedom of Speech?!'

One of Steam‘s darker underbellies would be the NSFW or adult game categories and it just so happens to be quite popular in Japan. Now, however, some Japanese adult game devs are facing an issue after their domestic banks began blocking the revenue from their adult games on Steam. The report came from Japanese politician, Taro Yamada after a growing number of complaints from several Japanese adult game devs caught his attention. Yamada then took…