These types of games don't really belong on this platform and the platform fits more for younger audiences. So them getting rid of NSFW games entirely will definitely help them in the long run. NSFW games aren't even real "games", nobody is playing them with two hands. And since children use this platform, it is wrong if they would be exposed to that kind of content. Most people are hating on Itch.io for doing this aren't seeing the bigger picture and how this would help itch.io in the long run.

Edit: My fault, I did not know this website was 13+. But I still do think that them removing NSFW games will let them lower the minimum age requirement easier. 

Also, I am not supporting the censorship. I do not think any websites should be forced to remove NSFW games but I do think that if itch.io removed them, it would benefit the website by making it more family friendly. And my only real issue is the porn content, I don't really have any issue with violent games (if it isn't too graphic).

I won't be talking about this stuff anymore. You guys can disagree all you want, but I will stand with my opinion. I understand developers who made these games aren't making money from them anymore. However, in life nothing is gauranteed. Hopefully, itch.io can grow from this and not let it destroy the platform.

Also now that NSFW games are back, you guys can stop crying.
 

I don`t think is a good idea.

 NSFW games aren't even real "games", nobody is playing them with two hands.

That's an unfair statement. People seeking what you think they seek can just go to a regular nsfw site that even has real people. No game play needed. Coincidentally, the most popular topic on those sites is "family". The very incest topic that is now forbidden in games, due to payment processors demands.

Do you also think that any reader of raunchy pulp romance novels reads with one hand only? And what do you think people do, while watching Game of Thrones?

It is rule34 in action. Games exist, so there is nsfw games. I am an adult. Why should I play Mario, if I can play Mario with blackjack and the other thing.

Many adult games are not good games, but that is true for most regular indie games here too. Ever visited the popular section with all those horror games? Why do people play games that are scary and have blood in them? Because it is thrilling. Know what is also thrilling? Adult games.

If this was Steam or Reddit I would be sure bro is just farming karma/shop points. 

It's funny (in a "what the fuck" way) to see how many people (elsewhere included) seem to have such narrow minds. It doesn't matter if you claim to be a parent, an educator, or hell, a hamburger.  There is far, far more to adult content than just porn and anyone who makes a game with adult content of any sort is clearly in jeopardy, considering how nebulous Itch's new terms are.

Itch is not and should not be centered around children! It is for indie game devs and I'll be fucked before I work on a game aimed at anyone under the age of eighteen.  (That does not mean I am a pornographer, by the way. Horror is NC-17 and Rated R, after all, as it has adult content.)

Censorship is NEVER OKAY and just because you think you can appoint yourself as part of the "Morality Police," it does NOT mean your point of view is the end-all, be-all to everything.

You know NSFW doesn't just equal porn.....right? 

Be a better parent then

Selling NSFW games on Itch provides Itch with a lot of money. With the games being removed, it also removes that income for Itch.

Hopefully Itch will still be able to keep the lights on around here without the income from those games.

Maybe parents should limit what kinds of content their kids access instead of letting people across the planet do it for them.

Well... We live in the real world, not a LEGO world. As long as parents neglect their responsibilities, children will be exposed to real-world material that is hundreds of times more dangerous than anything in a game. I sometimes find it hard to understand why lazy parents try to shift the blame for their lack of parental guidance onto society or random strangers.

Parents are responsible for what their kids consume and not the sellers who sell them.

No.

The purpose of prohibitions on "obscenity" is to give those in power an easy excuse to expunge anything that displeases them by deeming it "obscene."  They do it this way because it rallies public support from people who can't really be bothered to look too closely at what is actually being impacted.  If it was banned, they think, then it must have been obscene!  It must have been hurting children, it must have been bad for society!  They wouldn't have banned it otherwise!  Good riddance!

This is exactly what you are doing right now.

Is this bait? Like actually, I refuse to believe "Censorship is good actually because children might make an account and that's the platform's fault" could be someone's actual unfiltered dogshit opinion.

It's even got the "ThInK oF tHe ChIlDrEn" excuse to defend itself, no way this is real

If you want a gaming site for kids, create a gaming site for kids. Itch has a massive adult auditory and a big part of it is very unhappy. What you're basically suggesting is to change it into a different type of site that it was. There is no point, build a new site if you want something entirely different.

First, when the fuck have games been defined by needing two hands to play with them? I can play rock paper scissors with one hand, some platformers you really only need WASD so I could play them one handed so are those not games? Second, not only are young kids not using this platform, they shouldn't be using itch even if the porn was taken away, especially if you are defending violent games like a hypocrite. Third, how does this help itch in the long run? They just burnt a large segment of users who may in fact use the site for non nsfw games as well who are now in open talks of making some alternative (which probably wont get far but still). No one is giving itch roses especially since they didn't WANT to do this in the first place they were forced to. Maybe ask why itch allowed nsfw games in the first place if hosting them was such a bad awful thing that didn't help them? If NSFW was really this terrible thing holding itch down... why did they have to get bullied by payment processors to deindex them all. And finally, I hope u weep and cry when the deindex ends and (most) of the porn comes back because its what you deserve for being this weird hypocritical prude. 

So... when does the book burning, start, Mein Fuhrer?
That was sarcasm, but if you took offense, you know beyond a doubt it you allow this to start here, the real purge of freedom of speech/expression will be MUCH more inclusive, and won't just be about a little pornography. This garbage was never about women or children and violence... children play ultra-violent war games on major consoles and platforms while their parents look on, saying nothing, because it keeps their children busy not bothering them. Nobody does squat about that. Triple-A title franchises like CoD and MW, GTA, and Saint's Row, Payday... etc... because it's SO much better to see decapitations and dismemberment than it is to see sex? Focus on controlling the means of accessing it, not destroying it... it's been said before: destroying it amounts to nothing more or less than book-burning in nazi Germany. Fact. It WON'T stop there, if it's allowed.

Look, you might like NSFW games or not, but even if they are taboo, they are REAL GAMES, saying they are not is a disservice to real devs and their work, yeah some are just lazy projects with no effort whatsoever, but so are so many non NSFW games in here.

And the censorship doesn't stop at pornographic content, the same group that wanted to ban these games also tried so with Detroit become human and GTA, porn is the easy target to begin this purge

AND KIDS ARE THEIR PARENT RESPONSIBILITY

We should illegalize steak because what if a baby tries to eat it

I was going to say that OP is fair as long as he acknowledges that people shouldn't just have their NSFW games up and removed from one of two indie friendly platforms without any alternatives, and there needs to be another way for them to charge their game and make money off of it, but now he just sounds like an AI art bro. "NOTHING IS GARUNTEED, GUYZ!" So basically, you Adult games removed because it'll help the platform "grow", not explaining how making it more family friendly is going to magically make it better, and your response to people who have their income hurt is "get over it/deal with it", big whup. You expect people to have any civil discourse when you have so little callous about what people do for a living, and you insult their intelligence?

Don't fucking tell us we aren't seeing the bigger picture like we're the ones who are ignorant, because guess what? The main force behind this attempt to police people on the internet defended Cuties of all things. You can't just support this sort of thing happening when those are the people behind it. It's like supporting a terrorist organization overthrowing the government. Yeah, it's bad, but that would only make things worse. And how are you going to use "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" as an unironic argument? Children shouldn't be seeing adult content because their parents should be monitoring what their kids do in the first place, and if they can't, that's not an excuse to place all of this bullshit that sure to bite people in the ass later on. It's certainly not going to deal with children actually getting screwed over. I hope that whatever it is that you do for a living gets hampered by someone with the same logic as you, so you can see how you sound.

And what's this stupid comment about NSFW games? What, was the only game you've seen kind of stupid AI generated Visual Novel? I can assure you there's plenty of games like Ghosts & Japes, where you don't just play "One-handed." That's how you know this is a troll rage baiting "p0Rn GAmz SuCk AnYwAY!" Basically telling people to get over having their income hurt, then expecting civil discourse, like an AI Bro....

There is LITERALLY a toggle for NSFW contents to be either hidden or reveal, plus it is set as hidden by default for new users. Also this is a site for anyone to release any type of games as freely as they can and NOT FOR CHILDREN.

NSFW Content hasn't been removed. It's just somewhat more hidden than it already was. Nothing more than that. And even with that fact the reason why it was really bad was because there's not necessarily a website like itch.io but for NSFW Content, and really harmed the devs with Itch.io was a safe space for.

Plus the Site already hid nsfw content unless you had an official account and actively searched the tag to keep younger audiences away from such content. In general more harm was done for that section than good, the site wasn't really designed for younger audiences in the first place anyways.

I'd say there should just be a few more hoops that people should go through to access NSFW Content, rather than unexpectedly remove and shadow ban it with little warning and actively hurt the devs since little warning was given.

EDIT: I may be incorrect on there not be many other indie dev websites for NSFW Games but I could be very wrong since I haven't looked into that.

i'm in my mid-thirties, and i've been on the internet since i was 12, back before the internet was colonized by brands. i accidentally ran across stuff i probably shouldn't have from time to time, and you know what, it didn't break me. puritanical attitudes about human bodies, sex, pornography, and "forbidden media" did waaaaaay more emotional damage to me in the long run. purity culture does horrible things to you. it steals joy and layers shame over completely natural and harmless desires.

i genuinely hope someday you'll be able to let go of the attitude that porn is some kind of uniquely toxic substance that needs to be quarantined entirely from the rest of society. it actually sucks being uptight about it. i know because i lived that way for a while! yes, there is a time and place-- but itch has always allowed NSFW content. it does in fact "belong here", and always has.

Looks like everyone has made their point by now.