Itch.io: Difference between revisions

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{{ProductCargo

|Company=

|ReleaseYear=2013

|InProduction=Yes

|ArticleType=Service

|Category=Digital storefront, Video games

|Logo=Itch.io.png

|Website=https://itch.io

|Description=Online digital distributor mainly for games.

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[[wikipedia:Itch.io|itch.io]] is a website used to find and share video games made by independent developers online.

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* Market Control}}

*Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends itch.io a percentage of the ~~money~~ chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).

*Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends to itch.io a percentage of the transaction chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2013 |title=Introducing open revenue sharing |url=https://www.tumblr.com/itchio/112709605589/introducing-open-revenue-sharing |website=Tumblr}}</ref>

==Incidents==

===De-indexing of adult games from campaign pressure===

:Main article: [[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]

On July 11, 2025, [[Collective Shout]] issued an open statement demanding credit card payments to immediately cease processing "payments on [[Steam]] and itch.io." A few days later, itch.io responded by delisting adult content in search results. They re-indexed free "adult NSFW content" later on July 31 with new "content warnings" for such games.

On July 11, 2025, [[Collective Shout]] issued an open statement demanding credit card payments to immediately cease processing "payments on [[Steam]] and itch.io".<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Bita |first=Natasha |date=15 July 2025 |title=Child safety group finds 500 online 'games' role-playing rape and incest |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/education/child-safety-group-finds-500-online-games-roleplaying-rape-and-incest/news-story/b30c59f85ff22934844269cb3beff538 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/koDk8 |archive-date=18 July 2025 |access-date=18 July 2025 |work=The Australian}}</ref><ref name="RPSCS">{{Cite news |last=Evans-Thirlwell |first=Edwin |date=22 July 2025 |title=Anti-porn group who tried to ban GTA 5 claim credit for Steam's sex game crackdown |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/anti-porn-group-who-tried-to-ban-gta-5-claim-credit-for-steams-sex-game-crackdown |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=Rock Paper Shotgun}}</ref> A few days later, itch.io responded by delisting adult content in search results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content|title=Update on NSFW content|website=Itch.io|date=2025-07-24}}</ref> They re-indexed free "adult NSFW content" later on July 31 with new "content warnings" for such games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content|title=Reindexing adult NSFW content|website=Itch.io|date=2025-07-31}}</ref>

==References==

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+{{ProductCargo
+|Company=
+|ReleaseYear=2013
+|InProduction=Yes
+|ArticleType=Service
+|Category=Digital storefront, Video games
+|Logo=Itch.io.png
+|Website=https://itch.io
+|Description=Online digital distributor mainly for games.
+}}
 [[wikipedia:Itch.io|itch.io]] is a website used to find and share video games made by independent developers online.
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 * Market Control}}
-*Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends itch.io a percentage of the money chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).
+*Business model: System relies on "open revenue sharing" which sends to itch.io a percentage of the transaction chosen accordingly by the creator (default 10%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2013 |title=Introducing open revenue sharing |url=https://www.tumblr.com/itchio/112709605589/introducing-open-revenue-sharing |website=Tumblr}}</ref>
 ==Incidents==
+===De-indexing of adult games from campaign pressure===
 :Main article: [[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]
-On July 11, 2025, [[Collective Shout]] issued an open statement demanding credit card payments to immediately cease processing "payments on [[Steam]] and itch.io." A few days later, itch.io responded by delisting adult content in search results. They re-indexed free "adult NSFW content" later on July 31 with new "content warnings" for such games.
+On July 11, 2025, [[Collective Shout]] issued an open statement demanding credit card payments to immediately cease processing "payments on [[Steam]] and itch.io".<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Bita |first=Natasha |date=15 July 2025 |title=Child safety group finds 500 online 'games' role-playing rape and incest |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/education/child-safety-group-finds-500-online-games-roleplaying-rape-and-incest/news-story/b30c59f85ff22934844269cb3beff538 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/koDk8 |archive-date=18 July 2025 |access-date=18 July 2025 |work=The Australian}}</ref><ref name="RPSCS">{{Cite news |last=Evans-Thirlwell |first=Edwin |date=22 July 2025 |title=Anti-porn group who tried to ban GTA 5 claim credit for Steam's sex game crackdown |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/anti-porn-group-who-tried-to-ban-gta-5-claim-credit-for-steams-sex-game-crackdown |access-date=23 July 2025 |work=Rock Paper Shotgun}}</ref> A few days later, itch.io responded by delisting adult content in search results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content|title=Update on NSFW content|website=Itch.io|date=2025-07-24}}</ref> They re-indexed free "adult NSFW content" later on July 31 with new "content warnings" for such games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itch.io/t/5149036/reindexing-adult-nsfw-content|title=Reindexing adult NSFW content|website=Itch.io|date=2025-07-31}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}