Denpasoft Removes Adult Games at Bank’s Request
Among the various online game stores, Denpasoft stands out for focusing on the sale of hentai games. Recently, news left players furious: some titles were removed from the store at the request of Denpasoft’s bank.
Denpasoft Removes Adult Games at Bank’s Request
In a statement published yesterday, Denpasoft informed that several digital titles were removed from the site. Below is the official statement:
“This notice is to inform everyone that a number of digital titles have been removed from Denpasoft and are currently unavailable for sale. Initially, we were contacted by our bank to remove certain titles that matched criteria that the bank had flagged. Considering the situation we are being put in, we have complied with these requests out of an overabundance of caution.
During this time, users who have already purchased the above titles will not be able to download them either. Unfortunately, there is no timetable as to when these issues will be resolved. In addition, there may be other titles that may get removed but we will try to inform everyone should this situation happen. We apologize for the inconvenience this will likely cause our users and will do what we can to find a solution to this matter.”
As the message clarifies, the removal of hentai games was done at the request of a financial institution. We know that Visa and Mastercard are striving to prevent the publication of various hentai content.
Games and Manga Removed by Denpasoft
Denpasoft listed the games and manga that the bank requested for removal:
- Childhood Friends with Benefits
- Slave’s Sword
- Slave’s Sword 2
- Sonia and the Hypnotic City
- Trapped on Monster Island
- Dark Side Fantasy EP1 & EP2
- Golden Legend ~ Harald Quest ~
- Knight Slave -The Dark Valkyrie of Depravity-
- LONGING RING OF ESCA
- SODOM-R
- Submission of Super Cute Girls
- Holy Paladin Cynthia
- Holy Slave Academy
- KuroInu 2 Redux
- Revenge of the Orcs Flag of Big Green Cock
Curiously, some of these games are still available on Steam and other stores. Denpasoft commented on this on Twitter:
“Remember several years ago when we were removed from Shopify? Then we moved to self-hosting? Even though the hosting is ours, we are still forced to remove products from sale.”
Here are some user reactions:
- “These banks need to be sued.”
- “Can someone explain why this is happening?”
- “Is there any chance you will find a solution or is this a permanent goodbye?”
- “Seems like it’s related to minors, well, these people have real problems with children.”
- “Find a new bank. Preferably a small-town bank that is not in debt to big shareholders. Avoid corporations like Wells Fargo, Chase, and Bank of the West. Big corporations are the real evil in this world.”
- “During this time, users who have already purchased the above titles will also not be able to download them. Sorry, but this is unacceptable.”
- “You really shouldn’t have to comply with any of these demands. They shouldn’t have the right to dictate what you can or cannot sell on your own self-hosted site. As far as I know, no other site that sells 18+ titles has to deal with this.”
Some comments mention that other stores still sell the titles “without a problem,” as I mentioned about Steam. This may simply be because those stores have not yet been notified, which could happen at any moment.
Recently, a Japanese hentai mangaka tweeted that his manga was removed from the Tora no Ana online store because credit card operators requested it.
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