Honey Select on Steam?
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crispycreams
Your Local Pervert
What are the odds of this happening? They seem to be cool with H games now.
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Given the relaxing of restrictions for adult games, I can see Illusion throwing out the middleman, if not for Honey Select then certainly for other titles in their library, except perhaps for stuff that is explicitly non-consensual.
After all, they're already selling VR Kanojo on Steam to positive reviews.
After all, they're already selling VR Kanojo on Steam to positive reviews.
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Ozraptor wrote...
Given the relaxing of restrictions for adult games, I can see Illusion throwing out the middleman, if not for Honey Select then certainly for other titles in their library, except perhaps for stuff that is explicitly non-consensual.After all, they're already selling VR Kanojo on Steam to positive reviews.
Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. We're bound to see more of their titles localized for Steam, but games like RapeLay are a no go no matter what.
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erolover
Ero Maniac
If I remember correctly, Jacob said that in the case of Honey Select, the only money FAKKU is getting is the money to cover the cost of translation/programming the game for overseas release. Aside from that, Illusion is getting all the money from the sales of the English version, so FAKKU isn't making money from royalties. In this case a Steam release would actually mean losing some of that money (like a 30% cut) for Illusion, though there is the advantage of exposure on Steam. Then again, if all these developers jump on Steam the exposure might wind up being kind of moot anyway. Not to mention Steam has been rather fickle in how they treat adult content. All these adult releases might be okay right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if Steam changed their mind later about allowing that content on their platform. It would be best for Illusion not to put all their eggs in the Steam basket, like Mangagamer and other companies have since they still have their own storefronts.
Anyway, I hope Illusion still releases their other games on FAKKU and doesn't stick to Steam only releases because I don't like DRM on my games. I'd really like to see Koikatu get an English release.
Anyway, I hope Illusion still releases their other games on FAKKU and doesn't stick to Steam only releases because I don't like DRM on my games. I'd really like to see Koikatu get an English release.
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crispycreams
Your Local Pervert
erolover wrote...
If I remember correctly, Jacob said that in the case of Honey Select, the only money FAKKU is getting is the money to cover the cost of translation/programming the game for overseas release. Aside from that, Illusion is getting all the money from the sales of the English version, so FAKKU isn't making money from royalties. In this case a Steam release would actually mean losing some of that money (like a 30% cut) for Illusion, though there is the advantage of exposure on Steam. Then again, if all these developers jump on Steam the exposure might wind up being kind of moot anyway. Not to mention Steam has been rather fickle in how they treat adult content. All these adult releases might be okay right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if Steam changed their mind later about allowing that content on their platform. It would be best for Illusion not to put all their eggs in the Steam basket, like Mangagamer and other companies have since they still have their own storefronts.Anyway, I hope Illusion still releases their other games on FAKKU and doesn't stick to Steam only releases because I don't like DRM on my games. I'd really like to see Koikatu get an English release.
Interesting, so fakku isnt getting anything from the sales of this game? That was actually one of the thing i was most curious about since fakku was the publisher I was wondering how it would effect their cut if it was available elsewhere. Also, being on steam doesn't 100% mean DRM there are a lot of games on steam that you can play on a computer without steam so long as you have the main files and the exe. Though I do get the why its not as desirable. For me I just find it easier to have all my games in one place.
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erolover
Ero Maniac
crispycreams wrote...
Interesting, so fakku isnt getting anything from the sales of this game? That was actually one of the thing i was most curious about since fakku was the publisher I was wondering how it would effect their cut if it was available elsewhere. Also, being on steam doesn't 100% mean DRM there are a lot of games on steam that you can play on a computer without steam so long as you have the main files and the exe. Though I do get the why its not as desirable. For me I just find it easier to have all my games in one place.Yup, and I found the topic, and on it Jacob said:
Jacob wrote...
How do royalties work?We pay royalties to Illusion on every sale of the game, meaning your purchase of the game has a direct positive impact on the Japanese developer. The majority of each sale goes to Illusion, FAKKU only takes as much as we need for the development costs associated with the official English release. We do not intend to make any profit from these games, and that's okay with us. Illusion intends to use their portion of the royalties to fund their ongoing projects and help them create new work.
Anyway, even if some of the games on Steam didn't require Steam to run them I'd rather not deal with the hassle of getting them to run without the client. Not to mention the game pages on Steam don't seem to mention whether the game can run without Steam or not. I'd rather just buy a game knowing it's DRM-free out of the box. That said, I don't mind games getting Steam releases, I just don't want them to only be released on Steam.
