The creator of NieR: Automata criticized Western payment systems that force censorship of adult content

The creator of Drakengard and NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro, criticized Western payment systems, which put serious pressure on Japanese sites with adult content.

Yoko Taro believes that Western payment systems often go beyond what is permitted with their censorship, violating freedom of speech and the principles of democracy in other countries:

One of the clear examples of censorship at one time was Devil May Cry 5 and a number of other Japanese games that Sony decided to censor in Western countries, hiding adult content behind awkward purple rays:

Despite the fact that Sony is a Japanese corporation, in 2016 the company moved the Playstation headquarters from Japan to the USA, the Californian city of San Mateo. Accordingly, all decisions regarding the release and censorship of games are made in the USA.