Drakengard and NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro recently joined in on the discourse surrounding Western credit card payment processors and the pressure they have been exerting on Japanese adult content platforms in the past year. In a post on his personal X account, Yoko Taro commented:About credit card payment companies refusing to process payments for legal adult content. It implies that by controlling payment processing companies, you can even censor another country’s free speech. The cause cited for this was transactions involving adult content. Yoko Taro argues that the power payment processors are able to exert on platforms is dangerous not only in terms of legal erotic media being censored, but also because it can potentially allow countries to compromise the democracy of others.