Ho come some games are just gone from DLSite?

[Allithus]

How come some games are just gone from DLSite?

Have they moved to DMM?

Also notice ho some games exist and are searchable but not under the author's page?

Edit: I think is region locking on dslite.

 

[970261]

Dlsite quietly added region based locks based on IP address as you guessed some time around late January/early February most likely due to pressure.

And even barring that, some products are also not searchable or accessible via circle as you've noticed and can only be accessed via direct links.

 

[Ticsol_daok9]

Dlsite quietly added region based locks based on IP address as you guessed some time around late January/early February most likely due to pressure.

And even barring that, some products are also not searchable or accessible via circle as you've noticed and can only be accessed via direct links.

Wow! I have notice it happen with just a few games on DLsite. Some just disappeared out of nowhere but I didn't know some were just locked for users unless they had the direct URL.
I just hope they don't remove the access to those who bought said games, galleries, etc. I will have to check my old account to to see if some of them vanished as well.

 

[970261]

Wow! I have notice it happen with just a few games on DLsite. Some just disappeared out of nowhere but I didn't know some were just locked for users unless they had the direct URL.
I just hope they don't remove the access to those who bought said games, galleries, etc. I will have to check my old account to to see if some of them vanished as well.

People I've reached out to (people here the forums and friends who buy stuff from DLsite) so far still have full access to previously purchased items, even though they're not viewable.

This includes some of the more "niche" stuff as well.

I still recommend keeping a local backup just in case though, if you can afford the disk space.

Losing access to stuff you've spent money on just because a third party/distributor/manufacturer decides you should no longer "own a purchased item" is a horrible feeling, and is so easy to happen nowadays with a literal flip of a button/switch.