sanahtlig Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I'm curious what are the recommended shops, as a foreign customer, to buy digital downloads for Japanese-language eroge. My favored shop is currently DLsite English, but they don't carry all titles (even on the Japanese side). I have a couple titles I'm interested in that appear to be carried by a wide range of digital retailers. Potential considerations: 1) Ease of use for foreign customers (e.g., whether they accept foreign credit cards) 2) DRM presence and restrictiveness 3) Price 4) How much of a cut they're taking from Japanese developers 5) Availability of an English guide for using the shop (though I know enough Japanese to grope my way through the process if need be) Quote
Heizei_koukousei Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Not sure exactly how good they are but i think amiami accepts foreign credit cards and has fair prices Quote
sanahtlig Posted June 13, 2015 Author Posted June 13, 2015 Not sure exactly how good they are but i think amiami accepts foreign credit cards and has fair prices I don't see any digital download option on Amiami, for the titles I'm interested in or any others. Quote
Bolverk Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Recently newer vn's on vndb tend to have a download edition. Example Sanoba Witch the devs site linked me here http://www.dmm.co.jp/dc/pcgame/-/detail/=/cid=russ_0148/?i3_ref=search&i3_ord=1 btw I haven't tried buying these download editions so I have no experience with them... Quote
Nosebleed Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I can only think of Getchu (the DL site not the regular one) and Gyutto but I don't have any experience with either. Quote
storyteller Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I've recently used DMM, but I don't think it's a good option for those living outside of Japan. I don't remember them having any options that are suitable for foreign buyers. Quote
sanahtlig Posted June 14, 2015 Author Posted June 14, 2015 I ended up buying the game I wanted from Japanese DLsite. The site is split into doujin and professional sections, so that's probably why my first search missed it. Registration is in Japanese, but otherwise I didn't have any issues. I checked out DMM.com also, but their English mirror hilariously didn't even have a search bar. Therefore I went with DLsite simply because I'd used their English section before. I'd also heard bad rumors about DMM's DRM on one or more titles. Quote
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