Are Porn Games a Viable Market?

[Norion]

ZyroXZ2 said:

Norion said:

It is but puritanical forces hold it back massively. If that wasn't a factor a high budget pornographic game could easily be one of the biggest sellers of a given year.

Ehhhh, I partially agree with this.  For the same reason we wouldn't show or encourage violent TV shows/games to kids, a similar limitation exists on porn.  However, in terms of adult content, then I'd have to agree: it seems that once you get into the adult section, the primarily western world of media happily pushes extreme violence, gore, etc. but shuns away from sex.  This naturally extends to the avoidance of porn or pornographic scenes.

I'd actually find the balance to be better if, say, a horror movie had literal pornographic sex scenes along with its also horror.  We always use "sex sells" in horror movies, but then only use the tip (usually boobs).  Flip that into the gaming industry, and we imply sex for romance, but I think if a game is already at that maturity level, showing actual sex should just be the case (and have a toggle for turning that OFF if the viewer wishes to).

I was referring to adult content yeah. The US is pretty strange in how it handles this, being so prudish with sex but going hardcore with violence isn't really how Europe handles it.