discussion Do you think there will ever be true AAA porn games?

[User_151477]

If...........No, when I win the crusades it shall be done for all true followers of christ

 

[sitrukpc]

Not unless there is a massive change in society that normalizes sex and doesn't view it as taboo. Also there would be must be away to prevent people from under 18 from accessing and playing the game.

 

[Deleted member 121354]

I mean, didnt we get those already with illusion, or the ai girlfriend vr games?

 

[F00F00]

definitely if it hasnt already happened behind closed doors

 

[Alterios]

I think it has existed in the past but in this era probably not because of general content restrictions and fears of getting bad public brand reception

 

[IzzyItto]

unlikely, most people don't play these kinds of games and regulation is a pain in the ass. Too much investment for little return, we can at most expect things like Stellar Blade, doubt anything past that would happen.

 

[suplul]

Never. That takes real money, not the thousands, but tens of thousands, hundreds, millions. Credit card companies cave super fast to even mild moral panic.

 

[Revenant_Isy]

Depends what you consider AAA, but most adult games are going to be indie studios or other private projects. I.E. Playboy making their own game. closest game that was a franchise was the leisure suite larry.

 

[Derelicthouse]

Never. That takes real money, not the thousands, but tens of thousands, hundreds, millions. Credit card companies cave super fast to even mild moral panic.

Yeah, I suppose. Depending on what you qualify as a 'porn game,' it's more or less possible. Some studios like Larian have some pretty strong adult themes in their most recent title. GTA 6 will likely follow and have something similar to the last. But it's difficult to go much further. Outright 'porn' is incredibly difficult to publish; many countries would restrict the sale of the game if it went any further. It's difficult to imagine that these studios would take such a risk and significant financial loss for something that isn't likely to bring in nearly enough revenue to offset the cost.

 

[evilhunt]

No chance. With the way the current world is going, it wont happen anytime soon

 

[YoloYeet]

AAA porn game is not really a good idea, most people wouldn't like a porn game

 

[suplul]

Yeah, I suppose. Depending on what you qualify as a 'porn game,' it's more or less possible. Some studios like Larian have some pretty strong adult themes in their most recent title. GTA 6 will likely follow and have something similar to the last. But it's difficult to go much further. Outright 'porn' is incredibly difficult to publish; many countries would restrict the sale of the game if it went any further. It's difficult to imagine that these studios would take such a risk and significant financial loss for something that isn't likely to bring in nearly enough revenue to offset the cost.

Pretty much anything with any actual visible penetration will most likely get shut down hard by the Rights orgs, who for some reason have sway over the credit card companies. Still have zerp clue as to how they have so much pull, some of these orgs.

 

[Derelicthouse]

Pretty much anything with any actual visible penetration will most likely get shut down hard by the Rights orgs, who for some reason have sway over the credit card companies. Still have zerp clue as to how they have so much pull, some of these orgs.

That's certainly part of it. Although they tend to target games with more 'disturbing' or 'risky' content. Depends on the advocacy group. But yeah, having visible penetration will likely evoke some ire from some of them. It's unfortunate that there aren't legal protections granted to distributors of legal content. But the credit card companies don't want the reputational risk, let alone the small possibility of legal trouble. They stand to lose so little by just ceasing processing, yet the potential news stories and interviews by these rights orgs stand to be so much more detrimental. Hopefully some legislation is introduced to offer protections!

 

[MattShizzle]

In some countries it's more religious groups than rights groups.

 

[SilentHunter]

This will never happen. Porn games are of interest to a fairly limited group of people, and large companies that produce such games will never put their reputation on the line for the sake of an insignificant minority.

 

[scizzer12]

Not for any foreseeable future. The funding for AAA games is too precarious to make a specifically porn game for not much reward. Maybe Taiwan or Japan has one of their studios get big enough to make a AAA-feeling game. There are too many hurdles with both making the game and then people actually being expected to buy it when it's done. Thank you Steam for allowing more private library management, but if people are going to hide the fact they bought the game, I can't expect it is going to sell well.

Now, AAA games sprinkling in sex and nudity more often? (BG3, Witcher, etc) Yeah of course.

 

[SiimonBaz]

AAA is a classification based on game's budget
There aren't even any big-budget movies in the porn industry, let alone games.

 

[suplul]

That's certainly part of it. Although they tend to target games with more 'disturbing' or 'risky' content. Depends on the advocacy group. But yeah, having visible penetration will likely evoke some ire from some of them. It's unfortunate that there aren't legal protections granted to distributors of legal content. But the credit card companies don't want the reputational risk, let alone the small possibility of legal trouble. They stand to lose so little by just ceasing processing, yet the potential news stories and interviews by these rights orgs stand to be so much more detrimental. Hopefully some legislation is introduced to offer protections!

Makes sense, there are more pearl-clutching normies than there are people who like such content, or are willing to publicly admit to it.

 

[solaris22222]

AAA is a classification based on game's budget
There aren't even any big-budget movies in the porn industry, let alone games.

I think we probably would get a porn film from a studio like Paramount or Universal before we'd get a porn game from a series like Mass Effect or Halo.

 

[justin_case]

I actually think that porn games will get more censorship as time goes by. I don't want it to be true... but since when have our leaders and law enforcement come to us with GOOD news on that front?

I also think this is the general direction. Getting more and more heat by governments.