Earl's Musings: The future of porn

Okay so, this post is going to be a bit different from my usual musings. In a normal musing, I talk about something I've observed, something I'm pretty confident in, and then I suggest some speculative stuff about how this observation should pan out. But today? Today we're going full on speculation. So, here's my crazy thought. Porn games are either the future, or a major component of the future of porn as a whole.

So let's start with the non-speculative stuff. There's a LOT of porn out there. And a lot of it is available for free. As a result, the attention span of people who watch porn is shrinking, and people don't really want to sit down and watch a single video all the way through. That's a thing I heard from someone who studies porn addiction, so I imagine it's valid for some people at least, if not everyone. I speculate this is largely because with so much porn out there, it implies there is the perfect porn film out there for your exact desire. Usually however, there isn't. Because a lot of porn, not all, but a lot, is very samey, and follows the same core formula. That's probably a big reason for dropping attention spans, you watch ten videos, you can guess how the next hundred will end.

I don't think I need to sing the praises of porn games that much, but I will for a moment. Porn games, assuming they're well made, don't suffer from this problem nearly as much. The main reason for that is they have something other than the sex to keep you invested, you get stuck in the gameplay loops, and the porn that comes at the end is just a nice bonus. A sufficiently well-designed game can even make sure to deliver a satisfying end to a play session, though that's treading into the speculation again.

So, with all this in mind, I'm starting to feel like video porn is going to fade in relevance, while porn games grow. It's not going away, obviously, there's too much already made, but I would not be at all surprised if we start to see porn games picking up in broader popularity in the coming years, and potentially becoming as viable as any other porn medium for more significant investment. Assuming we don't poison the well before we get there, which I also think is a possibility, and probably something I'll talk about next week.

Anyway, those are just some thoughts I've been having that I wanted to vent. Let me know if I'm completely retarded, or maybe on to something. It's probably the former.

Pudding Earl