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Are P*** Games a Viable Market?

Jason says, "Yeap, you read that right: I delved into a market mostly hidden from the public eye! That’s, of course, thanks to the Steam Deck causing me to check the store so often… But seriously, are these actual games?!"

NOTE: No pornographic or sexually explicit material is shown despite YouTube's age restriction on the video.

ZycoFox835d ago

Senran Kagura games are basically softcore so i mean yea.. And that's before you even get into the more adult stuff.

CrimsonWing69834d ago (Edited 834d ago )

I’m sure there’s a market, but I’d say it’s super niche and probably not “viable” in the sense of what traditional games sell to be viable.

CantThinkOfAUsername834d ago

It's super niche because gamers want a solid game with 'porn' in it (like Cyberpunk 2077, but with more... stuff), not a 3-match game that's all softcore/nudity.

porkChop834d ago

Pretty much. I'm completely fine if there's gonna be graphic sex and stuff in a game, but the game itself and narrative still need to be compelling. If the game isn't fun why wouldn't I just watch porn instead?

Gamingsince1981834d ago

What I dont get is , the world is happy selling violence to kids but a hint of a nipple and everyone is like " omg ! 😱 will someone think of the children !!"

InUrFoxHole834d ago

Wrong time to think of the children my man. Just sayin

CrimsonWing69834d ago (Edited 834d ago )

I don’t think any of the games are aimed at kids. You have to understand that the medium has grown and evolved to tell complex stories and push beyond movies. These games all have ratings like movies, the thing is “video games” has the stigma of being a toy. I think now that you have parents who grew up with games they understand that it’s an entertainment medium that appeals to all ages.

I agree with societal hypocrisy where gratuitous and graphic violence is ok, but god forbid anyone designs an attractive character and puts her in a thong or a game has nudity. That’s apparently where we cross the line…

shinoff2183834d ago (Edited 834d ago )

Gamingsince1981

I've always wondered this. Especially in america(i live here). Guns guns guns kill shoot kill shoot. It gets old personally.

DashMad833d ago (Edited 833d ago )

DarkCookie got $60k monthly patreon so it is indeed viable. But it's a part of the reason his game will be on early access hell for a long time lmao.

aaronaton834d ago

I think the woke mob would class Dead of Alive games as porn, so i wouldn't get too caught up in the definition.

refocusedman834d ago

woke mob????? lol do you even know what the term woke refers to?

CobraKai834d ago

It used to be about racism and prejudice solely. Now it can encompass damn near anything anyone has beef with. So if there’s a toxic woman with a green flat top saying DOA is porn and it and its creators should be canceled for its sexualized and objectified depiction of women (nevermind that they’re all powerful asskickers), she’s “woke”.

Eonjay833d ago (Edited 833d ago )

Actually the term was created by black people to describe an enlightened awareness of the world around them and it's systemic unfairness. The term was stolen by racist people and its second coinage is a patronizing double entender making fun of those woke black people but later became to mean liberal... this is how mainstream conservative outlets used it.

So when you see people complain about Forspoken being woke, those people are actually using the correct original racist vernacular. A loud black person who thinks they are enlightened (racist meaning) or a black person who has broken away from typical group thought (original true meaning).

BrainSyphoned834d ago

Porn, even in its free form, generates as much money yearly as video games. Interactive video game porn sites are the only ones you can't easily get for free and they advertise non stop so I'd say they are doing fine. As far as Steam goes Hunie Pop is the only one I've purchased and it's a a great game.

cooperdnizzle834d ago

You are pretty far off thinking that the porn industry makes as much as the gaming industry. Gaming makes about 200 billion annually while porn only does about 85 to 90 billion. Still a lot of money but gaming has far surpassed it. Just saying.

EternalTitan834d ago

Witcher 3, Dragon Age and LAst of US 2 has these sex scenes so porn is definitely viable in games.
Last of us 2 won so many awards right?
You will not claim that an award winning porn game is 'wrong' will you?
So you will accept that PORN GAMES ARE VIABLE AND GOOD.

cooperdnizzle834d ago

You win the worst comment so far this year..

Just because a game has a sex scene does not mean it’s porn.. That would be just like saying Titanic is porn because it has nudity and shows them getting it on…. Hahaha.. preposterous.

Now if the last of us showed penetration, and the game focused on sex mostly with the world as a back drop than you could call it that…

I have to ask have you ever seen porn?? I’m guessing not..

That has to be one of the weirdest comments I’ve read in quite some time. Lol

EternalTitan833d ago

If a game has sex it is a porn game.
Are you telling me Subverse is not a porn game because it features gameplay?

Bathyj833d ago

And he followed it up with an even dumber comment

cooperdnizzle833d ago

@Bathyj. Yeah I am gonna listen to the dude who use’s and to start a sentence..

And truly if we live in a world where people think nudity or a sex scene is porn than clearly there are some of us that don’t have two brain cells to rub together…

CobraKai834d ago

Cooper is right.

A sex scene in a movie or game doesn’t make it porn. Even having a sex mini game like in God of War doesn’t make it porn.

Now if the Last of Us sole gameplay revolved around Ellie finding hook ups in a post apocalyptic world. And the core gameplay involved the actual act of sex in graphic detail and high end ray tracing,
Then yes that would be porn.

ZycoFox834d ago

Wrong, sexualized nudity = pornographic content. That's the definition of Ecchi, softcore.

So rubbing your breasts together in a sexual manner is not porn and is fine for kids to watch in your reasoning.. which is obviously absolute rubbish.

CobraKai834d ago

@Number
No. Just because it has sexualized nudity doesn’t mean it’s pornographic. The difference being that the sole purpose of porn is to incite sexual arousal. While a sex scene in a movie or TV show may do that, it’s not the intended purpose.

EternalTitan833d ago

Sex in god of war makes it porn. Because it gives red orbs. Which is used as currency for upgrade and unlock more sex scenes.

CobraKai833d ago

@Eternal
No. The Red Orbs upgrade your character. There’s only one hidden mini game in each game. Plus no sex is actually shown.

@Number
So by your definition. Any R rated movie, that happens to have sex in it, is porn? Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO+ are also porn sites?
Have you seen porn? You should check it out. You’ll see a difference between Kinky Stepsister and Basic Instinct.

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Get Up to 85% Off on Various Star Wars Titles for Your Steam Deck in Celebration of Star Wars Day

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Oblivion Remastered Soars to the Top of the Previous Week’s Most Played Games on Steam Deck

The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered rose to the very top of the Steam Deck Most Played Games list. Have you tried it yet?

anast7d ago

"We have to admit, there is something extremely nostalgic about playing Oblivion at 30 FPS, with mild stuttering outdoors. And, even though it doesn’t run perfectly, it’s still so much fun. This could be one of the games that helps grown-ups find their way back to gaming."

I would assume most grown-ups don't get excited about products that don't work properly. I would also assume that most grown-ups coming back to gaming don't want to spend the limited time they have modding a broken game to get it to run properly on the Steam Deck.

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dona545mi6d ago

it’s still so much fun. This could be one of the games that helps grown-ups find their way back to gaming.

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Steam Deck Community Is Appalled That The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered Is Verified

The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered just dropped, and it's Steam Deck Verified! Well, the users aren't satisfied with its performance.

Inverno11d ago

People need to understand that the reason it's verified is cause it runs on proton. If anyone actually bought this thinking that an U5 game was going to run smoothly on hardware too weak for it then idk what to tell ya… well I do know what to tell ya but it isn't something nice.

Eonjay11d ago

It wouldn't put it on a consumer to know that Verified means 'it boots up'. Perhaps they should be more upffront on the product page to better mangage expectations.

Inverno11d ago

Maybe, but I've played games on my Deck that say it's verified but run like shite. If I can come to the conclusion that hardware limitations is something that will effect a games performance then so can everyone else. People don't need to be spoon fed, they need to use some common sense.

JEECE11d ago

That's why the real argument here is a broader one that the criteria for "verified" should be changed to better factor in performance. The steam deck site uses this general explanation for verified games: "The game works great on Steam Deck, right out of the box." Given this description, the criteria to meet "Verified" status should factor in performance. So no, it isn't that people should expect U5 games to run well on Steam Deck. It's that U5 games shouldn't meet the criteria for "Verified."

Tacoboto11d ago

It's not like Valve produces a more powerful unit themselves that can run this game in an acceptable way (if reports are as bad as the headline suggests).

Deck Verified should mean and imply that it will not just open but run in that acceptable way on the one hardware they make where that label is of any relevance. And for future hardware that is more powerful, or new OEMs, that label will mean that the game not only runs, but will run better than the baseline.

FPS_D3TH11d ago

How is it the consumers fault for not looking deeper into this sort of technicality. This is still misleading the consumer.

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Profchaos11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

There seems to be a misconception about what the deck is capably of.

Not sure what people expect its a portable PC did people expect it to run every new PC game for the next decade. It's not a bespoke console where Devs will target that SKU and optimise for it specifically the thing about pc gaming is that eventually you'll be forced to upgrade or be left behind.

The steam deck hardware was fantastic for running last gen games but modern games are now starting to push into a new level of requirements (finally!!!).

I think the verification system for the deck does need an overhaul though as it's not the first game to be approved which clearly shouldn't

CrashMania11d ago

Yeah exactly, it's a PS4ish level device, dunno what people expect tbh.

anast11d ago

It's not running PS4 games, not even close.

BlueDaBaDee11d ago

@anast Pretty sure this was a PS4 game, and it's running it. Better than the PS4 even. https://youtu.be/hb9JeNYfXI...

PanicMechanic11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

@Anast

"It's not running PS4 games, not even close"

Stop being a dumbass. I've played and finished spiderman remastered, miles morales and Days Gone at a near perfect 40fps on the steam deck.

Cyberpunk 2077 also runs great on the steam deck. In fact, it's a better experience on SD than on ps4

Shiore2u11d ago

Anast has been on a roll lately with the dumb comments. More so than usual. Some event must have transpired recently to cause him to overcompensate so much.

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anast11d ago

I already said this on an article trying to sell it for the Steam Deck.

PanicMechanic11d ago

If you’re a steam deck owner, you would know the ProtonDB rating (platinum, gold, silver, bronze) is the accurate measure of performance on the SD. If something is verified, you would know that doesn’t mean stable 30fps or 60fps is guaranteed.

A savvy SD owner will download and make use of the decky plugin in steamOS. But you have to own a steam deck in the first place to understand this

SegaSaturn66911d ago

Baldur's Gate 3, FF7Remake come to mind as well. I love the device but it struggles games from the modern age.

dazzysima11d ago

Verified should mean that it runs on Proton and doesn’t dip below 30fps at any point.

But that would mean a huge drop in sales so no dice…

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