Games Gone Wild - The Rise Of The Adult Title?

Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing the alleged rise of the adult videogame, despite recent statistics that revealed "sales of Mature-rated titles were on the decline." The writer notes that the ESA "may be spinning the market-share shift as an overall decline in M-rated games demand", but goes on to mention: "The same week the ESA was saying interest in M-rated games was waning, the most-searched-for game on GameSpot was [previously covered M-rated title] The Guy Game." Elsewhere, Game Girl Advance has an article talking about new German-developed PC title Singles: Flirt Up Your Life!, in which "2 out of 12 possible archetypal characters (the eponymous 'Singles') wind up living in the same apartment... Your job is to make them get it on."

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Re:I agree

[billcopc]

The reason why Nintendo's adult-rated games don't sell is because most of the time Nintendo consoles are bought by mothers for their kids, because every other console is marketed to the teen/young adult market with violence and skin. Let's say 80% of Cubes are used by young kids, of the remainder, another 60% are used by 'adults' who have yet to get laid, and whose best friends are "The Guy At The Video Store" and "That Blond Dude On Tech TV's X-Play". YOu know, the 25 year old types who still receive an allowance and use it on strategy guides and posters of the Final Fantasy girls (or guys!?)

So the few true 'adults' left with gamecubes, well we might buy that one M-rated game hidden under dozens of stupid Pokemon/YuGiOh sequels just for the hell of it.

So the stats suck. Meanwhile the PC crowd (and recently I learned, the PS2 crowd) are going jap-crazy for their soft porn 'games'. One that was recently demonstrated is called "Moving Gravure" and it's just a bunch of swimsuit pics morphing into one another to simulate full motion; of course with those wacky japanese girls performing various stupidly suggestive acts like eating fruit and stuff.

But then you realize that for the same 50$ you could just waltz down to the local strip club and have about as much play time with a real hunk of flesh.. and then you realize why the H-game industry is doomed from the get go here in north america.