Is Internet Porn Killing the Adult Industry?

[Magnus3x]

"two big stories that emerged from the Adult Entertainment Expo in Sin City last month: 1) the adult film industry is large enough to potentially be the deciding factor in the battle for format dominance between Blu-ray and High Definition (HD)-DVD, and 2) the adult film industry may be in its worst sales slump in recent memory. "

That claim has been refuted with concrete stats proving Porn will not be the deciding factor between the two HD formats.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Magnus3x

"two big stories that emerged from the Adult Entertainment Expo in Sin City last month: 1) the adult film industry is large enough to potentially be the deciding factor in the battle for format dominance between Blu-ray and High Definition (HD)-DVD, and 2) the adult film industry may be in its worst sales slump in recent memory. "

That claim has been refuted with concrete stats proving Porn will not be the deciding factor between the two HD formats.

And those would be?

I was in the video business when VHS/Beta WAS decided by porn. That is 100% accurate. I stood behind the counter, handing out the tapes, and selling the VCRs.

I don't know about the reality of how many units are sold, But I do distinctly remember having to purchase extra "Taboo:American Style" tapes when they physically wore out after 470+ turns.
While EVERY Adult Video I made available for rental returned 100% ROI or better, I can't say the same for 90% of non-adult.

[Cyndalie]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

And those would be?

I was in the video business when VHS/Beta WAS decided by porn. That is 100% accurate. I stood behind the counter, handing out the tapes, and selling the VCRs.

Given that was well before Internet porn. and the free accessibility of it in your own homes.

What's up EJ!

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Cyndalie

Given that was well before Internet porn. and the free accessibility of it in your own homes.

What's up EJ!

It was indeed before Internet Porn, but Not before it was freely available in the home per se.
Video Tapes made it pretty well available, and there was MUCH more piracy. In fact, I'd bet the piracy level could offset the the free availability of the internet in this argument.
There was very little stigma to people renting adult tapes from stores like ours.

But that's not really the question on point. I doubt any "statistics" that say porn won't decide, or have a strong influence on, the current format war.
recording of ANY new format is almost always for Porn first.
and since people use their VCRs/DVDs for watching porn much of the time, the availability of porn will first influence the average Joe.
The aficionado will approach it from a technical standpoint, but they fall in the early adopter category.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Cyndalie

What's up EJ!

I'm just banging around!