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Upcoming sex games: what's the point?

Updated Mon, Jan 2, 2006, 3:30 PM·1 min read

Ever-interesting weblog Terra Nova has a list of upcoming MMOs that fit into the "erotic" or "virtual sex" category, all scheduled for release this year. Including such titillating titles as Naughty America: The Game, and Spend the Night, the list leaves us in no doubt that 2006 will be a crucial year for the increasingly high-profile issue of sex in games.

The most insightful piece of commentary on this marketplace yet is the most crucial question for these embryonic MMOs: as Terra Nova's Ren Reynolds asks, "What's the point?"

All of these titles need to find some way to innovate on the current ways people integrate sex and romance into their online lives, and while they look to be trying for different niches--from online dating to gaming which keeps itself separate from real life--it'll be interesting to see how many survive, and what sort of clientele they attract along the way.

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