Predictable, but regrettable. As I wrote in a thread that has similar themes to this one, the fact is mediocrity sells. It's just the way things are, not just here, but in all kinds of markets and products.
Here, AVNs are dominated by the harem-cest model. It's not a surprise based on demographics. An audience demanding of quantity over quality, male superiority, cheap thrills, no tension and no consequence for choices. As someone old enough to be just about everyone's dad, the cheap thrill has no meaning to me anymore. With the Kate story we had something somewhat unique on this site. It had more depth and took more creative nuance to write. Even then, we couldn't escape Max, though. Look how many games on this site have an MC who has the body of a young teen, the schlong of a donkey, the morals of a sociopath/narcissist and is nevertheless celebrated. Which demographic would celebrate such an individual? Not mine, that's for sure.
In the end, not much lost as I wasn't donating anything to the cause because of the Max involvement. So the dev follows the money and that's capitalism--I'm ok with it. I just wish there were more folks brave enough to create something for the sake of art.