How do AI game developers make so much money?

hasrty123

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Games that use AI CG, especially those with NTR content,
Most of them are messaging games, I never understood whether it is because of the NTR content or the characters.
 

Noah Neim

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I would not describe the money they earn as 'so much' as low the standards of some gooners are, I doubt they're rolling in dough.
The only game that comes to mind is Mila AI, which i thought was a rarity so I personally bookmarked it to try it out and see what's up, unless I've been missing other examples.
 

hasrty123

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I would not describe the money they earn as 'so much' as low the standards of some gooners are, I doubt they're rolling in dough.
The only game that comes to mind is Mila AI, which i thought was a rarity so I personally bookmarked it to try it out and see what's up, unless I've been missing other examples.
Add "netorare" and "ai cg" to the tag section and sort by like and check patreon earnings. There is a minimum income level of $5K - $20K and most of them haven't even completed 1 year, it seems really strange to me. Looks like a new trend is coming
 
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Some fetishes are more popular than others, the developers might have built a substantial fan following before monetizing, or they could have created a compelling experience strong enough to overcome the usual bias against ai-made assets.
 
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Add "netorare" and "ai cg" to the tag section and sort by like and check patreon earnings. There is a minimum income level of $5K - $20K and most of them haven't even completed 1 year, it seems really strange to me. Looks like a new trend is coming
I make about $2K if you are interested)
 

Noah Neim

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Add "netorare" and "ai cg" to the tag section and sort by like and check patreon earnings. There is a minimum income level of $5K - $20K and most of them haven't even completed 1 year, it seems really strange to me. Looks like a new trend is coming
I stand corrected, that's a shocking amount lol. Netorare has been a 'trend' on the zone for so long that I don't know a time period when it wasn't, and while im far from the oldest member, I've been active for atleast 2 years. Ai just made the 'slop' of porn games more accessible to developers with no artistic background.
 

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There is a minimum income level of $5K - $20K
that's a lie, why you making things up? it's true that there's been a flood of ai cg ntr games and some of them make a lot of money fast but no need to lie

and by $20k, i take it you mean taffy tales. that game and other games in the top "ai cg + netorare" like list are not like the usual ai cg ntr games (many of them phone messaging games) you're talking about in the op. again, stick to the truth
 

MissFortune

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that's a lie, why you making things up? it's true that there's been a flood of ai cg ntr games and some of them make a lot of money fast but no need to lie

and by $20k, i take it you mean taffy tales. that game and other games in the top "ai cg + netorare" like list are not like the usual ai cg ntr games (many of them phone messaging games) you're talking about in the op. again, stick to the truth
He might be looking at Graphtreon, who tends to make things up (to some extent) when funds aren't publicly available.
 
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peterppp

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He might be looking at Graphtreon, who tends to make things up (to some extent) when funds aren't publicly available.
nah, he at best looked at a few games and made shit up. in the search results he defined, there are games that dont make anything close to $5k a month.
https://f95zone.to/sam/latest_alpha/#/cat=games/page=1/tags=258,2265/sort=likes
like hitomi's pleasure in place 7, one of those ntr mobile games, making less than $1k even according to graphtreon's max estimate

thing is, they still make decent money, so the lie is just dumb. if you have a point, dont bury it in lies
 

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Add "netorare" and "ai cg" to the tag section and sort by like and check patreon earnings. There is a minimum income level of $5K - $20K and most of them haven't even completed 1 year, it seems really strange to me. Looks like a new trend is coming
My money is: Elaborate money laundering scheme

Seriously though I have no idea how such slop makes money, especially since it's 1) basically all the same content, every single game, and 2) For how niche "my GF cucks me via text" is a fetish, the amount of games make no sense for it to not already be an oversaturated market.

Even the ones who basically use the shotgun method on fetish tags, at least they actually have a reason to have such an income due to the wide net.

I can't even figure out why gooners would invest in slop-merchants considering it's not like they're sponsoring a bespoke thing, for one to update their game, 10 more would have released, even findom seemingly makes more financial sense for them