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I disagree. Tell me ONE game where the most popular chars received many scenes in the beginning or even in the middle of their development cycle? Those chars always receive a lot of teasing but I never experienced that they receive more scenes up to certain point. Take Badik and Midnight paradise for example. It took both games YEARS to offer a Sex scene with the most popular characters (Bella, Jill and Joyce). Yes there are people who wait for their subscription until a certain scene is happening but the majority stays because from update to update they hope to receive what they're waiting for. I've witnessed sooo many devs/games where they stretched a certain something just for the sake of stretching. They felt like they would lose something if they finally deliver what so many people wait for. At least I know more games where popular chars get more teasing than actual Sex scenes and most of the time it's not for the sake of storytelling. I think you attach way too much importance to the storytelling of an erotic game. The biggest selling point of all those games are Sex scenes, not the story. Many people do not even read/experience the story but only skip to scenes or use a gallery unlocker. Yes you can always find a way to make it sound like "ahhh makes sense they do not have Sex atm" but most of the time there is always a bigger picture behind it like "If we finally deliver spicy content with the most popular character people might lose interest so let's just continue to tease instead." I absolutely could be wrong in the case of Lust Academy and since it's one of the games where the MC has Sex with tons of characters it's not that "bad" anyways. But you said the majority of games would fail and that is where I disagree. Badik, Amnesia, Heart Problems, Midnight Paradise, Milfy City, LISC just to name a few popular ones where it took (or actually still takes) an eternity to deliver scenes with the most popular characters yet they kept/keep being freaking successful.if it was just about popularity, it would be easy to just flood the game with scenes with her... if the character is popular and she gets more scenes, people are more likely to stay and keep playing. making her scenes scarce is counter productive, marketing wise, it's the opposite. the fact that so many people ask you if there are scenes with her shows that they stopped playing because there are no scenes with her...
the polls are just out of curiosity, and to create interest, garner engagement... it's basic community management.
if a dev changes his plans because of a popularity poll, you can bet that the game will be a failure. there are tons of examples of that already.
the character is popular for a reason. if you change that reason, then she will indeed be wasted. not the other way around. it's not just because she is a trope or type.
it's easy to do small fan service stuff to keep the interest alive for a beloved character too. there is no reason to destroy their story, and bend over backwards.
So I tend to disagree on your take.
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