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I will answer these posts as a writer. Since your points are very interesting.
Another thing about BDSM in AVNs is that a lot of time the writers who write about it have no clue about how it works in reality (me included). Half the time the writers don't even know how a "normal" relationship works! And I won't even talk about how poly/harem/bisexuality/etc. work. But everyone loves writing about things they don't know about (me included).
Fortunately, in my case, I've been able to talk before starting development, or through it, with people who know a lot more than me about topics I don't have any knowledge (poly, bisexuality, transgender, PTSD, surviving cancer (mastectomy in the case of the person I talked to), etc.) and what I haven't the chance to talk about, I have researched it. And even then, I messed up with something (yesterday someone told me the MC didn't tell Scarlett "I love you" in SL, but "Me love you", for example, although that could be chalked to the fact that the MC is still learning, and gives me the chance to make another scene about sign language.).
What Dragon says about apparent vs real power, is hard to show in an AVN if the writer isn't into BDSM. From the outside, the apparent power is much more appealing, especially in a world (the AVN world) where most games delve into power fantasies.
About what S1nsational says about negotiating what can/can't be done, I think it can be done in a BDSM-focused game, but not in a game where BDSM is a small part, since the development time invested in doing it that way would impact negatively in the real focus of the game. Imagine if I offered 4 choices about content for the femdom path, 4 more choices for the maledom one, and obviously at least one "mandatory" sub-scene for maledom and another for femdom. Add to that the romance path, and I would be juggling with 11-15 sub-scenes every time Maddie shows up. I would end up sending her to Florida to sell pareos on the beach taking advantage of Meemaw's empty house.
