To say that an AVN must have sex to succeed is in itself a flawed premise. There are thousands of viewers that prove you wrong.
I didn't say that, however anyone who believe's that sex isn't part of the overwhelmingly vast percentage of AVNs is lying to themselves. Succeeding in a niche market, asexual AVNs, is exceedingly difficult because everything else including by the way your assertions about sensuality and the artistic nature of the human form, has to carry the load.
You are either missing my point, or deliberately deflecting it. The authors of this story refer to the women as "love interests". My assertion that they are not playing fair with the players/readers is based in part on that description. They are in fact dangling these love interests before us. It's not about the abstract beauty of the female form as an artistic presentation, it's about temptation. No ducking here. No deflection.
To make my position as clear as I can. The only things I know about VtM is what I've gleaned from the debate here. I'm evaluating this VN solely on what its developers present before me, and I truly enjoy the basic storyline. Were they to abandon the bait and switch of the so called love interests tomorrow, I'd stay to find out how this all turns out for the various parties. I don't need sex in this story to enjoy it.
I'm just sick and tired of the tease. The writers should either deliver on what they've been teasing for two and a half seasons, or drop it. BTW, the MC and Sharron sleeping nude together when he clearly desires her has nothing to do with art or the beauty of the female form. It's a draw. No more no less.
They can assert what their story is all they want, but at this point we, the consumers of their story, can assess what's really going on independently of their claims.
As I said months ago. Fool me once...