What ever happened to tentacle porn/hentai?

baxt75

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Thought you knowledgeable group of people might have some idea about the trends. I know indie artists still produce tentacle stuff but I'm sure we can all wind back say 5-6 years when the bigger hentai studios had regular releases of tentaporn. Fast forward to this year and I think the only thing scheduled for release the entire year from a major studio that hits that category is the resurrection of the Pandra series later this month
 

KeShane

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"What ever happened to tentacle porn/hentai?"


I more willing to wonder why most tentacles, monsters in general are refered as male implemented in scenes to rape females...
Why not the other way around.
it's not like there are no vulnerable males in the world. male's tend to be more capable in defending in terms of numbers.
 

Meaning Less

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Overdone, turned into a meme, more likely than not resulted in people getting bored of it.

At least that's how I feel about it nowdays.
 
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zilkin

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I think it is not a trend at this time..... I am not sure but I think what is currently hot is milf, netorare and incest....
 

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I feel like one of the largest things about tentacle hentai is that it speaks to some very specific niches. It was already so extreme that it would tend to also include stomach inflation, pregnancy (of a sort), massive loads, rape, etc... all without the need for a male to be onscreen.

At it's height, probably around the early 2000's, there also wasn't really other places to go for these fetishes. It was kind of go hard or go home... if that adage fits.

Over time though with more and more people getting into porn and the advancement of tools that allow people to make porn, those other fetishes got their own niches. If you want to see a pregnant chick... there are places you can go for that now. All the people who were reading tentacle hentai for that now go somewhere else.

While a lot more people indulge, per person porn consumption hasn't gone up significantly, it's just become a lot more focused. People tend not to rise the quality desired bar when presented with more options so much as they narrow their focus on concepts that they enjoy. Twenty years ago you made do with what you could, these days you brows throw a list of 20,000 games with 7 tag filters on and scoot past fantastically made and beautiful games so you can play something that fits your taste. And no shade on those fantastically made games, they get their fair share of players, but those players are looking for that game.

That kind of leaves tentacle hentai in the spot where now the only people interested are the ones there specifically for the tentacles. And there are definitely fans for that, but it's buried in a pile with other very specific fetishes.
 
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zilkin

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That kind of leaves tentacle hentai in the spot where now the only people interested are the ones there specifically for the tentacles. And there are definitely fans for that, but it's buried in a pile with other very specific fetishes.
I agree with what you said, tentacle is a niche and the early days of internet porn and hentai was where tentacle was at its most popular.
It should still have a place in modern videogames and animations, but not as the main attraction in my opinion because I am not really that much into it but it can be fun.
I prefer the ugly bastard to be involved or some humanoid rather than some lovecraftian horror from the fifth dimension, however where I would definitely put tentacles is some sci fi or fantasy genres as a side show. Like a monster that can rape the female companion or female protagonist, as an optional scene. I think it would fit great in any sci fi or fantasy hentai.
Similar to bestiality. I am not going to put it as my main fetish because it is not, but if a game wants to include it somewhere maybe I will check it out, as an optional scene.