All markets stagnate at times... all markets get oversaturated, eventally, as with any product/marketplace where people realize there's the capability of making money. It doesn't mean the market is no longer useful, it simply means you have to be more effective in placing your product/brand more in the view of the consumer than the competition does, and to make it more appealing. Like with any other product, we are still, have always been, and will still be selling essentially the same product. Just wrapped in different packages. And like with ALL markets there are always new, better, more innovative ways to market a brand/product, and there are people who have to come up with them. There are a ton of incredibly innovative people in this business, and they are the ones you don't see making noise, but making money...
If you choose to surrender, of course it will beat you. You can't win the fight if you throw up your hands like it's a lost cause before you even get your edge. Personally, I believe adult has been stagnant for a while, but the light on the horizon are new technologies that have the potential to take the market to an entirely new level. I truly believe we are going to see a very rapid growth process that's going to balloon into a new internet porn "gold rush" again for those who are smart enough, innovative enough, and motivated enough to put themselves in the right place at the right time. The market is far from dead... evolving on a stellar level. To those who choose not to look below the surface, or look at new possibilities, or think they've already achieved everything that's possible, they will be left in the dust wondering what happened.
Not that I'm overly worried about those people, mind you. They're already rich, they don't have to be hungry for the success anymore, they can simply enjoy the fruits of their own labors and take the spare time to piss on some boards
