Fuck Tom Hymes . . . Read Mike South !

[Jace]

Originally Posted by tony404

if someone is in a video store, then chances are they are not a big internet porn person two different type of customer.Video store porn is dying and its not going to get better,why leave the home when you can get it online and most of the stuff that comes to the porn stores is the same old tired crap.To see whats out there I will rent a few of the avn top ten and most of it is crap,the girl clearly is there to pay the rent and it shows. Also gas prices effect sales, to the guy making 500 a week, paying 60 bucks to fill up hurts. If the choice is watching porn or going to work, work wins.

yeah, personally, I don't know anyone that goes to video stores anymore other than to get lube or toys.....

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Jace

yeah, personally, I don't know anyone that goes to video stores anymore other than to get lube or toys.....

I know Cornetta's Customer of the Decade!

[Jace]

hell, does anyone under 35 rent or buy dvd's anymore?

any time we ever did the feature shows or dvd store signings we never saw anyone under 35, it was all older guys that grew up on vhs and moved to dvd, very rarely did we see the younger crowd showing up

[ScottMcGowan]

Ya know, Mike is a friend of mine and most of what he says here I can agree with. However, Mike's little survey here is pretty worthless.

I mean, c'mon guys. Let's paint this picture.

You're a (reasonably) normal guy browsing a porn store in Atlanta and some middle aged guy with a slight limp wearing a baseball cap with the word "ASSHOLE" emblazoned across the front of it comes up to you, tells you he makes porn for a living and wants to ask you some question about your porn viewing habits. Are you going to feel completely at ease and be likely to tell the complete truth? Probably not.

Second, anecdotal statistics like this are meaningless and Mike knows it. He doesn't take into account tons of variables (age, race, geographic location, income, marital status, etc.) that can skew his findings all over the graph.

My point is that Mike certainly has the market pegged on Bukkake, Atlanta, GA, and especially Bukkake in Atlanta, GA. I'm not so sure he has his finger on the pulse of the general porn consumer (or the wide variances therein) throughout the nation, however.

[softball]

I read between the lines. It wasn't so much the dvd issue that interested me, it was the content. I think that was pretty accurate.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I read between the lines. It wasn't so much the dvd issue that interested me, it was the content. I think that was pretty accurate.

Thats what I was able to draw from. Plus the fact that Mike is in the business and Tom just watches.