MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: The end of an era for Playboy

> I think guys are too used to getting porn for free. It's just like with any other
> company that makes stuff you enjoy, if you want it to continue and thrive, you gotta
> support it and pay for it.

No-one bought Playboy for porn. The idea of Playboy was that guys would pick it up because of the nudes, but buy it for the articles. If you wanted a magazine to jack off to, Penthouse and Hustler were there for you. The trouble is, the quality articles in Playboy dried up years ago, taking away the reason guys actually paid money for it. And if it's just high-quality nude photos of women you want to pay for, the likes of MetArt and FEMJOY have been beating Playboy at that game for years.

Playboy hasn't been making money off their print magazine for years, and this is just a desperate move to try to stay relevant. The thing Playboy actually does make plenty of money off is branded merchandise with the bunny logo. Clothing, handbags, purses, pencil cases, you name it. And ironically most of it's being sold to women.