Current state of The Last Remaining Big Studios

[Jaxkbnm]

2024
YUMMY-Alive
GIO- Retiring soon(words from his mouth)
Mambo-Alive
Gonzo-dead
AGO-Not Frequent
Erika Korti- Vault/MIA
NRX- MIa
LVT-MIA
LTP-FRAUDSTERS
NTF-FRAUDSTERs
VK-FRAUDSTERS

Lp is finished


2025 Update
YUMMY- Word on the street they are moving to Colombia. We have to wait and see. Sources Lola Morango
GIO- Andrew X took over GIo studio back in Sept 2024 till now.
Mambo-Alive
Gonzo- still dead
AGO-Not Frequent anymore
Erika Korti- Moved to Brazil to start EKS Brazil. But has currently left pornbox citing lowered payments from site earnings
NRX- dead
LVT-not frequent
LTP-STILL FRAUDSTERS
NTF- Seems Lancelot/Natasha split but He is running full speed under Lancelit Styles Studio while Natasha is MIA in Europe. Sources are have not confirmed if the married couple is official separated.
VK-Still FRAUDSTERS

[dap-addict]

Well, rather looks like LP moved to Brazil and they import Colombian and Russian girls now.
GIO in turn might be over-reacting with his announcement triggered by loss of money in Serbia dwelling on personal connections he jeopardized himself just 1 year ago. Cant believe it's the last word!

[xxxVIPERxxx]

I think it is an over-reaction as the Serbia project seriously underperformed.

I had always hoped that the Giorgio Grandi studio would continue for many more years to come, and that if he gets really old - he could pass the baton on to someone, and they would keep the Giorgio Grandi label...in a way that preserves and protects his legacy.

[Jaxkbnm]

Well, rather looks like LP moved to Brazil and they import Colombian and Russian girls now.
GIO in turn might be over-reacting with his announcement triggered by loss of money in Serbia dwelling on personal connections he jeopardized himself just 1 year ago. Cant believe it's the last word!

Lp has moved to brazil how so? I think you meant to say Yummyestudio has produced well surviving todays climate not lp. I have not seen Mambo with any russians and colombians yet so can it be the whole of lp. How do you know for certain dap that this isnt the last for Giorgio? How do you know much about the Serbian project? If you know so much why did Giorgio say opposite of what you said for Serbia? "Pls Enlighten us all on the current porn situation since you know everyrthing thats going on."

[dap-addict]

I answered in my thread about the Serbia production move - not to be mixed with a move of a whole studio to Serbia. And no, I dont know everything, but some bits I do.

[dap-addict]

YUMMY-Alive
GIO- Retiring soon(words from his mouth)
Mambo-Alive
(...)

Giorgio confirmed that in another tread today, yes.
Remaining question is who takes over his studio building and infrastructure. I know some options but it's too early to say, too uncertain still.
Who remains from the old LP crew is Luis directing the Yummy scenes in São Paulo, ex-actor Oscar Batty directing his Mambo studio there and ex-GIO-actor Angelo Godshack positioning his Prague porn studio between his own website, EA and Pornbox. Thats 3 historical LP figures left and you could also add some old Sineplex linked staff still working in the back for Pornbox sold scenes.

[justinwarren41]

GIO retiring! wow well the model is set so lets hope someone takes the mantel and keeps going

[davebowman]

I notice Angelo Godshack has recently started releasing scenes with Evil Angel. Not sure if this is going to be a major deal, or just a side hustle, but it certainly raises the question as to whether the AGO Original Studio is potentially going to be jumping ship as well.

[jjwhite1985]

I notice Angelo Godshack has recently started releasing scenes with Evil Angel. Not sure if this is going to be a major deal, or just a side hustle, but it certainly raises the question as to whether the AGO Original Studio is potentially going to be jumping ship as well.

As far as I can tell all the scenes released through EA have been out for some time already on his own website. I guess he's getting a sweet deal from EA to distribute his scenes.

[davebowman]

I didn't even realise he had his own website as well, until you mentioned it (which also seems to use the Pornbox model, just with 'credits' instead of 'tickets'.) Yeah - the scenes look like they are there, but not on Pornbox or Sheer. Slightly confusing with material spread all over the place, but I guess you need to maximise your visibility.

[theorderoftheflesh]

Do you guys have any idea why some scenes are being removed from major studios? Trying to open new thread but it seems it doesn't get approved or something else.

Examples: gonzo.com went from 3106 scenes or something in the 3100s down to 3002, then in a few days down again to 2980... 2968 and so on. Now 2958. That's like hundreds of scenes.

NRX-Studio went from more than 850 to 825.

A few as well have been removed from Giorgio Grandi and some other studios, but none to the extends of Gonzo.

So, what's going on here?

[paobroncix01]

I notice Angelo Godshack has recently started releasing scenes with Evil Angel. Not sure if this is going to be a major deal, or just a side hustle, but it certainly raises the question as to whether the AGO Original Studio is potentially going to be jumping ship as well.

As far as I can tell all the scenes released through EA have been out for some time already on his own website. I guess he's getting a sweet deal from EA to distribute his scenes.

It seems he is just releasing via different channels instead of only pornbox, to reach a larger crowd. If it helps to keep the studio profitable, and survive, then everybody wins.

[Jaxkbnm]

Alot has changed again

[maxymax]

You can also add GGG to the FRAUDSTERS list with their duplicate studios to spread the scenes across different studios so that if you have a membership to one your scene access is limited.

- GGG-JohnThompson
- Mmv_xxx
- GGG_John_Thompson_XXX
- UROMANIACS

Some of the other studios have started to follow this cheap & deceitful practice as well

[justinwarren41]

Yummy has slowed down and putting out BTS, bad sign. Gio Natasha/Lancelot AGO is all we have but at a slower rate too

[kylecook427]

All this studio are go to sh*tty things. The new modern economy in LP is so lame now. They keep consistantly bring the same models over and over then now less people (maybe ?) tends to stop this "fraud" and the buy/sell gap is so large then losses money years after years. They seems to go low on production or even worse takedown some studios...

[maxymax]

Growing garbage trying to fleece gullible members with multiple studios (to spread out the scenes) in case you get membership to the main one thinking you are getting everything -
- HookUpHotShot
- HookUpHotShot-POV
- HookUpHotShot-BTS

[LindaNissan]

Any updates?

[Latinloverf1]

According to information from Kaitlyn Katsaros, studios in Prague are paying only half of what they used to, which is causing American and even established European actresses to film new scenes. I believe the main problem with the drop in scene sales is the increase in piracy (mainly on tube sites). Perhaps it would be necessary for the Pornbox website to allow downloads of scenes (to hinder piracy), making them available only online.
https://x.com/X7MKAIT/status/1986805027579822443

[Latinloverf1]

According to information from Kaitlyn Katsaros, studios in Prague are paying only half of what they used to, which is causing American and even established European actresses to film new scenes. I believe the main problem with the drop in scene sales is the increase in piracy (mainly on tube sites). Perhaps it would be necessary for the Pornbox website to allow downloads of scenes (to hinder piracy), making them available only online.
https://x.com/X7MKAIT/status/1986805027579822443

Correction: Perhaps it would be necessary for the Pornbox website to not offer the option to download the scenes (to make piracy more difficult), making them available only online.

[clevertrevor]

According to information from Kaitlyn Katsaros, studios in Prague are paying only half of what they used to, which is causing American and even established European actresses to film new scenes. I believe the main problem with the drop in scene sales is the increase in piracy (mainly on tube sites). Perhaps it would be necessary for the Pornbox website to allow downloads of scenes (to hinder piracy), making them available only online.

Even this wouldn't hinder piracy, and besides, I'm not sure it's greater than it ever was. You don't have to be the brightest bulb in the hallway to learn how to record what's on your computer screen, and even as soon as any new DRM protocol is rolled out, the crack of it isn't far behind, especially for those who are particularly determined.

While I appreciate and perhaps even commend KK's stance, the fact is that the existing market model is dying, but most consumers are not at all prepared to pay upfront subscriptions to individual performers' presences on the wild proliferation of direct-to-consumer platforms, knowing that they're throwing money at the platforms, rather than to the performer(s) themselves.

It'll settle down a bit, but probably not here, as we know it. While there is demand, there will always be supply.

[aoc]

Seeing a spike in DAP scenes???