Randy Blue releases a scene featuring european twinks. Next Door Twink features content "powered by Helix Studios".

More gay porn studios are following in the footsteps of Jake Cruise

You know the drill.

Some watches or stars in gay porn (or both) and becomes disenfranchised by the experience. Thinking they can do better, the go off to start their own gay porn site. Things go really well, and popularity begins to grow at first, but after, things begin to go south. Content becomes fewer and farther between, money dries up, and the site sours and eventually stops.

Many studios have encountered this fate - Southern Strokes, Austin Zane, Fantastic Foreskin, and Anteros Media (though it is revamping) ring some bells.

The most popular one, however, is Jake Cruise and his site Cocksure Men. Once a behemoth in the gay porn world, Jake Cruise's site produced great scenes and signed the day's gay porn stars to exclusive contracts that would make some envy. But oh how the once-mighty have fallen, as nearly all of Jake's content these days comes from Europe. The latest update on Cocksure Men stars Mike Lantic barebacking Boris Kovicoba, but interestingly enough, the latest update to Jake Cruise features original content of him massaging Mike Fox. This would be his first scene in 3 months and his second scene since 2013.

That being said, while some companies are producing porn again (like Cazzo Club and Staghomme Studios) more companies seem to be following in his footsteps, leasing content from other places.

So if you're wondering why their content seems a little off, here's why. 

Randy Blue (Universe) Releases Content Featuring European Twinks

Seth Novak and Martin Muse Take a Fuck Break At Work

Twinks Seth Novak and Martin Muse are working on a school project - a likely (and overused) gay porn scenario. These boys decided that play is much better, and instead of working on their assignment, decide to work over each other.

This one seems a little off-brand, at least to me, because Randy Blue has always featured boys more on the muscular side. Some are definitely European, and some just have very European features, but they've never featured purely European boys.

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[WATCH: Seth Novak Gets Barebacked By Martin Muse At Randy Blue Universe]

Next Door Twink Releases Content Powered by Helix Studios

Troy Ryan and Logan Cross Fuck in the back seat of a car

Meanwhile, Next Door Helix takes a different approach, but a very familiar one, nonetheless.

The two boys "have been locked in a room with each other" for like 2 days, and haven't been allowed to touch each other until the shoot, so they're a little horny and can't keep their hands off each other. Their tension builds so much that they can't even wait until they get to set to shoot, and end up having sex in the back seat of the car. First a little cock play, then some reverse cowgurl, then some missionary.

This one seems off-brand, at least to me, because Next Door Studios is known, and is becoming MORE known these days, for its scenario based porn scenes, not unlike the Randy Blue scene, but a little more elaborate. Even in their quest to become a bigger gay porn house, their movies are beginning to feature storylines, and tie-ins between their scenes, like the porn movies of yore. So two boys fucking in a car, though extremely hot, doesn't seem like the content they'd produce.

Not only that, but Helix Studios isn't a brand based in Europe. They're based in California. So the content isn't necessarily cheaper, and that argument in this instance is moot.

And Next Door Studios isn't hurting for content, as some of the biggest names in American gay porn fall under their umbrella. That being said, Next Door seems to be focused on the Next Door Raw brand at the moment, so something most likely had to suffer, and that something was Next Door Twinks. And Next Door partnering with arguably the hottest producer of Twink porn right now was a good way for them to keep their content high-quality while they regain focus.

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[WATCH: Next Door Studios Presents "Test Drive My Cock" - Powered By Helix Studios] 

Though it's happening, there haven't been any big announcements on why. So the question still stands - why are two of the most popular names in gay porn now leasing content from elsewhere? Is it a way to diversify their brand, or are they seriously hurting?

Do you like this change of pace in content, or is it weird for you?