

"I think it's important in marketing games to make sure that the essence of the game is what's being marketed, and I think the porn star angle didn't really fit in with what Saints Row is at heart, which is a parody. "In Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3 there was an emphasis on the penthouse girls, and earlier Tera Patrick," Nelson continued. Former pornographic actress Sasha Grey was hired for the next title in the series to play Viola DeWynter in Saints Row: The Third. I can see the humour in that angle of promotion but for me that's the line where it gets into reality," said Nelson.Ī number of porn actress were hired for the promotion of Saints Row 2, including Patrick who later voiced a character in the game's Ultor Exposed expansion. "Saying that someone who had no industry experience was in a role that is sexualised as a producer of our project, or saying the penthouse girls are our QA staff. The use of porn actresses in the marketing of Saints Row was not "appreciated" by developer Volition, associate producer Kate Nelson told Edge, pointing to a particular occasion when marketing executives at publisher THQ suggested porn star Tera Patrick had been a "special producer" for the project.
