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I think some games have spoiled us. Some give us choices or make us think we have choices, but not really affect gameplay. I can see how some divisive kink scenes could be useful for advancing the story. All of these choices require more artwork to support though.

I played Coming Out on Top before it was on Steam and they even had options for facial hair and body hair for all the love interests. It's just an overlay, but really makes a difference if you are into or not into that. 
Dream Daddy decides not to have any NSFW visuals. 
In Uncle/Neighbor, most of the sex scenes prompt if you want to be the top or bottom with this man and you can replay that chapter to unlock the other version of that scene. There are some scenes where you don't get a choice including a double penetration where you don't get to decide who is the bottom. This game also has a visual fetish element that's addressed in the story, but you're still going to get it in every sex scene, because that's part of what the artist wants to draw.
Freezer Pops released with only 2 love interests and 4 routes, but they tell you that up front.
In Robin Morningwood, the game asks you if you are top/bottom/vers, but only uses that information for your "battle weakness" and you can change it at some point with a special beer. However, you'll still get thoroughly used as a top and a bottom by the rest of the cast including by giant characters.

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Yeah, having options for condom usage, facial hair, body hair, and whether you top or bottom is really freeing for the player, but not every game doesn't have to do that. Coming Out On Top is a game a lot of gay men have played, so of course, many players set their expectations based on that game.  Not everyone has the time or money to add all that, especially adding top and bottom scenes for everyone you can have sex with, as that's double both the CGs and the writing. And some people want to stick with their creative visions and not just have the player customize aspects to the characters they see as important to their character. I have more to say about this in a later devlog, but some people don't want to make one of the characters they see as a top bottom just because their audience would think it's hot, to say nothing about adding options to make a hairy character clean-shaven, or a person who values cleanliness to not wear a condom. If someone is willing to add in all those options, then good for them, but not everyone should do that. If people think those options should be in all erotic gay games, they really need to step down from their pedestal. It's probably better to ignore those people. There are also some creators who want their game to be seen as having a lot of options even when it only has a few. So they try to be coy about it when really they would have an easier time if they were honest about what their game is.