Good points lollers1.
I've seen porn crowdedfunded only once before, but I don't think it went well.
Everyone has titles that have scenes they've jerked off to again and again, but that's still pretty rare. Porn is still very much by the numbers. Studios need to keep churning out content over and over or their userbase will grow bored. Perfect scenes and perfect castings certainly exist, but that's still not enough and users will always want more, more, more.
(Some) JAV studios are slowly, but surely realizing the distribution model they've been working with for so long may need a rehaul. You've companies starting to open more to the west with DMM's R18 being the most visible example. Though not all JAV studios are fond of how they're operating.
Their DRM is a big hindrance. I think DRM *may* have some merit if you're dealing with 100% exclusive content, but when 99% of what you sell is already available to be purchased as easily rippable physical media, then there really isn't a need for DRM. DMM's competitor DUGA actually has titles both with and without DRM.
Our own site is DRM-free and we bring this up with studios when we first license with them. Pretty much what I wrote above plus the general malaise about DRM that many A-O members have voiced is what I tell them and there's never been an issue yet about the DRM-free route. Some can be pretty numb to the internet. One asked me about our 'copy guard' protection (ie DRM), and then I had them open up Google and randomly type in any of their title's catalog numbers. Let's say they were shocked, angry, and their otherwise happy day become anything but. 'Copy guard''s pretty pointless if people are going to rip from the DVD/BR and then upload to the net.
There's no point in locking down digital content if you're also going the physical route.