Forum: Bryce


Subject: Small Bryce 5.5 news

AgentSmith opened this issue on Sep 18, 2004 ยท 110 posts


BabaLouie posted Sun, 19 September 2004 at 11:15 AM

/* AS / I sincerely hope that DAZ has started their venture with BRYCE with the intentions of FULLY supporting BRYCE and not just using BRYCE as a tool to push DAZ addons. I have no problem with DAZ sell addons, I have bought a hell of a lot of them, and up until about two months ago I have been a member of PC, but since they continue to whore out the PC club membership on special occasions, I saw no need to pay each month and maybe not buy something. Now all I need to do is wait for them to run a 'special'. I agree that DAZ listens VERY intently when their customers speak, I know, I have had several informative and problem resolving conversations with them. The result always being to my benifit. I have no complaints there. What I do not understand, is why DAZ would take a stance that they will not support or offer any incentive to pre DAZ owners of BRYCE. They are telling me and others that since we did not buy the DAZ copyright of BRYCE that they will not be doing anything for us. To make it even worse, they are basically forcing you to buy a 'bundled package', which for many of us, contains addons that we already have, just so we can get a discount on a product which does not even have a announced price. Not a smart business move on the part of DAZ. So it really does not matter what DAZ does with BRYCE or how well they support it, because at present, it is only worth a damn if you buy their 5.5 version at full price. Not trying to have a fight here AS, buy DAZ put the writing on the wall, and I have read it to be that they will abandon those who have are using the COREL BRYCE. / ERLIK */ I do not know how well E-ON did with their offer, my point is this. They are not fools, they watch the industry just as close as any other business does. If they see that DAZ is abandoning a part of their potential customer base, then they are very likely to offer an upgrade path for any disenfranchised users of pre DAZ BRYCE. When someone jumps to another program, they generally do not return to the previous program. Once again, not trying to start a fight or 'troll for trouble', I just do not think DAZ has thought this out very well.