XFX3d opened this issue on Feb 07, 2006 ยท 151 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 07 February 2006 at 7:24 PM
I like DAZ stuff: and I will therefore buy DAZ stuff. Regardless of implied -- or direct -- insults to those of us who choose to do this.
I don't check with anyone else first in order to find out what they think that I should be buying. I buy as I please. Not as someone else with an agenda thinks that I ought to.
I've never been one to follow along when a shouting man yells instructions at me. In fact, the chances are pretty good that I'll do the exact opposite of whatever it is that he's ordering me to do -- merely on general principles, if for no other reason.
Yes -- Miki shows promise. And why would this be.....? I don't attribute it to any great mystery, or to any sort of 3D technical issues. I'd simply say that it's because Miki is cute. Hey.....I'm tempted to buy her.
What's it going to take for people to figure out that no male figure -- no matter how well-put-together his mesh happens to be -- is ever going to sell with anything like the kinds of numbers that FEMALE "V3-esque" figures will sell?
I don't want Apollo ((and I feel safe in saying that I speak for many, many silent Poser shoppers in this)). However: I would be one of the first in line to purchase 'Venus', if she was ever offered up for sale.
If any merchants out there wish to offer support for figures other than the DAZ icons -- then have at it. It's a free community. No one is stopping you from supporting the figure(s) of your choice. As I see things: the more the merrier.
Just don't be looking to get rich in the process.
If you do it -- then do it as a labor of love. Not because you expect to see spectacular sales results.
Otherwise, you are highly likely to find yourself both bitter and disappointed in the end. This might be a 'free' community. But it isn't usually a kind one.