I hope time  will prove this kind of perspective to be flawed. Apollo suits my needs very well apart from the lack of content support. A female figure of similar design and functionality would be in my cart on day one of its release.

And the maths of his initial cost seems to me to compare very well to other figures (which all require additional morphs and texture support, even if their base meshes are free). Added to which Apollo is so much more versatile than other figures IMO - you really get the potential of a multitude of figures in one package, from a baby to a boy to an old man.

Daz does seem to have a tight grip over the Poser marketplace for a number of reasons, but not all of them to do with the laws of supply and demand from what I can make out (although I have only been a Poser user for a very short time so I am bound to acknowledge the experience of those who have been around for a lot longer ).

Things can change in any marketplace, often quite rapidly and in unexpected directions. But they never change without some risk, and not without a good degree of innovation.

Still, I do understand the certainty of bills needing to be paid, and the security that established business strategies and practices offer.

 

PoserPro2014(Sr4), Win7 x64, display units set to inches.

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