Wow! 2 bucks! Who could resist? Not me, LOL! It's clever marketing, because a lot of people will subscribe to Platinum only to get Hex2.

However, don't fool yourselves, this also means that no more development will ever go into Hexagon. This product is technically dead - which makes sense considering DAZ is primarily a content developper: better kill a product with a bright flash than let it fade slowly to grey like they did with Bryce. At least they learnt from that. Carrara is probably somewhere on the list too.

Should e-on and e-frontier worry? I'm not sure. They aren't in the same business. DAZ doesn't have a clue about software development, and they're smart enough to admit it. But this certainly doesn't mean that other software developpers should stop working their a**es off to improve the tools we love! Let's face it, I'll be the first to get Vue 6 when it's released! :-)

 

My 2 cents :-/