The special will only last until the end of may it will not be forever $1.99 and DAZ has just more than double the Hexagon userbase.  It is good marketing.

I also don't think Maxons offer is going to be that good of deal. Tell me is it better than  me having ot upgrade  my C4D rev 8 a  full bundle to C4D Rev 9.5 for $1,200.00 bucks not including the new Hair module that  will cost $495?  Man such a great deail.

 Ringo

Quote - I'm not "blasting" DAZ, and I'm not sure that the DAZ deals can be separated from the Eovia deals -- since the Eovia Management team is now with DAZ.  I'm simply voting in the democratic marketplace.

I was with Fractal Design/Metacreations/Eovia for years.  Right now (never say never) I'm through with all the nonsense.  The special DAZ Platinum deal for Hex 2 is possibly good marketing – just possibly, since it might turn Hex 2 into a semi-shareware product.  But this is an inverted model.  The rule is that excellent shareware products eventually become for-sale only products.  I’m now concerned that the commitment to a constant improving of Hex and Carrara will take back seat to using them as DAZ marketing tools.  If your main concern is content sales, then this will take Hex and Carrara out of the tough 3D application competition that drives constant improvement, as content sales will relieve that necessity.  The dramatically reduced price for Hex 2, for Platinum Club members, is already evidence of that happening.

No matter how cheap the 3D tools become, there is a very limited market for any of them.  You will not see many C4D or Rhino users switching, because Hex and Carrara will become so cheap they will simply add them to their tool box.  They will be too busy creating with their main tools they spent years getting comfortable with to switch.  The cost of a 3D application is one thing, but the investment in time tends to be the biggest factor in going to a new 3D application.

This “seeding" plan may backfire, as those who paid top$$ for their product tend to be the more committed, hardcore users.  Many of those who purchase the $1.99 PC Hex2 will likely putter with it, then put it away.  The hardcore/productive users (many who have been with Eovia for years) may be angry enough to take their future $$ elsewhere, as many of them will have little interest in joining the DAZ Platinum Club.  I paid $100 to join the PC, but I will not join again – certainly not to get Hex or Carrara on the cheap (if it comes to that).

I wouldn't mind it if Eovia/DAZ had recognized the fact that many DAZ PC members are Eovia customers, and acted accordingly, but they didn't bother!

I was contacted by C4D before all this dizzy DAZ/Eovia stuff started.