seattletim opened this issue on Jul 29, 2006 · 182 posts
maclean posted Wed, 02 August 2006 at 2:51 PM
Quote - Is there a market of more gullible sheep on the planet than the typical Poser/DAZ addict?
Well, I can see your opinion of your fellow users isn't too high. I won't you're entirely wrong though. In any market under the sun, there's always the 'Gimme, gimme' crew, and to be sure, a large number of poser users buy stuff they never use much. But when we're talking about buying a major figure, plus all the clothes and accessories to fit him/her, I reckon most people will have a pretty close look before they start throwing money around.
As it happens, I make my living from selling products to these same 'gullible sheep' you mention, and I can tell you now that in 5 years of selling content, I've only ever had to make one minor fix to a product. (I have updated products to work with new versions of software, but that's my own choice). Why only one fix in 5 years? Because I take a pride in the stuff I make, and I test it to death myself before it even gets near the beta-testers. After that, it gets tested for a third time by DAZ, then it goes on sale.
And why bother? Because these same 'gullible sheep' only have to buy one product that sucks, and I'm history. I don't call that 'gullibility'. I call that 'common bloody sense'.
All you need to do is look at the poser forums to know that even if DAZ put out the perfect V4/M4 figures, without a single flaw or bug, there would still be people who'd find something to complain about. Gullible sheep have a nasty tendency to turn into ravening wolves when they see something they can sink their teeth into.
mac