"As soon as D/S will have a large enough customer base, DAZ will make the switch and stop supporting Poser gradually."

I do think there's some truth to this, but the published artists at DAZ will likely choose to support Poser anyway. DAZ still doesn't regularly include D|S MATs in their own orignal products, so we're still a ways off from them abandoning Poser for Studio completely.  :)  A time may come when a DAZ figure uses Studio-specific technology though, and if an unfortunate war between users is to break out, that would probably be the time for it.

"I'm a 100% sure that whenever D/S is as good as Poser 6 or higher, most D/S users will have paid a high price for that and they would have paid much less if they'd stayed with Poser."

The only plugin I've used for Studio so far that I feel is absolutely essential for any serious D|S user is pwSurface, so you can still make good images without paying for all the extras. Most of us who switched from Poser to Studio (like myself) did it over the interface, library organization, and/or ease of use, and we wouldn't have stayed with Studio if we really missed Poser's unique features. Even if someone did pay as much or more than Poser for a fully-loaded DAZ Studio, it's worth it if they prefer working with it (and vice versa, it's worth paying for Poser rather than using free DAZ Studio if you like how Poser works).

SnowS

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I do not speak as a representative of DAZ, I speak only as a long-time member here. Be nice (and quit lying about DAZ) and I'll be nice too.