Quote - ...and the sky is falling... ;)

Well, if you can't argue the facts, say something silly instead I guess.. lol..

No, the sky isn't falling, but everything I said is right on the money and my guess is you realize that or I would have gotten a more substantive reply.  No biggie either way really, I'm not making any money of this proposition one way or the other.

But I do know enough about business and marketing to realize that SM has stepped in it, big time, and I think a lot of other people are beginning to realize it too.

Hey, I've played around a bit with Poser Pro 7 - it's not a bad program.  Damn sure isn't worth the $200 upgrade price they want for it though.  And yes, I'll probably still have Poser on my drive for some time to come, and occasionally I'll by a product or two from an artist/developer.

But like most of the folks that have been doing this for a while I don't buy much regularly, not because I think that the stuff in the marketplace isn't worth it, far from it - it just isn't all that useful to me because I've got more crap than I know what to do with now.

New users aren't going to plunk down $500 on Poser, not when they can get better apps at the same price, and I don't know about you but I sure don't spend $500 on computer software without doing some reading first to find out whats out there and whats going to be best for my needs.  So other than a few clueless souls who have more money than sense, Poser isn't getting many new users at those prices.

And while they might get a few folks to pay $200 for the upgrade price, I don't see that being all that well recieved either.  Personally I'm not upgrading to Pro and I damn sure won't be buying whatever version comes out after that unless it is both reasonably priced and offers a good value for my money. 

So hey, applaud SM's moronic decision all you want, but trust me, it's going to bite you and every other Poser vendor in the butt, only question is, how hard and for how long. 

Like I said, I do think that poser content makers are not getting compensated enough and they deserve better money for there efforts, but trust me, SM's retarded overpricing of Poser is not going to make that happen.  Not by a long shot.

-Never fear, RenderDog is near!  Oh wait, is that a chew toy?  Yup. ok, nevermind.. go back to fearing...