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So, back to the question... why would poser stores be closing in the bad economy. I would think this would be the kind of backroom business that you'd keep after, since it's all gravy. Have I missed something?

They are going broke because the general Glut of content
can no longer be sustained by the Easy Credit party that has (THANKFULLY) abruptly ended in America& elsewhere.

When you base an economy on Debt you create of False Industries and false "spending power" as a side effect.
when the debt bubble collapses all of that Glut quickly begins to disappear.
many of the poser stores that are going under likely should not have existed in the first place.

This "market" was never sustainable and its time people stopped deluding  themselves into believing that it ever was.

What percentage of people are actually using their purchased contentin some commercial service and making a return on their "investment"???

I would guess very few

Compulsive Digital hoarders with Runtime folders exceeding 100's Gigs that represent thousands of Dollars worth of What??

Pretend ,mostly fantasy, clothing. "3d models" and formulaic, puffy lipped "Character morph"&texture sets.

All being cranked out by an ever growing horde of competing interests with ever decreasing prices in a race to the bottom.

But  now in an economy where Wages are stagnant& Declining while the true Costs of Living (FOOD& ENERGY) ,are rising rapidly, people have been forced to Acknowledge how useless
Most poser "Content" really is.

I expect the Culling to continue.

Cheers

Quoted for total agreement! Yeah I was one of those digital Hoarders, It's a habit I've happily broken! Now if I could just step off from the upgrade treadmill I should be fine!