HotDog36 opened this issue on Jul 20, 2010 · 39 posts
bagginsbill posted Fri, 23 July 2010 at 1:49 PM
Quote - ... not much has really changed at all. ... Poser isn't advancing as fast as it really should be, ... they really don't seem, ..., very different.... new technologies, that ... are still far from what I am looking for.
... newer versions don't seem that much different and have not fixed many of the issues that so many people here have.
It's fine to complain (no insult intended by that word) that new versions don't interest you. But as an armchair quarterback marketing manager, you're making a grave mistake by projecting your own needs so far that you believe Poser has not fixed many of the issues that the market as a whole is interested in.
For example, some people such as yourself are unimpressed by the fact that, on a quad-core I7, Poser Pro 2010 is 20 times faster at rendering than Poser 7 is. Hmm. Or that indirect lighting makes renders far more realistic with far less effort on the part of the user. Hmmm. Or that Poser Pro 2010 can handle big scenes that crash Poser 7.
In short, you and a handful of others don't recognize the fact that Poser Pro 2010 has exceeded the marks hit by any previous release, as measured by actual units sold versus how many were expected to be sold. Your assessment that the improvements don't address the needs of the market (so many people ...) is incorrect.
Here's another analogy. Toyota sells a huge number of cars in the US. Clearly the features and price reflect what the vast majority of people want. Not me. I'd never buy a Toyota. I am a serial BMW purchaser because they have the features I want, and price doesn't matter too much to me. Nevertheless, I'd be making a terrible mistake claiming that Toyota doesn't meet the needs of customers in the larger sense, or complaining that their sedans still don't have 500 horsepower.
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