LaurieA opened this issue on Jul 28, 2010 · 150 posts
pjz99 posted Sat, 31 July 2010 at 11:19 AM
Quote - You have a strange way of spelling "untapped market".
How am I an untapped market when I don't buy anything at all? It's not that I have a big urge to consume stuff and there is no stuff that I want to consume - I stopped being a consumer and became a producer. If there is something I want, then I model and rig it (and usually either give it away or sell it). Maybe you didn't mean me in particular though, or content producers in general, I dunno.
And since I'm now a producer, albeit on a small scale, I understand totally why other producers like DAZ will produce what consumers want. They've been selling this stuff for quite a long time now and as wonky as the current crop of figures looks, it pains me to say it - that's what the majority of buyers demand. Why do you think V4 is their default and the one they put out for sale first, and Stephanie is a morph/scale change a few years later? Why do you think they haven't even done a David 4 yet? Low sales for the previous iterations, compared to much higher for the 6'4" DD-breast Barbie. DAZ are not a charity or a religious instituion, and they aren't managed by stupid people. Money is their only real goal, just like any business.