Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Heads up: DAZ base figures not free much longer

cspear opened this issue on Feb 12, 2011 · 61 posts


philebus posted Sun, 13 February 2011 at 3:34 AM

I was a little shocked by the level of hysteria about this at the DAZ forums. Things seem a little more sane here.

I can't see Studio losing its free status for a while as they are tied to a render engine that they don't own. They can supply it without the cost of a licence because they supply it for free - they can only charge for Advanced on the grounds that you are paying for extra tools to those given for free.

If they begin charging then they will have to pay to licence the render engine, which will bump up the cost of both Studio versions. To sell the software, they will also need to start including some content and before you know it, they would be competing directly with Poser on the same basis. I suspect that they would be at a disadvantage to SM in that market and pricing (who now have a physical basic version with a rrp of just $49).

Ironically, if DAZ had directed their development and marketing efforts toward Carrara instead of Studio, they could have been in a position to take over that market. Unless they are prepared to invest a lot in supplying new materials, that boat might have sailed.