Quote - > Quote - > Quote - Well, that's not quite what they said. Will the new figure work in Bryce and Carrara? Eventually. But will the sales from Bryce, Carrara, and DS4 make up for what they'll lose if the figure doesn't work in Poser? I don't think so....

 

and they dont say they will work in poser "eventually"
nor do they say anything about sales of bryce or carrara
affecting their Figure development plans.
I would bet that Bryce and Carrara
have not been money makers for them since they rescued them from certain Death years ago.

(See below...again)  

" Compatibility with other DAZ 3D applications, such as Carrara and Bryce will be available in the next several months. For compatibility with Poser, or other software packages, please contact their respective developers to express your interest in their support of our latest technologies"*

This is like when your building super says
"take it up with the owner/Landlord"

Translation= I/we are NOT Doing it.

Cheers

So? Curious Labs had an equivalent statement regarding the face room when it first came out. Said statements have been posted by E-on and CL in the eternal Vue-Poser communication brouhaha. =Every= company says 'It's the other guys responsibility' whenever something new comes out. It's no more than legally covering their butts vis-a-vis support expectations. You know that as well as anyone. The current economy has caused a lot of people to cut back on their new shiny purchases. Ghu knows I have all the Vickies, Stephanies, Lauras, Mikes, Natalias, Apollos, and quite a few more to tide my need for B list actors over for some time. Maybe the Genesis figure will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. But if it is limited to one app set that would require folks to trash their pipelines, then it isn't going to go anywhere. None of the Poser type companies have a reputation for openness and honesty during the development cycle.....usually for good reasons. There are just too many users of Poser related apps to simply toss them aside in the current economy. Unless they are taking DS4 into the pay for area. And you know the competition there that it would have to stand up against.....

 

They are. They just posted today that there will be four flavors of DS:

*"The only thing finalized is DAZ Studio Standard. *

*We are still thinking about what to include in *
DAZ Studio Online (beginner web app) 
DAZ Studio Express 
(standard fits in here) 
DAZ Studio Advanced 
and 
DAZ Studio Pro[

*"we do have a good working idea of what each of these includes... but it wouldnt be a good idea for me to tell you unless its wrtitten in stone. *

Suffice to say that many things that were once ala carte may not be anymore in the higher level offerings."