To be honest, I see Genesis as a boon for other third Party figures. After all, it's not like other third party figures haven't made inroads against the Victoria and Michael line.

Also, I used to use Aiko 3 quite a bit, but I've barely touch Aiko 4. I never used the Girl then or the She Freak. And Stephanie Petite was no where near as popular as V4. All DAZ characters, all made by DAZ. And let's not forget DAZ's Sarah. So if you're going to go with the quality argument are you saying that these were inferior quality models?

Obviously, the reason V4 is so popular is because of marketing and support. Antonia doesn't have the market support... yet, but she's got community buzz. Even more than before, in part, because of Genesis being a Studio-only figure.

I honeslty believe that if CP were to hype the Poser figures, or even Antonia, and support them as much as much as DAZ hypes Victoria, support for them would grow.

It will be interesting to see how the new figure, Mariko, from Animotions,does.