"I don't think that the comparison fits. DAZ sells it's content to Poser users and to Studio users, and they are trying to add new customers from other areas as well. I agree that a company should always try to get new customers, but it usually should try to keep the old customer base as well...."

Both companies are making this effort
But IMHO SM is doing a crap job at appealing to NEW customers where the true growth is found
While RDNA is to be Applauded for showcasing the poserpro/P9 features where are the premuim SSS renders& animation samples with the new animated constraint system on the SMITH MICRO web site??

"There are no signs that the Poser community is very keen to switch to Studio, just because of Genesis."

No and you will not find any such signs.  D.A.Z .does not want you people.

They have their own marketing plan to get Comic artists and photoshop artist and short film animators to begin using DS
one look at their Front page make this much clear.

". Hard to say how successfully l, since most pro's are more likely to drop something very heavy on their own foot then admitting that they use Poser,"
 
Sorry but this is regurgitated NONSENSE!! based on ignorance not from talking to any "pros"

I personally have seen many threads over at CG talk where people ask for advice on a quick solution involving a human characters
and the advice is always the same from the "pros"
 "well if you are in a time crunch you can try Turbosquid, Dosch, or DAZ/poser figure"

I know of a recent CG Society thread right now where a few"pros"are lamenting how easily poser /DAZ can retarget Mocap files compared to the tedious process in C4D.

 

and BTW  the "ROSA" thread over at Cgsociety all of the critical comments from the "pro's" are about the artist using well worn movie cliche's
Not a single Comment saying the film would  have been better by not using poser/Daz figures.

 

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