DAZ Vendors/PA's have said ( in various forum posts ) that sales for Genesis stuff is really great.

It seems the strategy of giving away Studio and the Gen3 human models over the past few years is paying off.

A  ton of new light buyers are replacing a small number of heavy buyers.

It is all pure business in the end.

Genesis frees up a lot of potential buying money from the small heavy buying crowd who won't invest in Genesis nor it's 3rd party supposrt... money that clever vendors could tap into.