"But, you've made your own argument why it's probably NOT a good thing for their market by this statement alone:"

No... I have not
DS4 is the G*****s platform
an exclusive DAZ  PA using their CCT would always benefit from having to support one version of the program and the main figure
as they only have to do the tedious work once.

This goes for plugin development for C4D, MAX or app development for smart phones& tablets.

As an Example You can not  run the latest  Cool Android or IPhone Apps on android 1.2 or  apple IOS 2.

As users of these devices we have very little choice but to run the latest or fairly recent version of the core software and app developers are not interested in duplicating their efforts making multiple versions of the same app for people who
choose to stick with the older versions.

Daz IMHO seems to be following the same model as they even refuse to allow one to obtain an older copy of DS
all links even on CNET.com  take you to DS4.

"The same argument applies to DS4.  Or do you think it's just Poser users who are slow to upgrade to the newest/greatest piece of software?"

Well its not really a matter of poser user being "slow to upgrade"

It is a matter of  Vestigial poser figure tech (up until P9/2012), remaining stuck in the previous century thus allowing the poser user base the luxury of not upgrading for many years.

Look at P9/PP2012 for example,
we already have excellent alternative render engine for poser (Vue/LUX)
so any firefly improvement offers little incentive to upgrade.

so the big "new" feature is weight mapping.

But even the with new weight mapped figures  like Antonia being created they still have a "standard " version based on the Old joint system competing with its weight mapped counter part for vendor support.

I am not making any Judgments about which approach is better etc.

Just pointing out that DS users are being somewhat 'forced" into the newer  program versions at a faster pace than poser user are.

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