Quote - > Quote - I wonder what the real motivation behind this move is

 

Just backtracking. Every version of D|S I had before 3 was free. The idea was that the program was free and Daz made their money on the content. Then with 3 (which I bought and did a whole 2 renders with) and 4 they changed that. When they brought out 4 I seem to remember an announcement about a change of policy and D|S not being free in the future (except for a very basic version).

Looks like the decision to give D|S a comparatively hefty pricetag and expect users to pay up simply didn't fly. Maybe Genesis just wasn't enough incentive?

So now Daz are having a quick backtrack to the "get the free program and buy lots of content" idea.

I took the plunge as an early adopter and got Poser2012 instead of going for the Daz offering (never used Poser before) and can't see myself ever going back :)

 

I think you are on to something here.  This is a complete 180 from what they have been telling us over on the DAZ thread forums.  Fewer sales than in the past is what they were saying a few months ago.

My takeaway is simple.  Never, ever, be an early adopter of DAZ software.  You can always let the early adopters find the bugs & get the product free later.