Vilters-

I know this may sound a pedantic point, but V4/M4 did have competition, just not viable enough competition as it turned out. I think Daz got their specific formula with V4/M4 just right enough for the time and marketplace conditions that existed (and perhaps that still exist) at the time. There were figures that had some features that far excelled V4/M4 that were released before them, and that in some ways may even have inspired the form that they took. But in their entirety as figure packages they weren't good enough to compete in the final analysis.

I agree with much of the rest of your post though, particularly the market analysis. It's a reality that sometimes quickly released products (relative to the time it takes to produce any kind of figure) tend to dilute rather than enrich a market and the resulting competition of this nature doesn't always provide the end user with what they really need or want. I think this has long been the case with Poser native figures.

 

 

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