gagnonrich opened this issue on Aug 04, 2012 · 172 posts
moriador posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 3:59 PM
Genesis users may be only half the market (well, we could dispute the figures, but it's some sizable fraction of the market, in any case), but it's a wide open market. Judging from what's on offer here and at RDNA, there aren't as many merchants making Genesis products, so the competition is likely not as stiff. If one were thinking of getting into the market of making Genesis products, now is probably a very good time to do so. So I think Daz is probably doing quite alright on that front. (Or at least its vendors, as individuals, are doing all right). Its website issues are another matter entirely, and they may well have devastated their sales, at least temporarily.
If the technology split remains, I'd expect the two markets to stabilize eventually, as more merchants move over to Genesis, and open up the remaining Poser market to those who are either more dedicated to moving forward with Poser specific advancements or too satisfied with the current state of affairs to give Genesis a go.
Some vendors may put in a lot of extra effort to try to bridge the gap, and I definitely commend them.
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