looking at previous release dates, I'd say not before August 2013..... but if they're smart the release it a bit later to boost sales or earlier, around May when people have vacation money to spent. Don't know if you get that in the US, but in a lot of European countries people get vacation money (around 8% of your annual salary) and a lot of people spent it on other things then vacation. Very common for people to buy new computers, cars software, tv's and such in that period of time.

 

October and November are traditionally more major game release months, but some software companies follow that too, seems like mainly people in the US spent money in those months.... getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas perhaps?

 

August/September is an odd month.... lot's of people have spent their extra money already and you're only hurting sales..... unless you announce it well before release that you're working on it, but Smith Micro isn't too good at that, they keep the lid too tight for way too long. If you want to sell software, start announcing that you're working on it at least 6 months before release and from that time start releasing info on regular basis. Then people know what to expect and can save up for it.

 

I always wait before I buy the new poser version, until all the info has been released and even wait for customer experiences. Smith Micro has the odd habit of not even release the full information when Poser is out, they always leave stuff out and add it later on. Somehow they never seem to be ready with everything for the release of Poser. Lack of info, buggy software, bad marketing campaign. Still in spite of all that Poser seems to survive.

 

They sure never get me excited when a new version is released..... until people start showing and talking about what's all new and improved, that's when things get interesting. Other software companies manage to get me excited about their new releases way before it's released and some even entice me to pre-order months before. I would never do that with Poser, Smith Micro while having been around a long time, has so much to learn when it comes to marketing. Time to fire the marketing manager and get a good one, one who cares about customers and know how to win them over!

 

Need also need to appoint other beta users that are allow to share a little info, not the ones we have now.... they're way too technical in what they talk about before it's released. You need people who can get customers excited, not people who share info most of us cannot make heads or tail from and sure not people who attack others and put them down. They spoil all the fun beforehand.

 

The days that I got excited about a poser release are long gone, they've sure spoiled that, now it's sit and wait and see and gather all the info that I can understand and digest. I remember jumping up and down when Poser 4 was released, but those days are long gone. The poser 5 release was very exciting..... until it was out then the trouble started. Poser 6 was overwhelming, but less good marketed and after that it all faded away and the excitement was gone, due to bad marketing.

 

Smith Micro really needs to work in a number of areas and get people jumping up and down again.

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