RGUS opened this issue on Jun 20, 2013 ยท 312 posts
Cheers posted Fri, 21 June 2013 at 11:53 PM
There is only one reason why DAZ Studio is free, and that is to push content sales. Content sales then push further development in DS, thus attracting more users of DS, who then have to purchase more content for their Genesis figure...and so the trend continues.
Theres a reason why apps like Bryce and Hexagon (and Carrara to some extent), either have a slow or non existant development cycle - they have no content sales to drive development.
I imagine DAZ3D originally had a vision (seeings that they had the Poser content market tied up to all intent and purposes), that Poser users would see this new Genesis figure, swoon over the advanced tech, and follow religiously into DAZ Studio's clutches. I suspect that they missread the Poser community who previously had just tripped over themselves to get the next version of Micheal and Vicky, and do the same thing this time. The problem was, the Poser community actually loved Poser a LOT more than the new Genesis figures, and two: DAZ3D shot themselves in the foot with Vicky 4 and made it too good with people (end user and content producers) not willing to let their investment, just gather dust. V4 wasn't broken (well it was, but with fixes and WM, why change).
...oh let us not forget, DSON. The straw that broke the Camels back.
Now Gen 2 is out and, well, it seems that DAZ3D feels that Gen 1 sales were good enough to continue with ther vision. That means, either DAZ aren't as silly as they look, or just plain arrogant and stubborn.
The only thing that DAZ has that will draw new customers to them is a free DAZ Studio. Established users, have already made their choice. I know many people use both Poser and DS, but I suspect I'm one of many who thinks why should I have two tools to do the same thing. Yes I have DAZStudio installed, but I dont think I've ever used it. I certainly don't desire Gen 1 or 2 enough to start using it...
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