"DAZ solved that issue by making DS free..."

 

Well, yes, but they're busy creating another rift with their new HD stuff between those who can afford shiny new 16GB RAM machines and those who can't.

(I tried to go to the required SubD 3 with Vicky6, but no chance on my puny 4GB laptop. Guess genuine high res meshes still rule.)  ;-)

Not to mention the rift they already created between Genesis I and II users.

99.99% of the stuff I use I have to rebuild anyway, so deleting some .rsr files and making new skin shaders is no biggy for me.

OTOH I don't want to hear Poser 6 users whining why they can't use weightmapped figures or other newfangled stuff.

But Dawn would have been a dead end anyway, simply because her mesh topology doesn't allow any serious further development.

IMO the best incentive for people to upgrade is to build a figure that is truly outstanding, both technically as well as aesthetically.

Had Genesis worked in Poser right from the start, I bet a lot of diehard P6/7 users would have upgraded just to be able to use it.

SM could have achieved the same effect by adding truly outstanding new figures to Poser, but noone will upgrade from Poser 6/7/8 just so he can switch from V4 to Roxy.