Quote - Rawn summed it up quite nicely. The whole "Poser is the biggest market" is simply not true anymore basd on sales. D/S sales are much higher. New users entering this market see 2 options-

1. Dazstudio for free, able to use Genesis1 and 2, (and Dawn) and has the more advanced tech

2. Poser, which costs a fair amount for all the features, but can only impliment V4 and Dawn and native Poser figures (not at all financially viable) and Genesis via Dson(which most hate)

It's pretty clear what direction they are all going with, and there are a lot more new users than old schoolers, and they are the ones buying more content.  They are not tainted with the history between these two companies and will just go with the more attractive offer. That is the reality. So all this we won't buy at Daz or silly comments like we will take our money somewhere else or Daz is hurting has very little effect to be honest. Daz does not want to alienate Poser users, the only one doing that is SM. It is their business model to rely on 3rd party figures for app sales, and if a 3rd party figure goes a certain direction, its their choice to either follow it or stay where they are, or come up with a viable replacement.

Dawn is supposed to be that replacement. So ask yourself, does she have what it takes?

Truth is, we don't know yet. Neither do you. Dawn has the potential to be the next "V4", for Poser, but then again she's only been out about three months. We have to just wait and see. Plus Dawn hokds at least one major advantage over Genesis for Poser users, she's not locked into a application that many Poser users either can't or don't want to use.

As for SM alienating it's base, I don't think so. Adopting the Genesis technology puts them forever at the mercy of another company and worse a competitor. Even if Poser did adopt the technology of Genesis, there's no guarantee that DAZ wouldn't have done exactly what they have done over the last two years. You said it yourself, DAZ gives away D/S for free just so it can expand it's market share or Poser. So what if Poser had adopted the Genesis technology? What kind of position would they be in now?

All in all, I'd say that even if Dawn isn't the "V4 or Genesis Killer" that  some want, she's a step in the right direction. Over the next few months, her morphs set will come out and more outfits will be made for her.. She may not dethrone V4 but she might cut into her sales a bit more.