structure opened this issue on Nov 27, 2013 · 173 posts
AmbientShade posted Mon, 02 December 2013 at 7:33 PM
All valid points, ShvrDavid, however, don't assume that no one is using the G2 figures and other figures like Miki and Terai Yuki, even with all their flaws.
If you go to CP's site, you'll see their best sellers in last 30 days and all time. Miki4 tops the 30 days list, and most of the all time list is all G2 content.
Some vendors have said they get better sales at CP than they do here at rosity or at rdna.
So my theory is that there are people actually still using the G2 figures, even 7 years later and with all their flaws.
Roll all of that into a new set of SM figures, that are well designed and error-proofed, and add some good supporting content from SM to get the ball rolling, and I think folks might be surprised at just how much potential there would be for real vendor support to follow it. It won't happen over night of course. The stigma of Poser natives being badly designed would take time to wear off, but that just makes it all the more important for SM's next set of figures to be that much better. It's not an impossible task, it just takes determination. The supporting content already exists in the Poser library, it would just need updating to work with the new figures. A fresh coat of paint on an old house can do wonders for its curb appeal.
~Shane