I fear that if someone doesn't step up to the plate and develop more new human figures that are Poser Specific, that Poser will become extinct. If everyone is so ga-ga over Genesis and Poser doesn't develop native support for the Genesis figure or Smith Micro doesn't come up with something equivalent, eventually people will just get D/S free and no one will want Poser anymore.

Here is the problem as I see it. Even if SM releases something equivalent figure wise, how will you get developers to stop making content for V4, Genesis 2&3 (which is a proven success), and get them to support more SM figures which has never had the same level of revenue stream and support compared to the Daz figures? Look at what happened to Dawn and Dusk. Not even they could attract the masses and retain them. Majority of developers ended support because they weren't making enough money. Why? Because people simply weren't interested in them on a commercial level. Sure some vendors tried it out to test the waters, but after that most never returned. So how can SM turn it around when in their recent history, has never been able to do so regarding figures and support? Roxie and Rex? Remember them? This isn't a stab at SM, but an honest evaluation. It takes years to build a reputation as a respectable figure developer, and only one company in this market has been able to achieve that so far. And with that comes natural support because a proven track record speaks volumes.

So how do you get more users and developers and attract them to Poser? How do you attract the new user wanting to try out these apps to choose your platform? What are you going to offer them? Is what you are offering better than the alternative? These are the real questions you need to ask, only then can you come up with a viable plan of action. I have seen way too many bad decisions being made going on hope and optimism rather than based on logistics and market research. Let's hope the situation is different this time. Do I see SM's new figures (whenever they come out) taking on the Genesis3 on a commercial level? No I don't, but that's my opinion. But at least SM can earn some brownie points by putting in a genuine effort, one that has been lacking in previous offerings, and at least give their users something usable and something they can be happy with. And depending on their success, might even attract some A list developers to provide content for them, because it's content that drives figures. And no, I am not comment as a Daz user or Poser user, but from a content developers perspective.

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