Razor42 opened this issue on Nov 03, 2015 ยท 240 posts
Zev0 posted Wed, 11 November 2015 at 8:52 AM
Anyways this is what I say will happen. I could be wrong (and I hope I will be) but anyways here it goes. These are just my views.
Will Paul and Pauline be a commercial success like the Genesis figures? No. Will it attract mass vendor support? No. Will they be a dream for the Poser tinkerers? Sure, why not.
Why won't they be a commercial success? Well, for starters, every vendor would have to have a copy of Poser 11 Pro just to start development for them. Every user will require Poser 11 to use the content made for these figures and the figures themselves. Direct compatibility with content such as V4 or Genesis clothing, Poses, Skins as well is a must, so users can use some of their prior content investments. So, there lies the problem as to why first of all these figures aren't an attractive aspect. It could be if the Software and Base figures were free. People could develop without financial implications. But it isn't. Second of all, they simply do not match G2 and 3 in terms of aesthetic looks which is important in attracting vendors and users. Also the poor marketing of them so far has not helped.
People like to be optimistic, nothing wrong with that, but when you look at the logistics that argue against optimism, it's kind of difficult to get excited and be hopeful that these figures will make any impact on the commercial sector of the market, and us vendors need a figure to do that in order to support it, or we will be losing revenue. Do I want these figures to fail? Not really. If a figure succeeds that means another platform to make a living on. Unfortunately, other than Daz in recent years, no other company has provided a viable alternative and managed to maintain momentum. Hivewire tried with Dawn and Dusk, and support has basically come to a stand still from 3rd parties, pretty sure within a few months the same will happen with Pauline and Paul. Yes you will get those who always like to test the waters at first, but for some of us who have been through this dance many times, we will just ignore. Anyways like I said, these are just my views. I do hope I am proven wrong though....Come on SM, prove me wrong....Anyways, putting on my optimistic face again.....