[wolf359]

But I must ask the question; If all V4 content can be refitted with the ease implied by the figure maker then what is the incentive for people to buy new Content made specifically for the figure??.

There are lots of bits of older content out there for V4. However, that older content doesn't take advantage of newer program features. (Materials are a big issue, old python scripts, etc.) And, honestly, some of the older V4 stuff could use some polishing. If one has enough of that content, once can actually "see" the advancement of a particular vendor's skills in action as their product quality increases.

Plus - People still shout for new content for older figures. There's no reason to expect that they wouldn't shout for more content for a new figure, if that figure is well done and becomes popular. Though, I don't think it will be a V4 killer, right off the bat. It's gonna take some time and a lot of support to be able to even approach that. AND, there is still the very critical and very serious issue of distribution - Without the right distribution for the figure, it won't become popular and certainly won't reach its maximum saturation point, no matter what that is, very quickly. The trouble is, considering how this figure is constructed and what its emphasis "could" be, it may market itself out of being accepted by the most popular distributors.

These and other Small market realities, too numerous to mention, are why I dont see how this figure offers any subtantial long term shift in the current paradigm.

Just one man's measured & unemotional opinion.

I would agree, though for different reasons. With one caveat, though - It will not do so in the short term. In the long term, the results will be up to different factors than you stated, in my measured, unemotional, opinion. :)