patorak3d posted at 10:20PM Tue, 01 March 2016 - #4258613

"So now, I have two questions for the Poser fanbase.

1.Do enough Poser users exist to support the need for another site/marketplace to take over for RDNA on the Poser side, since RDNA is seemingly phasing out their support of Poser with this merger?" We do have Renderosity.

2.Is this community ready for an entirely different approach to managing figure creation that could solve Poser’s need for a truly modern figure pair?" I believe so. It will take an extensive survey of the Poser community, though.

1. Forum wise, RDNA will be missed, but from what I understand SM is moving their forums elsewhere - otherwise, who cares? Other sides are up (hivewire, cgbytes, Yuri-digital, etc.)

2a. The days of One figure to rule them all is over. The market has fragmented and it isn't coming back. I would say that you are confusing DAZ's business model with SM's business model. You have missed the power that is in current versions of Poser. Poser gives you the toolset to use the figure of your choice. Wanna keep using a legacy figure - adding Poser 9+ features only take a few minutes. Or use the wide variety of modern Poser figures - the choice is OURS. The same can be said for clothing - I have dozens of outfits made for either M4 or V4 that have never gone on a DAZ figure. I LIKE not needing to build a new wardrobe everytime a new figure comes out.

2b. You will never get the vendors on board for a new figure - for the most part they are hell-bent on staying in the Poser 4 era and have no intention of leaving it. In 2016, vendors are still making material .pz2 files.

Lack of vendor support for ANY figure not named V4 is the REASON SM added the fitting room to Poser Pro.