taoz posted at 11:13AM Thu, 22 June 2017 - #4308213

For what I've heard, DAZ Studio was created because the future of Poser became uncertain at some point. DAZ was only selling Poser content at that time and in order to survive they had to have an alternative in case Poser would cease to exist. Besides, it's not DAZ that has made Poser less popular, they have offered full support to SM for their later figures, but SM chose not to support them which probably is one of the main reasons for why many have shifted to DAZ Studio.

Personally I use both, and both have their their advantages and disadvantages.

We can blame Smith-Micro too. I'm no fan of them either. Their products are overpriced and I seriously doubt I will be upgrading Poser ever again. I've been using it and upgrading since Version 2. I am still using Poser Pro 2014 because I hate Poser 11 even though I purchased both flavors of it (Standard and Pro). Some of Poser 11's improvements get a thumbs down from me.

Poser also passed down to a number of different companies so I can see why its future was shaky. I lost count of the company names (Fractal Design, MetaCreations, etc.). Corel even bought one of the programs from MetaCreations then never released it under their own name. I forget the name of it, but I still have it and it was a total waste of $500.

If DAZ Studio wasn't free it wouldn't even be popular and nobody would be creating models for it. Free speaks loud and clear. Somebody at DAZ was smart when they came up with the idea of giving it away to sell more of their products. If SM had done the same we wouldn't even be talking about this.

Poser 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Pro 2014, 11, 11 Pro