I am not knocking Daz or the vendors but I do believe that Daz appeals, in a large part, to artists that want the latest and greatest. Very few buying the latest figure from Daz is doing so without knowing that it will be replaced in around year and accepts that the company gives no guarantee of backward compatibility when the new figure is launched. With this as a marketing strategy you really can't blame vendors for following the money. Yes there will always be some that create for other softwares and are happy that the potential profits will be limited.

Other artist are happy to stick with a figure that is over ten years old or work with their favorite piece of software and use a modern figure such as Dawn. As this leaves open the option of using V4 content that many have already purchased so it is not surprising their spending may well be much lower that the group above.

Of course this is a very simplistic look customer grouping but I think it does have some bearing on the present situation. It is up to the artist to decide which route they wish to take, be it one of the above or a route very different.

 

 

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