Razor42 posted at 6:36AM Wed, 22 November 2017 - #4318502

Or the tech could be made to adapt to one of the biggest 3rd party content markets out there atm.

Yes, and chevy parts could be made to adapt to Toyota. Microsoft parts could be made to adapt to macs, etc. Or they could develop their own tech and find better ways to broaden their own customer base. And that content can already be adapted to Poser anyway. Anything that can be exported from DS (or any other software) as an obj can be imported to Poser and rigged, textured, etc. It's not an automated process tho, there's some work involved.

Do you ever think what was the major figures series in Poser's most dynamic years for 3rd party content dev? If Poser is serious about delivering content it's strange that it can just ignore a mass of content that is their and 'almost' ready for it's user base (I mean has anyone costed this out at SM, or is it all still just running on grudge mode?). The new storefront for Content paradise was an interesting move, but it's still looking a little flat to me or maybe it's just a portal for SM software sales.

See that part that I bolded there? That's the key difference between the two. One relies entirely on content sales and gives its software away for free. The other develops and sells software that its customers can use to make mostly whatever they want and do whatever they want with. Doesn't mean content isn't important or doesn't enhance software sales. Just that they aren't as reliant on content sales as the other guys are. It's an additional stream of revenue, not the foundation of their business model. Maybe they'll move in that direction eventually, who knows. But if Poser wasn't selling, or wasn't producing enough of a profit for the company, then they wouldn't still be developing it. So somebody must be buying it. Enough somebodies for it to still be profitable to continue developing.