erogenesis posted at 1:23PM Sun, 23 June 2019 - #4354329

But again, I could be wrong, but looking at the world around me, it stumps me how SM could have missed the obvious. DAZ started from scratch, and they nailed it.

To be fair, DS took 5 years before the public ever saw it, and they did have the advantage of seeing what did and did not work: Not just with Poser, but with Lightwave, Modo (which acted as a very nice UI model to take design ideas from), 3DS Max, Maya, Mirai (another bit o' inspiration). They were also blessed in that they weren't limping from one fiscal quarter to the next - they had full and unequivocal support, and more than enough of an investment to make it happen.

Poser on the other hand was dead, then came back to life, then nearly died with a really crappy upgrade from P4/PP, but then got bought and was beat to crap as it passed from company to company throughout the dot-bust era... I'm kind of surprised that it's still alive

So, I say again, I think Rendo might have a standing chance. I hope they succeed, they have my support.

Ditto.