Rhia474 posted at 10:46PM Sat, 02 November 2019 - #4368936

Poser 11, Poser Pro 11 and Poser 2014 Game Dev updates to Poser 11.2 were free.

https://www.renderosity.com/the-day-has-come-poser-pro-11-2-update-has-been-released-cms-21781

Please try to remain factually correct. If you had those 3 versions, it cost nothing to update--unless of course, you chose to pay. If you updated from an earlier version, it was your choice to upgrade, and $99 was a significantly reduced price compared to what it cost me when Poser 11 Pro came out originally and I upgraded my Poser 2014.

If you have Poser 2014 Game Dev, Poser 11, and Poser Pro 11, this update will convert your Poser to Poser Pro 11.2 at no additional cost.

If you have Poser 10 or below you are not required to update, but you can upgrade for $99.

Curiouser and curiouser! I’m glad you have decided to opt for factual correctness Rhia474 because what you have effectively told us is that Renderosity have taken payment for something people didn’t need to pay for! Let’s have a look at some facts:

After the buyout Renderosity released an offer to upgrade to Poser Pro 11 for $99 or purchase it for $199 if they didn’t already own any version of Poser. Nowhere in that offer did it state that Poser 11 would be upgraded free, although I’m sure that if it did you would be happy to point out the relevant statement saying that it did. In fact Poser 11 was not actually included in that initial upgrade offer. The result of queries from users with regards to Poser 11 lead Renderosity to change that initial offer of upgrade very quickly to include Poser 11 at the same price of $99. Again at no point in that offer did Renderosity point out that it was unnecessary for users to actually pay for that upgrade and again, I and many others would be grateful if you would refer us to the relevant statement in that upgrade offer! Sometime after that Renderosity released an update to change the terms of their license and corrects some minor bugs. This was the update resulting in Poser Pro 11.2. As this was well after the fact of the initial upgrades which I and many others paid for I am sure that they will be as surprised as myself to learn that we ‘volunteered’ to pay for something we didn’t need to and that Renderosity have knowingly taken payment for something we didn’t need to pay for! If that is indeed the case Renderosity have more questions to answer than what increasingly appears to be their ‘subscription by stealth’ licensing system. In all honesty, I believe you should think very carefully before appointing yourself as the unofficial spokesman for the people who should be addressing this matter and are steadfastly avoiding doing so. Meanwhile, I shall be be talking to my lawyers again about recovering the money I paid for something I didn’t need to or at least, trying to get an answer as to why Renderosity took payment for something they neglected to inform us was not actually necessary!