Penguinisto posted at 8:37PM Wed, 01 January 2020 - #4375186

wolf359 posted at 3:51PM Wed, 01 January 2020 - #4375151

IMHO they really need to forcefully settle the competing figures dilemma one way or another and begin the careful process of updating the features of the core program to work with standardized native figures. The way they all used to with the EF& SM natives

Yes and no. They only supported and sold the Unimesh figures as "DAZ Official", freely allowed quality products for those, but won't sell competing figures for DS. On the other hand, they won't rig DS to exclude other figures, and they've even been known to pick up third-party figures and incorporate them outright (e.g. The Girl) when opportunity strikes, eventually absorbing the shape into their rigging.

Seems a bit confusing, but Bondware needs to do something similar, methinks. Have an officially blessed set of humanoid figures, then allow no other on Renderosity. BUT, do not have Poser restrict other figures from being used in it.

Umm, that said, they won't do that.They make waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of their income by selling stuff (clothes, hair, poses, whatever) for the Genesis figures.

Not just the Genesis figures. Poser has a long list of figures that it supports up to and even including the Genesis figures. Plus, let us not forget they also sell items for Hivewire, and Project E. But the main reason Bondware won't touch that is because Poser supports a long line of legacy content, all of which would break if Poser stopped supporting it.