Rhia474 posted at 4:57 PM Mon, 4 July 2022 - #4440727

I think the people you describe @JoePublic, are the ones who don't get the new versions no matter what, because they're happy with the basics. Thus, it's no market loss because they already are 'happy with what they got' and would buy nothing else as assets anyway. Those who'd like to have 21st century features for a price they can afford, the new generation of users, need the new tools and will get them if Renderosity provides. If not, they will go and use the Other Software, as simple as that.

I think allot of people would jump on new versions, you need to give them a reason, a good reason. They also would spend on new creations as the 5-20$ are often well worth the time one would need to spend making it them selves. If you bring out mind blowing models they jump on it , it does not even necessary need to be masses but they need to stand out. A Collector is never happy with what he's got , he cant get enough !  Right now releases seem rather to be a little like the ones Content Paradise was offering, you even find better quality poser freebies at  ShareCG then the store here has to offer. To be honest most promo renders of offered products fell back a decade or more . Artists were even making better stuff at the time of V3 or even at the time of the Poser 4 Doll . Not that Poser got worse , the artists vanished that were capable of using the potential of Poser. 

It is not Firefly, Superfly or the Poser 4 render engine as you can make with all of them outstanding renders, it is not the Poser Crew that writes the codes, it is the artist that is just not capable anymore to use Poser.  People think I hit a button and get the cool result , but it is not the way it goes. So there is no reason at all blaming the Poser Crew.

The first step is to be made by the artist that sales the Product. If it is top notch, great Promos, then sure these who think they got em all would spend some buck on it, often they do not by the product they by the Art, the promo , they just want that great thing even if they do not have real use for it . If it looks like something made in 2004 well then there will never be allot of interest as Poser 4 could already do better then Poser 12