ssgbryan posted at 6:21 PM Mon, 13 March 2023 - #4458349

Oooohhh, can I play this game?

Imagine a new user.

If they were to use LF or LH (or any other post-V4 figure).

Does they have any normal clothes?

Nope - it is pretty much lingerie, fetish clothing, or casual summer wear.  Why, don't you like all your art taking place in strip clubs or bedrooms?

Do they have any characters other than early 20's Caucasians?

Yes - we have 1 old Caucasian woman, 1 old Caucasian male, and a couple of other ethnic characters - why would you need more than 1 or 2?

I see you haven't been to my store :)

And V4 has lots of those because she has lots of content, period. Most of the stuff coming out for V4 was ALSO young white women and clothing that prudes would call "slutwear" too. It's what sells easy. It's not what the creators like making - it's the other way around, it's what sells more.

And it all, still, comes down to the same thing: V4 came when Poser was in its golden era, lots of users, lots of vendors, and she reigned supreme for over ten years. Can't really compare to the market now.

My Lolita Dress sold over 200 copies when I originally made it for V4, back when I was an "unknown" vendor among huge names. Now that pretty much every current Poser user has heard of me, my Lolita Dress for La Femme (EXACTLY same dress, just updated for Superfly as well) sold around 80 copies. Why? Because not nearly as many people using Poser. And not nearly as many people using Poser means not nearly as many people creating content for Poser, which I'm turn means not nearly as many character and wardrobe options.

And ALL that ignores my entire point: having the OPTION to choose between new tech/ease of use or more content is good. I was just debating the whole argument that there shouldn't be new figures because we have V4. You'll always have V4. She's already there. You have the option to keep using her. The rest of us who don't like her would like the option to have something with the level of realism/quality that can be achieved with Genesis8, for example.

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