Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Bottom Line About what is Poser5=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Turtle opened this issue on Jul 03, 2002 ยท 62 posts


terminusnord posted Wed, 03 July 2002 at 8:18 PM

I think high pricing on Poser 5 would devastate this online community. I get the impression that over 90% of Poser users here are hobbiests, not doing commercial work and not profiting off their 3D work. In other words, Poser's primary function is (like it or not) as a toy. My hope is that Curious Labs understands that this is not a bad thing. The current setup of inexpensive application + expensive "Pro Pack" is pretty ideal for them. They make the software accessible to the hobbiest masses developing a huge user base. Hobbiest sales is their really money maker, and then on top of that they get the respect and extra bucks from having "pro" options for commercial work with Poser. I want to see Poser 5.0 stay at $200, with a $100 upgrade from 4.0. This will generate large volume sales liek Eovia is currently seeing with carrara 2, and it will more importantly keep the Poser Online Community going. I think any price tag much over $200 would have the opposite effect; it would alienate and begrudge a lot of loyal Poser hobbiests who just cannot justify paying adobe type prices to render nude fairies ;-P My fingers are crossed that Curious Labs market research agrees with me... -Adam