vagabondallen opened this issue on Feb 25, 2016 · 158 posts
vagabondallen posted Thu, 25 February 2016 at 11:14 PM
The future of Poser's online community is up in the air with the recent announcement of the merger of RDNA and Daz. Which begs the question, is there a need for someone to step in to fill the void?
I'm not fully connected to the community these days. I used to run the marketing for Poser Addicts for about 1.5 years, but that was a couple years back. Even then, Daz's decision to create their next gen Genesis figures independent of Poser support was leaving Poser users in a tough spot. No matter what people had to say good or bad, the figures from Daz had been the dominant figures in the industry for more than a decade and continue to be so.
A number of people have attempted to challenge the dominance of Daz’s figures, with the intent to provide better options for Poser. Few have shown any staying power and none have captured the volume of fans that Mike and Vicky command. Some of those reasons are obvious to me, others not so clear. The overall attractiveness of the Daz people is broadly, if not universally, appealing. The quantity of supporting content, and content makers, is plentiful. Many of the newer figures can’t even compete with the Generation 4, Poser-compatible Daz figures. It’s been really frustrating for the Poser community overall.
So now, I have two questions for the Poser fanbase.
Do enough Poser users exist to support the need for another site/marketplace to take over for RDNA on the Poser side, since RDNA is seemingly phasing out their support of Poser with this merger?
Is this community ready for an entirely different approach to managing figure creation that could solve Poser’s need for a truly modern figure pair?
I’ve been a dedicated Poser user since Fractal Design Poser. I’m one of those stubbornly still using M4/V4, and I’m becoming increasingly frustrated by the direction of the industry. I have some ideas, but I can’t commit to them without finding out if the need is there. Please help me get the word out so I can get as many answers as possible to these questions, and if you want to know more about what I have in mind, message me for more info.