I doubt DAZ are going to support Poser much longer. It is only a matter of time before they drop support all together on future content. Sorry, but SM needed to show them support with DSON. DAZ could not do it on their own and needed SM to incorporate certain features. But we all know SM's stance on the matter anyways. As for a separate version of V5 or any other character from the Genesis line, that would have never worked. It defeats the purpose of what Genesis is. Half the content available would not get a Poser version. It is why Dson was created to easily emulate one version to work in both apps. There is no way the majority of vendors or Daz themselves were willing to do two different versions of the same product. Had the return reflected the effort then maybe. But statistics says otherwise.

SM knew Genesis was in the works, Daz told them what they were doing, it was up to SM to either say they were on board or not. They chose otherwise. Understandable they wanted to stand on their own feet, but for years they were dependant on Daz, (their own content was never the reason people bought Poser) and should have had a backup plan if they were not going to be on board. Things could have been different, but it is what it is. SM has to find a way to make themselves viable again.

And yes, I agree. Scarlet needed to be a community type effort to gain traction. Selling the developer content for her was a bad idea for one. Also giving it to other people prior to release would have possibly meant more content released on day one. To me she comes across as Sixus's figure, and if you want to develop for her you have to pay. No thanks. I don't see a reason to when there is no proven record that this figure would make it big. As content developers we need assurance, and to get that from independent parties is very hard.

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