The problem with takes like this is it ignores the economics of how most daz games are made.
The cost is almost all frontloaded - you need the gpu and a sufficient library of assets. And for sure, that's a non-trivial cost. However, once that cost is sunk, the capital cost going forward is extremely low, it's a bit of electricity and almost all labor - low labor at that.
I feel like most people defending devs haven't played around in daz themselves. It's 90% having a beefy computer and a large model/poses/environments/clothing library, and maybe 10% skills which develop over time (better posing, better camera framing, better lighting techniques, better writing). That's not to say the initial investment along with better directorial skills aren't commendable, they are - but once that initial investment is done it's extremely easy to crank out image after image.
In a nutshell, I'm saying you should be far more sympathetic to devs struggling to get off the ground - who haven't had the capital for a full "buy-in", and far less sympathetic to those who have their setup and rest on their laurels.
[RAinces] has not 1 or 2 but 3 failed endeavors, classified as failed simply due to them being incomplete and left in developmental limbo. And yet he [RAinces] is still using using the same scamming methodology to get funds.
As for investment, hardware usage anyone can buy a $150-$300 used enterprise server from ebay and this would suffice for the data interpretation needs. Those that use high end gaming hardware are doing it wrong at a higher cost of both inefficacy in production of content and the electricity used to produced said content.
As for software side of things there are so many different variations of 3d software, free and non-free alternatives that do the exact same things it just comes down to user comfort in the software chosen and, or, if you would be willing to pirate software.
Sympathy should be afforded for those who are innocence and first time mistakes not repeat offenders.
This sums up nicely his goals for this update...
update "i need money"! Enjoy...
This update is simple a rehash there is no real content, you are better playing 1.00 te far less bugs and more actually playable content.
Yes there bugs, lots of them not even worth playing in current state.
With no (statement - patch notes) of old saves being usable with or without bugs.
I'd start new save (as I did) and the exception error rate went down per "event".
Switched back and ran old saves, then even previous "events" done error-ed.
So I wouldn't trust the non-demo version when (if ever) released being save friendly compatibly to this demo version.
This update is a cash grab. Basically attempted to state relevancy and to garner subs in crowdfunding sites.
This is worth repeating, as he is still using the same tactics as before (blah some promises, blah I am going to change trust me -sub count rises-, no content ever gets distributed). I have little trust in his word (as he never keeps it) and even less in his promises (of content) as it is never released.
I'd wager my families farm he would make more on only fans with the amount of titillation he does with "his content".
