Come across some nice data while looking at Episode 10 initial reports back in January 2023.
Episode 10
107 Posed and 62 Rendered at 42 days after EP 9 Release
Episode 11
85 Posed and 63 Rendered at 28 days after EP 10 Release
The number of posed and rendered animations from EP10 cames from the 27/01/23 report while the data from EP11 comes from this Friday report.
While the number of posed animations is lower, the rendered ones are basically matched despite the fact the previous cycle was already in it's sixth week versus the current one at it's forth week.
Really shows he either started making animations earlier or the RTX4090s are making a difference. Probably a mix of those 2 factors.
Either way those numbers are promising, if DPC keeps focusing on animations earlier in the cycle, we could see a sizeable difference in render wait times later this year.
Now, how much time that will save is still up in the air, if DPC decides to do even more animations or higher framerate animations (over 60 like some in EP10) this headstart could easily be lost.
Regardless, while I still don't expect the update to come out before december, I'm now mildly optimistic and if this trends continues in the coming months a november release could even be possible.
