I bought the $450 version (XSI Foundation). It was a great bargain, but looking back I can see now that the lack of ref models in that version was pretty limiting and I could see why more experienced people would avoid it just for that reason.
On a related note, I think it's a shame they stopped working on the Mod Tools, that is what brought me over to Softimage in the first place.. it really seemed like Softimage was the game-dev tool of choice back then. While I'm still using it as my primary 3d tool, it's much harder to hang on to that point of view these days. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: This is what I meant by AE integration not sure.. XSI was just 450$ for four years and people hesitated to get it anyway. It should have taken the market by storm at that point. I've got a lot of opinions on all subjects - :P - but I'm really not sure why that didn't happen. Theres one very big difference between then and now . At the time that that offer came out. The worlds economy was racing ahead. Money just wasnt so much of an object as it is now. People bought Maya mostly because it was all over magazines, websites etc. XSI was very rarely mentioned. Now the worlds economy is mostly in the gutter so I can bet that if that a similarly valued offer was given again with some decent marketing it would be a very different story.= <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table
