There are alternative business models though. For example, one where you polish and release in-house tools:
https://bufsoftware.com/products/bsuite/ Anyone know what's happened to it? Is it still in active development? On 01/03/2017 12:27, Matt Lind wrote: > I don't think we'll see new comprehensive DCC applications in the 3D space, > other than possibly Fabric Engine if they decide to go in that direction. > > The 1990s taught us it's a very expensive, time consuming, high risk, > resource intensive effort that sells to a limited market. Most of these > applications took 3-4 years to engineer a new core and only Softimage did a > complete ground-up rewrite on that schedule (with Microsoft money to burn). > The others borrowed pieces of existing technology. Once these apps hit the > market, it was another few years of lean cash flow until industry trusted > them enough to adopt for general use. That's another way of saying you need > at least 5 years of funding to undertake such an effort. > > The industry has evolved and expanded since the 1990s, but prices have > plummeted. Maya was originally released with MSRP of $35,000 USD. > Softimage at $13,995 USD. You have to sell a lot more licenses these days > to recoup costs. > > Another issue is the market has fragmented so much each specialty is > steering towards it's own dedicated toolset. While new DCC's are desired, > they don't appear to be a practical option. Going against the established > players is taking on a field of giants - and they have a good number of > patents for really important technology too. To compete in today's market, > you need a different formula to cause enough disruption backed by someone > with great ambition and cash. Elon Musk is probably the most recent > example, but despite all the resources, you can see how long and difficult > it has been for Tesla to penetrate the market. Software isn't automobiles, > but the analogy holds. > > Matt > > > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:50:01 +0100 > From: Sebastien Sterling <sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Getting close to a 3 year old EOL annyversary > > See you later Space Software... (do you even reference mate ? ) > > When will the next generation of digital content creation tools/Platforms > happen I wonder ? Fabric is beating the fanfare don't get me wrong, but it > feels like we are late for a new member in the full solution family, > something that makes use of the advances made in tech... since after 1998. > > Also out of interest what would people like to see in It? Other then a row > of AD ceo's heads on sticks at boot up? > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
