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(No longer true. G9 is now in presale.)

Those of you who have read some of my FAQ journal entries are aware that I often known things I can't tell, because the Publishing Partner Agreement at Daz3d basically contains a non-disclosure agreement. I can't discuss these issues until Daz3d has mentioned them openly, or risk losing my relationship with my main broker.

But as I understand it, I am allowed to discuss this today because it was mentioned on Daz3d's Facebook page (as well as on the forums). It's roughly that point in the product cycle where people would start saving up for Genesis 9, because we're approaching roughly the time span between Genesis 3 and 8.

Well, don't do that. Daz3d is not releasing Genesis 9. In fact, as far as I know they're not even working on Genesis 9. Currently their plan is to keep developing the technology of the program before they worry about making another figure generation.

And this is good news, and I'll tell you why.

Genesis 8 was not a big leap in tech from Genesis 3. They're practically the same figure in different poses. Even their base FBMs in the body pack are the same. The only real improvements are in Genesis 8's better facial expressions. The eyelashes are separate, but I don't know that this is an improvement for anyone but us content creators. This is not a V4 to Genesis gap. It's barely a gap at all.

So, rather than release a Genesis 9 that is basically the same tech with a slightly different shape, I would rather see Daz3d continuing the path of developing technology to a point where it's possible to create better, more lifelike figures. Because as much as I love Daz Studio, we are not at that point yet; as great as the devs are, they can only work so fast.

The second reason this is good news is that it gives us content creators more time to develop deeper G8 catalogues. Genesis 8 might well be the first figures to have as much content for them as good old Michael 4 and Victoria 4 (if not more!). And artists like me, who specialize in utilities, have more time to give you even more options for interconversion between existing figure generations.

Customers will have more compatibility options than ever before. And that can only be a good thing.

So don't get worked up over Genesis 9 just yet. Genesis 8 is here to stay for a good long while.

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(No longer true. G9 is now in presale.)

Those of you who have read some of my FAQ journal entries are aware that I often known things I can't tell, because the Publishing Partner Agreement at Daz3d basically contains a non-disclosure agreement. I can't discuss these issues until Daz3d has mentioned them openly, or risk losing my relationship with my main broker.

But as I understand it, I am allowed to discuss this today because it was mentioned on Daz3d's Facebook page (as well as on the forums). It's roughly that point in the product cycle where people would start saving up for Genesis 9, because we're approaching roughly the time span between Genesis 3 and 8.

Well, don't do that. Daz3d is not releasing Genesis 9. In fact, as far as I know they're not even working on Genesis 9. Currently their plan is to keep developing the technology of the program before they worry about making another figure generation.

And this is good news, and I'll tell you why.

Genesis 8 was not a big leap in tech from Genesis 3. They're practically the same figure in different poses. Even their base FBMs in the body pack are the same. The only real improvements are in Genesis 8's better facial expressions. The eyelashes are separate, but I don't know that this is an improvement for anyone but us content creators. This is not a V4 to Genesis gap. It's barely a gap at all.

So, rather than release a Genesis 9 that is basically the same tech with a slightly different shape, I would rather see Daz3d continuing the path of developing technology to a point where it's possible to create better, more lifelike figures. Because as much as I love Daz Studio, we are not at that point yet; as great as the devs are, they can only work so fast.

The second reason this is good news is that it gives us content creators more time to develop deeper G8 catalogues. Genesis 8 might well be the first figures to have as much content for them as good old Michael 4 and Victoria 4 (if not more!). And artists like me, who specialize in utilities, have more time to give you even more options for interconversion between existing figure generations.

Customers will have more compatibility options than ever before. And that can only be a good thing.

So don't get worked up over Genesis 9 just yet. Genesis 8 is here to stay for a good long while.