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Originally Posted by Elix  Wow, let's face it: Autodesk is becoming the EA of 3D modeling software. I'm not sure if this is a yay or nay announcement, since I use both XSI and Max. What next? Pixologic? |
What are you talking about man? EA does not dominate any more. UbiSoft is the leader. Has been since Sands of Time. Then there are other giants. EA is struggling to stay in the big picture with more and more Battlefields and FIFAs and Crickets and Maddens.
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Originally Posted by cola They have Max, Maya and Softimage. There is no way that can last. One or more of these will be absorbed. |
Why man? They have not acquired just the software's source code, but also the entire developer/tester/tech-support/marketing/sales team. They will keep doing what they have been doing. Only it will say "Softimage is a regd. trademark of Autodesk Corp." or something like that. Or maybe it will say Autodesk XSI. But the rest will continue as is. That is what the spokesperson of Softimage said. Join XSIBase for more info/rumors.
If the last release of XSI was 6.5, I would say it is a dark day for XSI people. But XSI 7 is full of weird issues and bad bugs. I wish everyday I hadn't switched. But can't go back now. Softimage is not prompt with updates, neither do they believe in service packs. But Autodesk does. Maybe it will open a way for us users to get frequent updates and fixes for XSI. Also, Crosswalk is a very bad tool. It almost never gets the job done the way you want it, and by the time Crosswalk comes out for Max 2008, you are using Max 2009. So, this merger may bring some change for better in terms of compatibility. There is no XFrog plugin for XSI (that prehistoric one doesn't even count). Vue integration is non-standard. No Vray/FinalRender plugin (forever in beta stage
). No timely MentalRay updates. I could go on like this forever ...