I'm not sure when Poser 6 is supposed to be released, but there's been enough talk about it and, now that Curious Labs has already released the English version of Shade, it's probably their primary project right now. My thought would be to hold off making the jump because CL, like most software companies, doesn't provide a large discount to customers who purchase their software. Upgrading from P5 to P6 will probably initially be a $150-$200 investment.