M3 and V3 (and their future incarnations) will always be in the picture because they really are good figures. I think the art of doing good business, especially in art, is to avoid saturation. This said, not all of the DAZ figures are equally supported. The FREAK, D3, Luke, and the preschoolers don't have a lot of support. Nonetheless, these figures are much more likely to be supported than figures like Neftis's Elle (which I'm sure some of you are tired of me constantly bringing her up). I think a lot of the problem for the 3rd party figures is that there isn't a centralized location as to where they are sold. DAZ has an advantage in that it sells its figures from its site and then pays brokers to support those figures. A lot of these figures are in places where people don't know where to find them. AlekNest, Sixus1, Neftis, RDNA, Dacort, etc. sell their figures from their own sites. So there really isn't a unified front against DAZ. Sixus1, IHMO, has been the most savvy in that he has consistently created his own market without trying to compete in anyone else's. He gave his human figures for free long before DAZ thought of it. That choice raises the bar for other other 3rd party figure developers since they have to compete with high end figures that are being given away for free. Lilin2 is also compatible with V3 textures, hair, and clothing. So that will make people stop and think before they buy a figure like Misaki and Elle as they'll have to update the wardrobe too...