Seems rather odd that CL would do this, before a lot of pre-orderers even have their copies. Surely they realized that a lot of people would be ticked.

The first e-mail I got from them about P6 said:

Preordering Poser 6 now insures you that you will not only receive this Special Edition offer - a product valued at over $400 US, but that you will receive this offer priced at or below the order price of Poser 6 when shipping this spring.

IMO, this offer breaks that "at or below" promise. I wonder if it's a sign of desperation. Maybe all those CL bashers who warned that P6 would be $50 in the Amazon discount bin in a couple of months were right? :-P