It is really sad for the poor Bryce, it was a so promising soft and now it will be hard to get it as it must be! I switched to Vue before Bryce switch to Daz, but I continue to follow its "evolution". I'm happy with Vue (I have 5 Pro studio now), and I'm not that happy of the Bryce's evolution, it is quite the same as when I left it so long time ago... Vue 4 is more or less equivalent to Bryce 5.5, and I saw it is $49 when you have Bryce, without being platinum member ;-) Of course you can again wait and see, as we said before 5.5! I'll maybe get Bryce 6 (there will be a price for Bryce 5 user I think), but I prefer to wait for Bryce 6 with Vue rather than with the 5.5 minor update.