personally, I think the slogan is misleading:
"The premiere 3D Animation and Figure Design Solution"
Perhaps it could have been that, had it had better direction in the past, but there is very little it can do along the lines of animation to compete with the likes of Autodesk, for example, and as far as "design" is concerned, most of that is done by other people with other programs who export it and make it available for Poser.

Perhaps E-frontier will change that, but it's not likely to stay under 300 bucks if they do.