I knew a guy that looked down his nose at me because I used Bryce as my "meat and potatos" renderer.  He had 3DSMAX.  He showed me all the features...told me what Bryce could not do, and his program could.  I simply nodded, waiting for him to finish his diatribe.  When he had finished and smugly looked at me for some "feeble newbie" response I simply smiled at him and said "I use that toy to make a living and extra money.  How much money have you made?"  He had no answer.

It all boils down to if Bryce can do what you  need it to do and you can output high enough quality render for print...what does it really matter?