Quote - If you're a wiz at making 3d content you're far better off (financially speaking) working for film, tv or game development. The Poserverse is a parsimonious place. It’s amazing that it has attracted the level of talent that it has.

Pretty much this... Most people in the poserverse dont realize just how underpriced poser content is. I'm sure we'v all seen those threads where someone mocks a product on a site like TurboSquid or similar. Well guess what, those are standard industry prices (well except for the really crappy products) and are quite comparable to what a modeler or texturer makes in a proper studio. But the poser market isn't like this, here the merchants have to rely solely on volume sales to make up for selling their products at 1/10th of the actual value. The only people who can manage this are those who already have a fan base or have been doing this for years. Which means of course DAZ and a handful of others. The rest find it very hard to break into the market, take a huge risk with every new product and usally find way better outlets for their talents then poser content.

Of course this a great thing for us users, as we get to enjoy high quality products at very low prices. But it does lead to a small amount of variety in what you can get, limited mainly to the usual big boobie women, fantasy stuff 'inspired' from frazetta and vallejo and the occasional toon and/or fantasy creature.