In my experience higher price doesn't necessarily equate to higher quality.  Vue 6 Infiinite was the most expensive software I've ever bought, but it is so bug ridden and a memory hot that I can hardly use it on my system, which has good specs for a household computer.  The system requirements have all been met and are far above them, yet the loading of 2 or 3 Poser figures with high res textures is enough to crash the program.  If would seem that if you're not running a 64 bit version of XP with 8 gigabytes of ram, then you are extremely limited as to what you can do with it.  I'm sure people with dedicated workstations in studios can take advantage of all it's benefits and hefty system requirements (it was used to make Pirates of the Carribean 2), but not me.  I don't love it enough to want to spend $2000 or more for a system that can properly handle it.  For those reasons, unless they make a considerable jump in performance on average computer systems, this will probably be the last version of Vue I will ever buy.

Poser was really designed for the hobbiest, if they make it too expensive they will be pricing it out of the market for most people who are using the software now.  As I've said previously in this thread, Poser is extensively used by professionals all the time--there are numerous sightings. Those in doubt should read the Secrets of Poser Experts for plenty of examples.  It is what people make of it, for those with commercial uses in mind it is as worthy a tool as any, it allows people to create graphics for advertising without an excessive budget or time put into it.  It's a great work horse to meet those deadlines on time.  It will never be Maya or Lightwave, so why try to make it that?   The exporters in Pro will allow professionals to get content into more high end applications if they need to, but many professionals haven't seen the need so far.

If you are a modeler or making the next big animate feature film, like The Incredibles--I can understand needing more horse power--but for people like me--working on a small scale it's just fine.  Over pricing the software will destroy the base market that has always been aimed at--that, more than anything else, I feel would jeapordise Poser's future.  Disney or George Lucas would never lower themselves to use anything called Poser no matter how big the price or how advanced the features.