"Yes it costs more, but for it's pricing is quite justified in most cases."

I disagree, for the price it costs now for someone to start in DS and get all the plugins, they would be better off putting that money into a higer end app.

I do agree that we have been spoiled price wise for a long time and this does cost poser in the long run. You could also argue that we are justifiable in thinking that  there has not been enough advancement in Poser versions to pay more.