Actually the "big deal" is these are unique NEW textures, not rehashes of all the stuff already out there, but done with a VERY high res camera, and even lossless tif textures are provided.

Daz even created their own special shaders, to get even more "reality" out of them you normally see. I have seen poser renders using them over there, and some are just jaw dropping, but they are really aimed at the pro market, rather then the casual hobbist customer.

The costs to make these new textures were supposedly VERY expensive (a 16 megapixel camera was used), and this is daz's way to test the waters for the pro poser/ds user customer base.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.