As long as people are willing to pay.  It will raise Poser's price considerably and I doubt many people will buy Poser if the price get's too high. They already have problems selling the newer versions of Poser for the price asked and if they follow this tactic, sales may be even less.

On the other hand, if functionality improves, others may become more interested Poser, but it's a gamble.

For now, I doubt Smith Micro will make such moves, to them Poser first has to prove to be a good investment and I seriously doubt has proven to be such a good investment until now. At this point we don't even know for sure if version 8 will even be released at all. There have been rumors that it's in development, but do we even know that for sure?

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Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk