well, it's like anything else, ya 'go where the money is'. Offering the basic Daz figures for free is a marketing move; since you're limited into how much you can change them unless you start buying morphs, morphs+, morphs++, morphs^2/3+(17x-9), etc...;)

Having not tried my hand at modeling actual characters (mainly robots), it's a lot of work to not only do the model, but rig, UVMap, etc. It all takes time, and if something doesn't catch on, you may get frustrated, or lose interest.  I can't speak for others, but I've got boatloads of characters, and I'm happy if they have clothes at all...;)

I just wish there was a better tracking system between Vx, and 'clothes for Vx' (woops, Vx is a nerve gas, but I didn't mean it that way...;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)