Don't forget that Poser has a longer history. Poser 5's material shaders have been around since 2003. DS only comparatively recently got them. It'll be a while before people become more expert in the DS shaders. Up until DS3, DS hadn't had enough features to compete with Poser, so it was more a starting point for creating art. Once somebody got proficient in DS, they often bought Poser to go further.

It'll be interesting to see how much further DAZ will go to divorce their content from Poser. It doesn't seem that as much Freak 4 content is being produced as was made for the original. I'm curious if the same will happen with the Mil4 Kids.

Frankly, SM needs to fix scaling in Poser. It's been a known problem for quite a while. They don't have to do it to accommodate DAZ, but they need to fix it because it's a flaw in the program. A lot of new 3D graphics users are starting with the free DS and, as that program has gained more features, the need to migrate to Poser gets smaller.

Whlie I don't like DAZ introducing Poser incompatible content, the concept of basing new figures on a single mesh is good because it simplifies sharing clothing amongst the figures.

I have the orignal DAZ kids, and the Mil3 Kids, so I'm in no desperate need to buy lots of content for the new ones if they won't work in Poser. Maybe I'll someday have a compelling reason to learn DS, but that time isn't now.

My visual indexes of Poser content are at http://www.sharecg.com/pf/rgagnon