I hope it works out for them and being able to upgrade for a lower price is definitely a plus so I hope they are really letting people know about that benefit as well. I currently purchase lower versions of adobe products with the goal of being able to upgrade to the product that I really want without having to hand over $600 just to get it.  So I can see where that would be of a big benefit for anyone that wants Poser but can't afford the full price of it.

Hopefully they have some artists creating sample artwork using the content that comes with Poser Debut.  There's nothing quite as disappointing as seeing V4 rendered with Poser and then expecting that the Poser content will be like that only to find out that Simon couldn't change pants. LOL. 

But whatever their marketing plan is I hope it works. I've always been a fan of Poser.