Actually I find 3D content is much more affordable than it once was--I started out with Poser 4.  I really don't find the new content to be more expensive if one is in the Platinum Club one gets a good discount--one needs to get the stuff while it's one sale, but even if one misses the first sale, it almost always goes on sale again at some point or another.   I don't think the Base V5 Bundle was any more expensive than V4 Bundle when she came out; in fact if people wait a while a lot of time you can get stuff heavily discounted or free if one does not have to have the most recent figure when it's released.

Daz has had  various free promotional bundles, and they have also given a lot of content away with books and Magazines.  I got the Basic (inclduing textures, morphs, clothes and hair) V4 bundle, Hiro bundle, and Aiko bundle all for free--I've not spent a penny on V4, not even for clothes.