Hello David, You know I mostly agree with you.
Texture, texture, and texture.

But each figure has its limitations.

But? As you , I am sure one never needs anything above 20.000 poly's.
I 'll take good poly distribution over poly count any day of the year.
With a good texture of course.

Ever tried 8192x8192 textures?
Man, a new world opens up when you do that.

Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game Dev
"Do not drive faster then your angel can fly"!