The amount of work put into a piece doesn't really determine the value of any given single instance of it, else we couldn't watch a move for $12 or buy a great novel for $10.

Assuming you believe the basic economic theories describing behavior in a free market, Poser content is worth exactly what people will pay for it. No more, no less. If it won't sell for more, then that might be more correctly thought of as a failure of marketing. Not enough people -- or businesses - buy Poser content to permit vendors to charge higher prices.

That said, yes, I feel lucky that I can buy a month or two of someone's work for $10. But I've always felt lucky in that regard. Every time I buy a book, I feel lucky that, thanks to the miracle of mass publishing, authors don't have to be independently wealthy or working for wealthy patrons any more.

It's a shame, though, that Poser content creators aren't selling 5,000 copies and considering that a relative failure. Surely most must do it out of love. No other explanation suffices.

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PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.