"Because when it comes to making money, Ideal trumps Real every time"

I have to disagree. 

A bit.

Miki 1's body was a perfectly photorealistic sculpt of Aneta Keyes.

Hadn't it been for her disgustingly shoddy rigging, she would have been Poser's biggest success.

People loved and drooled over her realism, until they tried to pose her.

So sorry, while marketing with "idealized" beauty (sadly) does work for a lot of people, not everybody is just a victim of his subconscious.

;-)