M6 and V6 look fantastic in Poser renders. (The HD versions are even more impressive.) Poser has great SSS shaders. And firefly can be a lovely render engine. So there are reasons to use them in Poser, as opposed to Daz Studio.

But the HD versions are slow in Poser. If you find your UI slowing down -- parameter dials not moving, for example, or moving in quick uncontrollable leaps) -- you have to adjust your workflow. Pose first, then add textures, then clothes, then hair. Then last minute pose adjustments, perhaps even typing the parameter numbers in instead of turning dials.

The result can be really outstanding. But they are not my "go-to" figures because 1. I don't have that much content for them, 2. I don't always know what my scene is going to be before I start loading content, so I like to play around. And a slowed down UI isn't something I can deal with at that time.

For single figure pinups, V6 is absolutely the best female available at the moment. The best male for Poser, however, is probably Tyler. He is very underrated, but comes with a billion morphs (like having morphs ++ and muscle morphs) and the JCM's and pose controls that Blackhearted put in him do make him a very realistic character, with smooth and easy posing. 

Genesis does not work in Poser exactly as it works in Daz Studio. We all know that. But it does work. Whether the slow down in UI that Poser users tend to experience when they load multiple figures (or fully clothed HD figures) is an issue is entirely a matter of what kind of machine they have and how much they can tolerate the inconvenience.

The only way to know that is to try the figures for yourself.

I DO do artistic nudes (and they usually don't need the gens). So I find The HD versions of V6 and M6 to be useful.

Why Daz only includes the gens in the pro bundles I cannot say. The payment processer reasoning makes no sense when you first think about it, as Daz accepts credit cards and Paypal, and you can buy porn with a credit card and Ebay (which is owned by Paypal) sells adult sex toys. But perhaps Daz is using a third party merchant account from a local bank. Who knows what kind of restrictions they have?

Yes, the Platinum club makes buying pro bundles cheaper. The ever present sales also. I think I paid less than $50 for each of the pro bundles I bought.

Having said all that, I still don't necessarily recommend these figures to people who ask because a vast majority of Poser users can get by very happily with fourth generation Daz figures, the content for which IS cheaper, and easier to use and install into Poser.

But if someone specifically wants to do close-up pinups or nudes, or they are bemoaning a lack of content for male figures, or they'd like to be able to play with some of RawArt or JoeQuick's characters -- then they probably need to bite the bullet and give Genesis a serious try.

To me, it doesn't make sense to limit your options before you've experimented (seriously) with different technologies.

As always, these are just my opinions based on my own experience. :)

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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.