I would'nt be surprised if Daz stopped Bryce development altogether. It sells for $20 approx (£10). Hardly a money spinner.

Is it really worth it to them? Bryce 7 has not been fixed yet, despite the fact that it crashes all over the place, is not compatible with certain versions of Mac OS, has features that don't actually work, i.e. the Undo button in the Terrain editor, and is 32bit. To make it 64 bit which would be brilliant, would mean re-writing the whole program, which is time and money consuming and may not even be possible because of the way the original Bryce was written.

It's really a fun toy compared to higher end render apps, so are Daz really going to spend any more time on it?

I hope they do as it's beauty lies in it's simplicity compared to some 3D programs, and it is capable of producing excellent results.