Actually Daz's plan is to provide industry standard at hobbiest prices.

And how long will that last? Memories...I remember when The Plan was for a single mesh, of medium resolution these days, that would used for everything. Male, female, creature, wouldn't matter. As long as it was humanoid, it was all you'd ever need. It was The Future! Heck, barely had to be humanoid with geografting! Sub-D would render high-res meshes utterly obsolete! It will be the industry standard!

Until The Plan was that they may have been a tad hasty about the whole Single Mesh to Rule Them All thing, and then the plan was separate male and female meshes again and maybe not so much with the creature thing any more either. But new system! The future of bending! Setting a new standard in posing! You'd never need anything else, unless, I suppose you did want the whole non-human things, but hey! It's The Plan! The Future! it will be the industry standard! For sure! This time!

Until The Plan wasn't actually that new bending system but dual quaternion. And with more powerful system, that whole medium/low-poly thing is looking kinda iffy. But, the Future! That's The Plan! Industry standard!

Based on prior experience, one wonders what exactly The Plan and "industry standard" will be a year or so from now.