The rock and hard place decision is that people seem to be shouting "We want new technology" and that is bombarded by the shouts "We want to keep using our legacy content".

Those two mindsets do not really work together.

At some point, if people really want software to grow, they will have to accept that the legacy content will not work so well anymore. It is time to move on. If people are happy with the quality they get out of 6yr old v4 products, then fine, there really is no need for them to upgrade their software. But the people who WANT higher quality from their artwork, should not be held back by those who dont.

If the old products work fine for you..then great, the current versions of poser will still keep running and you do not have to upgrade.