I am vested in V4, V3 and their orbiting characters. I haven't made the Genesis transition because I've stayed with Poser during the software split. 

From what I have seen, Smith Micro may be shooting themselves in the foot, however, since they've instituted a 'phone home' strategy for their software (initially without telling people), killing it on your computer if it doesn't get a positive  response in a timely manner (Specifically Game Developer, not, as far as I know PPro2014). This is apparently a step in positioning their product as a subscription service, the way Adobe and Corel have done (I understand Corel is optional; you can buy OR subscribe;  I think Adobe is not). I guess it will be up to the Poser community, whether they choose to accept this in the long run.

Partly as a result some people, I hear, are responding by actually pulling their poser machines and making them stand alone, so they only have to deal with Smith Micro and getting a code maybe once a year (of course, there is also a feeling that a high horsepower 3D Graphics machine runs faster and leaner if you don't have to load it up with anti-virus protection). Cheaper Tablets can now access the web and the data can be screened and ported to a secure stand alone graphics machine.

What this means is that while I believe very much in Poser software, Smith Micro is almost actively driving me to adopt the DAZ product, which is still Free, and gratefully so.

But I really don't see improvement beyond V4 worth the cost - for what I play with - in going to any of the Genesis characters and their accessories. In my opinion, there is still not enough variation in the characters. The detail has gone up, but I liken it more to all the improvements that they made in 78 RPM records, fussing with variations in speed (some are 80 RPM) and needle widths before 33RPM Long play came out.

The short is the next character I plan to invest in as heavily as I did with the V3-V4 Series will probably be one that doesn't exist yet. The 33RPM Long Play of Characters (3D is still in its infancy).  "My" character will be one that can take a full detailed body scan from a system such as an Artec (Luxemborg/Russia)see below,  Reference Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-09-29/first-selfies-now-shapies-scanning-booths-capture-the-moment-in-3-d

...and map it to a rigged 3D universal mesh. From there clothing and Jewelry designs are more likely to be made for real people and then to be actually manufactured to fit.

Here's a low-cost approach to scanning via Kinect:

https://www.shapify.me/scan-at-home

I think this is what is coming.