Maybe the question you guys should be asking yourselves is this: just what do you expect from a four hundred dollar program? If you want full photographic realism and perfect reflections and all these other toys, maybe Poser and Studio just arent for you anymore. Maybe it's time you moved on to the higher end programs where you can get all that and more — and at a price tag appropriate to the power you now seem to expect. 

These programs, by and large, are for hobbyists, overwhelmingly so. That doesnt mean development should end, but at the same time, what is the point of putting in these higher end resource hogs that only a few percentage points of the user market is even going to bother with?

And yes, it does come down to a market that has invested a lot of money in this stuff. They are your principle market share, whether you like it or not. And they're the ones who are going to look at this stuff and say, "What the hades do I need that for?" I dont even want to think how much time and energy went into developing Poser's Hair Room. How many people actually use it? Probably not enough to warrant all the development time. Why it's still in there is a complete mystery to me, but hey, whatever. Neverthless, it's a perfect example of a "feature" that takes up a lot of development time and energy — and that hardly anyone uses. So what's the point of it?

Yes, development should continue. New features should be put in place. But sticking a Maseratti engine in a Prius? Dude, go buy a Maseratti. To be frank, you're just screwing it up for the rest of us.

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