Characters are a tough issue. The base character almost has to be owned by a company at this point, and vendors manipulate that base mesh. The power of the DAZ Genesis line is that if somebody does a morphed body type (monster, animal or merely an unusually shaped human) you know all the clothing and props you already have are going to be usable - usually without too much trouble. You aren't buying a whole new wardrobe all the time, and your character isn't limited. That's the main problem I have with all the stand alone figures people come up with for Poser - some of which are quite good, but you're going to have limited clothes and accessories for them. It's the nature of the beast. It's why I never used the DAZ version of Dawn or Dusk.

And yes, I'd have to say with the Genesis gene pool, there really is "one character fits all". Or as close to it as you can possibly come. I think the fact Smith Micro will not put the capability of using it into Poser is going to kill Poser. If they don't want to use DAZ's version, they need to come up with their own. Not another pair of stand-alone figures.