One has ask, why buy Poser when DS is free? If I were someone thinking about getting into 3D work, I certainly would opt for DS. And it seems this is exactly what folks are doing--and of course there are those individuals who have left Poser for DS...that is why merchants are creating content for DS rather than for Poser...Rendo's store is proof: 13 pages of new Poser content vs. 36 pages of new DS content. And, the DS content is far more appealing...So unless the next iteration of Poser is knock-your-socks-off awesome, or if not free, then next to free, I don't see things changing for Poser. I like Poser, but quite frankly the only reason I have stuck with the program is due to the truck loads of Poser content I own.