Let's hope that this is because Curius Labs have started to consider Poser 4 an outdated version. One of the kind that you give away in computer magazines ;). Maybe version 5 is on it's way. However, it sucks anyway as I just bought a used version and I did pay $200. I could not afford to buy a new copy as the price in Europe is silly expensive compared to the US. Poser and Pro pack costs around $700 here. I suggested that they made the apps availible for download purchase but they said Poser was to large (pro pack download is availible but for US only). But they could have cut the app and the models into separate downloads. You pay and download the app and then you could download the models one by one as you need them. This could cut the European price with 30%-40% (making it level with US prices). To get it for a fair price here in Europe could probably have some effect on piracy.