"Poser 5 was a mess on release, much more so than Poser 5. BUT it's been a few weeks now. One patch out another almost here. Things are beginning to look up." here, here. "The only important thing left to consider is remembering this time three years or so hence for the advent of Poser 6." The only reason that it took 3 years was because the company started at metacreations with p4 and had to forma new company for p5. It's not going to take that long for p6