I think if they focus on two areas and forget about the 'advanced user' qualms (I mean how many people actually use SU for that high of a poly-count without having to switch to AutoCAD or Revit to produce some actual working drawings first?) they will have a winner -
- Simplicity (with the ability to model with haste) in modelling and GUI.
- Good looking 'somewhat quirky' presentation.
If you strip all the other cr@p back, that's what it all comes down to - it's the only reason to use SU in the end. We don't need it for working drawings, photo-realism, or advanced Maya-type modelling capabilities. We need what the program has always given us, a simple tool set and the ability to design in perspective with the added bonus of it being a useful client/design interface. Don't get me wrong, I use it everyday, and I want to use Revit as little as possible (ugly, designing in ortho? Come on! What's the point in that?)
Plus, lets not forget that as SU users we are the great 'work-around' type of people anyway. If we weren't, we'd all be sitting on Revit right now (well, I am anyway, but that's not the point). So whatever new tools we are given, I'm gonna wager that we will use them in creative ways that they weren't intended for anyway...