ahem.... well i thought i had read this somewhere, but was in denial..... now i know the truth and it is this:

I will not be getting unity anytime soon if at all.

I cant believe that a company would charge 7.5x the price so that someone could use a normal map, or have reflective water, or soft shadows. Hell yeah 3dgs is a lot of work to make it look pretty, but Ill keep my $1500 thank you.