I 'm sorry to keep coming back to this, but facts matter:
" Each of those packages is capable enough to create good looking game models, if the artist in front of the computer is skilled enough. "
yes in ‘general’, but not for many, who because blender edit mode at the very least needs a huge rewrite, can’t use blender.
Yes, free, open source, fbx problems notiwthstanding is a great plus for those who can’t afford the big 3d apps , and if you don’t intend on creating HIGH end mesh’s, with large #'s of t ri’s or don’t start that mesh the right way and its sometimes you come from ‘other 3d apps’, then blender right off, becomes a dead end.
It therefore was not fair just to say , ’ if the artist in front of the computer is skilled enough ', because I"ve just shown you, proved to you, that is categorically, untrue.
It’s not me being mean to blender, its me warning others to beware of pitfalls. I wish someone had warned me! 