I recall there was such enthusiasm years back around Modo, when C4D modelling tools were not updated and improved, even to a point where it was postulated that it will replace C4D alltogether. I have tried it myself and it was obvious it was completely built for modelling in mind, with little consideration for becoming more than that, and I suspected that it's architecture simply isn't suitable for such task. Either way, After that I never looked at it again, but seeing it being abandoned is quite sad.