Bachus , most of what you say I agree..
A lot depends on the Daw..

MixCraft8 pro can have as many layers, splits as you want.. more than VIP 's eight.. same with effects..

I think I have less than 6,000 VST patches.. again easily organized with MixCraft8..
100,000 sounds is way overkill... they will be all atmosphere and synth sounds... How many great pianos do you need?

The reason I don't have an Akai advance or a NI complete Kontrol.... I don't want to use knobs for drawbars... been there..

I do like VIP and enjoy playing with it... but it has some things that just won't work for me... As I mentioned many MC8 sounds show in a list but will not load...and not just the proprietary VST's..

To borrow your quote... I guess I am spoiled..