I wish this line was around when I started playing guitar. It has a range of sounds in one ready-to-go package. It also starts teaching the concept of the front panel control and editing, using knobs and dials and the screen to adjust everything. Many people who have the axe-fx as their first digital product have trouble with that, so imagine if they had come from something like this Spider V instead - they'd have no problem with the front panel of other gear, including FAS.
Gear like this helps prepare players for the future and even better gear.