Personally, I wouldn't get rid of a decent workstation for any VA. Stock samples are all too important. The Extreme has an immense amount of these at your fingertips, along with a host of effects and a great set of controllers.
You can't get the Virus to realistically play pianos, guitars, orchestral, instruments, drums - real-world type sounds - that would otherwise easily come from workstations (Motif/Triton etc.). I think the Extreme allows sampling too, which is even more of a reason not to get rid of it if you're not intent on plugging that gap at a later time.
You can program drums on the Virus, but you'll never make a set of synth drums sound like any real sets. Instead they'll be more drum-machiney, naturally.
On the other hand, the workstations can do VA-type sounds, but they're never going to be as strong or flexible as the sounds coming from a dedicated VA synth.
A workstation and a VA would be the best compromise. Take a look at the second-hand market.
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