Why Presonus Studio One 3 is being re-sold so cheap in KVR market?

[sl1200mk2]

I never saw Studio One Pro given away with anything...

Their StudioLive mixers include a free copy of S1. 16 & 24 ch models get Artist and 32 ch gets Pro. I got my copy of S1 Pro from a guy who bought a StudioLive 32 and already had S1 Pro, so it was an extra license for him and I got it at a great price (60% off IIRC).

[kelldammit]

I'd guess that "steal" pricing (sales, etc) put it into impulse buy territory from time to time. For some people, it sticks, for others, not. If it doesn't work out, it's easier to let go of for cheap because the buy-in cost was so low. Some other DAWs just don't sell for so little, even on sale, so there's probably a bit less of that than with others.
I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of folks started trying to ditch their samp pro x3 suite licenses over the next few months, for pretty much the same reason.

[generaldiomedes]

Presonus is in a tough niche. It doesn't have the workflow to appeal to the EDM crowd, doesn't have the complexity to appeal to the soundtrack crowd, I guess it pretty much appeals to the Pro Tools (i.e. live recording) crowd who are on a budget? I did like it, but ultimately moved to Ableton and haven't looked back. I might fire it up again if I started recording anything live again, but then again, I might not ..

[THE INTRANCER]

Presonus is in a tough niche. It doesn't have the workflow to appeal to the EDM crowd, doesn't have the complexity to appeal to the soundtrack crowd, I guess it pretty much appeals to the Pro Tools (i.e. live recording) crowd who are on a budget? I did like it, but ultimately moved to Ableton and haven't looked back. I might fire it up again if I started recording anything live again, but then again, I might not ..

With the advent of SO 3.0, the appeal for production of Electronic Dance Music and Soundtrack work with users, has increased more significantly I think ....since 1.0 / 2.0. Studio One was heavily focused with EDM users in mind, which can be clearly seen from the new devices they brought in. It did make some shockwaves around May 24th 2015 when it dropped and in I think mostly a good way. The darker GUI, felt more focused than open gray style, of similar daws's like DP and Protools.

Presence XT opened it's doors more to the area of orchestral material, articulations and slightly wider range of supported formats.

I do both soundtrack and trance/ambient music, and find the flexibility and options provided very fluid for this. When I sit down, it's like having so many approaches available for one to take, but always in a musical thinking way. What I have noticed, particularly from YouTubers that do their live recorded streams is that they have their own workflow and approach which is different from my own. I think that's one of Studio One's main aspects of appeal, it's not locked into any one way of doing things and it does it in as few steps as possible.