Bargain Center: discussion, gossip, etc.

[Kalamata Kid]

Just wait for Black Friday and get Affinity Photo for half price ?

Was it -50% off in 2019 BF?
Now $50
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/#buy

[Digivolt]

Just wait for Black Friday and get Affinity Photo for half price ?

Was it -50% off in 2019 BF?
Now $50
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/#buy

Either 40 or 50 off, I can't remember

[Kalamata Kid]

^^^
Then I will wait for BF.
Thanks.

[OneOfManyPauls]

Just wait for Black Friday and get Affinity Photo for half price ?

Was it -50% off in 2019 BF?
Now $50
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/#buy

Either 40 or 50 off, I can't remember

BF 2018 / 2019 was 30% off - March this year I got 50% off, as part of their COVID promo.

[Vleker]

iZotope has released the MPS 4 with Rx 8, a new reverb and some updates. Too expensive imo however. 3.1 -> 4 is $200. More than I paid for 3.1 all together

[WatchTheGuitar]

iZotope has released the MPS 4 with Rx 8, a new reverb and some updates. Too expensive imo however. 3.1 -> 4 is $200. More than I paid for 3.1 all together

I really dislike Izotope's business model on upgrades. They're horrible at pushing out several paid-for updates and charging people nearly as much to upgrade as buy a suite outright. I'd like the RX8 features, but I'm going to wait on at least another full version release before upgrading MPS. I can suck up the FOMO because I can't afford to upgrade at $200 a time multiple times a year.

[Ou_Tis]

and pop ups on your desktop that promote their latest version upgrade

I'd forgotten about those little bastards. Really annoying. The only other company that does that with me is Epic Games, but at least they give away some really good games for free on a regular basis. The Corel pop ups are solely begging bowls.

Magix does that too. Probably not a coincidence that there have been at least three Magix Humble Bundles in the last three years... they'll offer the discounts in exchange for spamming you.

[agharta]

Magix does that too. Probably not a coincidence that there have been at least three Magix Humble Bundles in the last three years... they'll offer the discounts in exchange for spamming you.

It takes less than ten seconds to unsubscribe so that's not classed as real spam, more like fake spam.

[revvy]

I can suck up the FOMO because I can't afford to upgrade at $200 a time multiple times a year.

Nobody can afford that or does it that way, clearly the way with MPS - which is a phenomenal collection of software - is to be strategic and watch for sales. As I do that, I found Izotope SW to be OK value with great quality in general.

My only personal beef with MPS is that it only includes RX Standard, not Advanced.

[machinesworking]

I can suck up the FOMO because I can't afford to upgrade at $200 a time multiple times a year.

Nobody can afford that or does it that way, clearly the way with MPS - which is a phenomenal collection of software - is to be strategic and watch for sales. As I do that, I found Izotope SW to be OK value with great quality in general.

My only personal beef with MPS is that it only includes RX Standard, not Advanced.

My beef is I have to wait, or pay a tax for upgrading out os MPS. I would like RX8, but it makes total sense to wait until another part of the bundle is upgraded then Upgrade with a sale. Otherwise I'm paying $50 more to upgrade MPS for no reason.

[revvy]

I can suck up the FOMO because I can't afford to upgrade at $200 a time multiple times a year.

Nobody can afford that or does it that way, clearly the way with MPS - which is a phenomenal collection of software - is to be strategic and watch for sales. As I do that, I found Izotope SW to be OK value with great quality in general.

My only personal beef with MPS is that it only includes RX Standard, not Advanced.

My beef is I have to wait, or pay a tax for upgrading out os MPS. I would like RX8, but it makes total sense to wait until another part of the bundle is upgraded then Upgrade with a sale. Otherwise I'm paying $50 more to upgrade MPS for no reason.

Yep.

With Izotope bundles you have to accept delayed gratification with upgrades.

[Vleker]

iZotope has released the MPS 4 with Rx 8, a new reverb and some updates. Too expensive imo however. 3.1 -> 4 is $200. More than I paid for 3.1 all together

I really dislike Izotope's business model on upgrades. They're horrible at pushing out several paid-for updates and charging people nearly as much to upgrade as buy a suite outright. I'd like the RX8 features, but I'm going to wait on at least another full version release before upgrading MPS. I can suck up the FOMO because I can't afford to upgrade at $200 a time multiple times a year.

Yes same, I basically hate any business model where I pay more for an upgrade than for the product. If I pay $175 for the full thing I'd pay $100 max for an upgrade but I don't think that will ever happen

[martinjuenke]

iZotope has released the MPS 4 with Rx 8, a new reverb and some updates. Too expensive imo however. 3.1 -> 4 is $200. More than I paid for 3.1 all together

Tried to find out if and when a further reduced upgrade price (cheaper than 200 $) can be expected, but haven't found anything...
Opinions?

[WatchTheGuitar]

iZotope has released the MPS 4 with Rx 8, a new reverb and some updates. Too expensive imo however. 3.1 -> 4 is $200. More than I paid for 3.1 all together

Tried to find out if and when a further reduced upgrade price (cheaper than 200 $) can be expected, but haven't found anything...
Opinions?

I had MPS 2, passed on 2.1 upgrade and IIRC in a sale went MPS 2 to 3 for $149 and with the JRR Shop discount on top. You just have to bide your time.

[Harry_HH]

Can you remember the NI ”summer sale” pricing - how much is the Komplete Ultimate update in these yearly sales?

Just got the offer from NI, my price for Komplete 13 Ultimate update is € 399 - it sounds much higher than the yearly summersale price.