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VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:50 pm

lnikj wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:48 pm On V9. 299. I can wait a while for 99.

Used to be 199 at release though.

Wow so no one is getting a big break. Thats the same price they are quoting me on V8

SHall1000 · Post by **SHall1000** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:51 pm

I’m surprised that people are surprised by the upgrade pricing. I don’t think it is different from the last coupon of cycles. Early adopters pay premium. The price you pay depends on what you already own. The price halves a year or so later.
Maybe because some late adopters who got some absolute bargains from upgrading much older versions think Arturia are always cheap. Or is the disappointment is driven by the perception that the new offerings are a bit lacklustre for the money.

alienmachine · Post by **alienmachine** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:56 pm

Are they kidding? My upgrade shows $149. I own ALL their software products (FXs and Instruments) except Augmented Strings and Brass, and half their sound banks. I didn't disagree with their offers and upgrades previously, but this time is ridiculous.

lnikj · Post by **lnikj** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:58 pm

VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:50 pm
lnikj wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:48 pm On V9. 299. I can wait a while for 99.

Used to be 199 at release though.
Wow so no one is getting a big break. Thats the same price they are quoting me on V8

Sorry. Senior moment. I'm on V8 too. Still would normally be 199 though. I could just about buy a Microfreak for that upgrade price.

tactile_coast · Post by **tactile_coast** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:04 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:42 pm These recurring upgrades look like a subscription...

Or is that these sky high upgrade prices are going to make the forthcoming £19,99 a month subscription look like a bargain.

Just a guess but everyone is doing it these days.

c_voltage · Post by **c_voltage** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:13 pm

299 for me (from V7 + Pigments and other things).
Well, for 99 i was near to, for 299 not

zadillo · Post by **zadillo** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:15 pm

My upgrade price is $149, have V Collection 9 and MiniFreak V.

Really weird thing, I'm looking to see what I paid for MiniFreak V (I was pretty sure I bought it for $49 during the intro offer), but I can't find any record of an order for MiniFreak V - just $149 I paid last year for V Collection 9. Did they do some sort of special I'm forgetting about and I got MiniFreak V back then?

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:21 pm

VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:45 pm
martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:42 pm These recurring upgrades look like a subscription...
More like WUP in a way. You can keep using the old versions, but if you want updates you have to spend the money.

You're right

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:22 pm

tactile_coast wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:04 pm
martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:42 pm These recurring upgrades look like a subscription...
Or is that these sky high upgrade prices are going to make the forthcoming £19,99 a month subscription look like a bargain.

Just a guess but everyone is doing it these days.

You're right as well

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:33 pm

lnikj wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:58 pm
VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:50 pm
lnikj wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:48 pm On V9. 299. I can wait a while for 99.

Used to be 199 at release though.
Wow so no one is getting a big break. Thats the same price they are quoting me on V8
Sorry. Senior moment. I'm on V8 too. Still would normally be 199 though. I could just about buy a Microfreak for that upgrade price.

Right? That's my reasoning as well. I ordered a Misha instead of buying more software since they're on discount at the moment. "We know that you have choices..."

andypryce · Post by **andypryce** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:39 pm

This release needed a star instrument to justify the upgrade prices. Andromeda or a brand new full featured sampler or new Spark, even Korg Trident maybe but something. it feels a rushed update.

Edit: Hartmann Neuron is a sleeper

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:42 pm

My guess is that they didn't finish an update to the Modular V, so instead added another Augmented sample pack. Even so, I've been paying upgrades since version 3, so that's a whole lot more cash than they're currently charging for the full price of Collection X, so things just don't add up for long term loyal customers. And don't get me started on the FX Collection.

Meester Smeeeth · Post by **Meester Smeeeth** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:54 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:21 pm
VitaminD wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:45 pm
martinjuenke wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:42 pm These recurring upgrades look like a subscription...
More like WUP in a way. You can keep using the old versions, but if you want updates you have to spend the money.
You're right

Kind of. But Not really. Without WUP you don’t get any updates and they take away a second license.

With V collection you continue to get free updates for all the instruments that are still current, which is a lot of them.

Most of V8 got updates today.

But still, not good. The mere fact we are even starting to compare Arturia updates to WUP says it all.

my update price for FX 4 is even more insulting —. I am only missing the rotary speaker and they want $199.

From an objective point of view I find it hard to find value in upgrading to X from 8 for €299.

Subjectively there is zero value. I hate electric pianos (so many of the songs I disliked in the 80s were slathered in electric piano. Yeuch) and I have absolutely no interest in any of the augmented stuff. I have no use for them at all. None. I like orchestral sounds and I like synth sounds but I don’t like these horrible pseudo 90s ROMpler sounds at all.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:02 pm

The vowel filter is gone from the Mini V4? That was the coolest thing about it!

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:29 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:02 pm The vowel filter is gone from the Mini V4? That was the coolest thing about it!

Arturia V Collection 10. Predictions.