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The only critical benefit I see to CS6 is (hopefully) compatibility with OSX Lion's new app management scheme. I'm curious to see if/how this catches on. Most
by radley 15y ago
The only critical benefit I see to CS6 is (hopefully) compatibility with OSX Lion's new app management scheme.
I'm curious to see if/how this catches on. Most creative professionals have already paid for CS so it's more cost effective to upgrade than subscribe, especially if they're doing the skip-every-other-version approach. The only market this works for are enterprise customers who need this kind of payment process.
Perhaps the next generation or two will adopt subscriptions, but I'm skeptical. Like Paul said, if CS becomes subscription only, most new designers will look for something pirateble and/or affordable first.
- davidjade 15y agoExcept Adobe killed upgrade pricing if you skip versions now. Only CS5 and 5.5 owners get upgrade pricing for CS6. There is a temporary reprieve for CS 3 & 4 owners until the end of 2012 (they backtracked somewhat after user feedback). After that only the most recent previous version get upgrade pricing going forward - everyone else pays full price. This effectively kills version skipping as for the suites you'd typically have to skip 3-4 versions to spend less than $50/month overall in the end.
- radley 15y agoHardly. If you've paid for CS5.5 Master Collection, your total upgrade cost is $549. Even if you've only paid for CS2 Design Standard, the upgrade cost is $1399. Considering a two-year subscription cycle costs $1200-$1900, it's more cost effective to upgrade. If you're short term, subscriptions are probably ok. But if you're committed long term they're a HUGE risk.