New license model - 2 iterations?

CatMan wrote on 9/14/2025, 10:03 AM

Hi there, one thing that stops me from buying a license for a single version of any software (especially pricier progs), is: is this version the company's testbed for bugs, am l their guinea pig and paying for the privilege to be so? Is the NEXT version going to be the one where it all comes together and blows minds?

 

Of course these fears may be irrational and it's not specific to Vegas, it's a general feeling to all software.

 

One solution might be, from now, to cover two full versions with one license. Or even better, to have it the equivalent of two full versions, but making it point-to-point e.g. 23.2 to 25.2

 

I know this looks bad from a financial point of view but when people delay purchasing, they spend the next few months looking at other programs. It could be a few years before a person commits (l'm not talking about high flying professionals, l'm talking about people looking to get into video editing).

 

A 2 full version license would put an end to that dithering.

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RogerS wrote on 9/15/2025, 6:22 AM

The subscription effectively does that- you don't have to use the latest version but can update whenever you choose.

CatMan wrote on 9/15/2025, 8:32 AM

Hi there, l know there are ways that involve paying {Purchase Price + X} - but for one thing: I would be on the upgrade path from the outset i.e. to get into Vegas Pro 23 Suite.

I was perhaps too vague.

By "I know this looks bad from a financial point of view" what l meant was: for the same price as currently charged for outright purchases and upgrades of one version. I guess you've raised a valid point indirectly: it would mess up subscription pricing if you made outright purchases and upgrade purchases span 2 whole versions [point to point].

 

I guess you could also counterargue: buy 1 version, wait 3 years, buy the 3rd version up from that at an upgrade price. That would potentially be better than 2 versions for current 1 version price. However me personally, l'm not one to upgrade often, like maybe once in 10-15 years, the reason being that a software title is usually packed with a lifetime's features, l feel it hard to justify upgrading if l haven't exhausted the capabilities of the version l own. Only a major major defect would make me upgrade, or, sigh, the breakages that Win 10 brought about with my software collection from various makers.

 

 

RogerS wrote on 9/15/2025, 8:37 AM

VEGAS is in a period of rapid development of core functionality so I wouldn't want to be on anything other than the latest version (with the option to revert to a previous one if something I need breaks or is no longer included). It's a very different situation than something like Word which did everything I needed it to do 20 years ago. GPU hardware is also changing quickly as are the formats cameras are capturing. A few years ago HEVC was an uneditable space saver format; now even phones and action cameras are shooting it. Only cinema cameras had 10-bit log; now just about everything does.