How come Omnisphere is never on sale?

Yup...ol Eric is a hard nut to crack. I bet when they finally come out with the next big thing they'll smell the coffee and ENTICE US with an alluring price. Or not.

Does occasionally come up on sale on KVR but not a lot and you have to be quick. I bought it like that ages ago. Takes over a week to a fortnight to get it authorised. He says it's not done deliberately like that (I asked him) but you can draw your own conclusions. Virtually every other firm does a transfer in less than a day.

American stores occasionally have a short-lived offer. In Europe, the total bundle works out the best but that's a lot of money in one go for three products.

Just to make it worse, it's a great product!

Why does a Cadillac Escalade cost so much more than a GM Yukon, even though they're pretty much the same product? It's about using price to position a product to appeal to well-heeled customers, otherwise known as snob appeal.
 
I'm sure that Spectrasonics' pricing is part of a conscious marketing strategy, to create an image of exclusivity and therefore desirability. They don't advertise and aren't big on participating in online discussions or social media. You'll never see a "get on our mailing list and win Trillian!" promotion.
 
 
It seems to work. Omnisphere is very popular among those who whip up stuff for television. After working with Omnisphere for a while you'll start to recognize familiar patches on TV all the time. Those guys need to create content quickly, but they don't want to sound like everybody else if they can help it. Knowing that Omnisphere isn't in every teenager's bedroom studio is probably attractive to them. (Omnisphere's copy protection has never been cracked, AFAIK.)
 
Of course, the strategy wouldn't work if the product wasn't also pretty good. It is.
 
 

Know this:
 
Once you buy into Eric's Spectrasonics, you're in.  He normally gives away big updates for free.  I got Trillian based on my having Trilogy.  I got Omnisphere based on having Atmosphere. 
 
Feel free to purchase at cost and you will be supported.  I can't say that it will be for life, but he is really fair in his update/upgrade policy.
 
I'm waiting to see what he'll do with RMX.
 
Best,
 
RKS