One thing this does do is encourage you to no longer buy a bundle and then try and sell off the duplicated pieces. Waves offers upgrade pricing through retailers that I believe includes sales. So don't make my mistake, ask everyPlugin/Plugin Discounts/AudioDeluxe/JRRShop/etc if they can offer you an upgrade price for that bundle that's on sale.
The real game change is if they ever ship V10, this is just a minor tweak at best.