Not sure what to think of this new model yet. 
 
Watched the video and read the web page. I always liked having the most robust version of Sonar, but there is a $300 dollar difference in pricing on Producer v Platinum and I'll have to weigh the features out versus cost. I don't mind a discount for paying upfront, but now we see what the survey was leading to. Hopefully the upgrade pricing is reasonable.
 
Nice the Craig was involved with new features.

It is a $149 upgrade from X3 Producer see https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Versions

That wasn't there earlier. I can do that :)

But how is TH2 the only thing NOT included in Platinum that is in EVERYTHING else? May be time to reformat my drive and start a new!
 

hockeyjx
But how is TH2 the only thing NOT included in Platinum that is in EVERYTHING else? May be time to reformat my drive and start a new!
 

Platinum owners get TH2 Producer instead of TH2 SONAR. It has more presets and FX. 

Platinum contains is the same TH2 Producer that was bundled with X3 Producer
The other versions contain a lesser version called TH2 SONAR.

Well done Cake. Well done.

Sorry I totally misunderstood :( All makes sense now.

Greeny
This is what we have been waiting for? Well done gibson = bye bye customers. $149 for what exactly?

Not sure why you think this is bad. This is exactly the same as we've always done except now you'll be getting 12 months of membership which entitles you to even more features, fixes, updates and content. And you keep everything you own. Not sure what you are upset about. Essentially right now you'll be getting what would have been X4 and X5.

Greeny
This is what we have been waiting for? Well done gibson = bye bye customers. $149 for what exactly?

Really? $149 is NOT bad at ALL for an upgrade.