bapu
When people say "just funnin'"...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
... I'll get me coat.

LOL

I wish everyone could have the lifetime update. I tried hard to convince people to buy in when it first appeared. I can fully understand that some missed out because they were either not here or unaware or perhaps not in a position to take advantage of the offer at that time. It did however show up once more later in the year and ran for many months. I believed at that time anyone interested had ample opportunity to sign up. I am also aware that Cakewalk has a huge customer base and there will aways be a few outliers. For those I would like very much if they had another change. But its completely up to CW.
 
Perhaps CW could do it as a loyalty bonus. Those with very long histories with the program might be given some consideration.  Yes I am a lifetime member. It seemed a good idea at the time. Thats the smug emoticon. LOL   

bapu
 
... I'll get me coat.

 
When people say I'll get me coat........
 
 
They never actually leave.
 

azslow3
 The advantage of lifetime for those who have it starts NEXT year.
 

Correct. Those who have paid have yet to see any extra benefit at all, so everyone who took the offer has paid more for their updates thus far than those who decided that they were being asked to "pay twice" in the same year and chose not to take the opportunity. If CW goes belly up before that time, then all the people who bought into it who will be the ones that have dipped out financially, but that was the risk that came with the deal. You pay your money and make your choice and only time will tell if you made the right choice.
 

paulo

azslow3
 The advantage of lifetime for those who have it starts NEXT year.
 

Correct. Those who have paid have yet to see any extra benefit at all, so everyone who took the offer has paid more for their updates thus far than those who decided that they were being asked to "pay twice" in the same year and chose not to take the opportunity. If CW goes belly up before that time, then all the people who bought into it who will be the ones that have dipped out financially, but that was the risk that came with the deal. You pay your money and make your choice and only time will tell if you made the right choice.
 

Well I got a free update this year due to the lifetime update. I don't get how you can say the above.

\start of joke
 
Here's what I demand Gibson/Cakewalk to do:

• Sell me a top-of-the-line Gibson Guitar for $99. I'm a loyal Cakewalk customer, so I have all the rights to demand so. Offer must end in 3 days tough.
• Make me a lifetime offer for whatever product, whenever I feel is the right thing to demand. If it is a one-time-only or every week is my right to decide to demand.
• Put a Master Volume Knob in Quadcurve EQ. Don't ask. Do it!
• You can click & drag velocity changes in Piano Roll, but can't in Step Sequencer. Fix it. Do it!
• Send me a Strawberry Cake every year. Why? Isn't obvious? DUH!
• Don't agree with me? You smell so bad!

/end of joke
 

azslow3

chuckebaby
Im only wishing well on other users what was given to me (Lifetime updates).

The offer was for everyone, and it was not "given to you", you have paid for that. The advantage of lifetime for those who have it starts NEXT year.
 

Not true in all cases.  Many users plopped down $170 (by buying lifetime updates through a 3rd party) with an older version of Sonar Producer and got years worth of updates with that money. 
 

John

paulo

azslow3
 The advantage of lifetime for those who have it starts NEXT year.

Correct. Those who have paid have yet to see any extra benefit at all, so everyone who took the offer has paid more for their updates thus far than those who decided that they were being asked to "pay twice" in the same year and chose not to take the opportunity. If CW goes belly up before that time, then all the people who bought into it who will be the ones that have dipped out financially, but that was the risk that came with the deal. You pay your money and make your choice and only time will tell if you made the right choice.

Well I got a free update this year due to the lifetime update. I don't get how you can say the above.

Brian Walton
Not true in all cases.  Many users plopped down $170 (by buying lifetime updates through a 3rd party) with an older version of Sonar Producer and got years worth of updates with that money.

I am not speaking about ABSOLUTE prices (in previous CW politic the prices could be ridiculously different...), but there is common part: whatever method people used, they have payed MORE then was possible to pay just for 2016.
 
So no one "got a free update this year" from lifetime, everyone has payed for it in advance (just different price).
 
Platinum upgrades/updates before lifetime was (US prices) $100-$150.
Most "loyal" users have payed for the lifetime $99 extra (after updating to 2016, not instead). And so "comparable" with year membership according to the old schema.
 
I repeat, in previous marketing there was quite some "bugs" (most of which was called features, probably CW was loosing money... these "features" was not only for CW software). But I think that asking CW "please give other users the possibility to use old bugs in your system" is strange...
 
And I repeat, I am not against more users get lifetime. But let us be realistic (to balance, I can propose CW also be realistic... $250 for this year is not, at least so far).

Brian Walton

Many users plopped down $170 (by buying lifetime updates through a 3rd party) with an older version of Sonar Producer and got years worth of updates with that money. 

Yup, true!  I was content with X3 Producer, until the lifetime Platinum deal.  The immediate benefit of upgrading was 1.5 years of new features and bug fixes.  Some of these were substantial improvements in the core program.
 
I had upgraded to almost every version of Sonar since v1, except for maybe two of them, so I didn't want to fall too far behind.
 
For those concerned about the current upgrade pricing, maybe upgrade every two years, instead of every year.  Once you pay for 12 months, you get to keep the license and a working copy of Platinum.  It's only $125/year that way!

There was no "loyalty" associated with lifetime updates, since a one time buyer qualified.