In the past an upgrade from the last version of producer to the newer one cost $179. When CW brought out 8.5 with a down loadable version the price went to $99. You could still buy the boxed version or just the disks. The disks were $20. One minor point was you had to have 8 installed to install 8.5 if you opted for the down load version.

Version 8 upgrade of producer cost $179 and there was no down load.

When CW offered us expanded they priced it at $49.

Just an FYI... When I ordered my Sonar X1 Producer from Sweetwater back in April, it did indeed come in the same "official" box shown on Cake's homepage. Paid $299 for it (crossgrade offer).

USD and Euro beeing the same feels kinda stupid as I have to pay more just by beeing an european customer but well...still going to upgrade.
X2 looks kinda worth it

The cost of blank discs are cheap...I burn everything I download to a disc anyway just to have a hard copy of it.