So if Sonar was on a Mac where you pay $199 for a version of Logic that gets maintained during it's life cycle and then you pay another $199 for the next version (IF the advertised new features seem worthwhile to you), then why would I choose this ongoing $199 per annum model where you'll get some promises of what might be implemented in the current subscription year instead?
If those that are saying this model is pretty much like the old model because you get to keep what you've paid for during the year you stumped up for then which band of users elected to change to this newer model because it suited
them better and why if it indeed looked like it would suit them better what advantages did they foresee?
Now with a membership scheme in place will there be a price break if I decide not to keep buying the same bundled content that came with v8.5 year on year, e.g. if I don't need to re-buy licenses for the, Sonitus Suite, Dim Pro or Rapture etc, etc, etc or all the bundled 3rd party products I'd never want nor use would I get a reduction in my membership dues? Flexibility there would actually be a tangible benefit of a membership scheme whereby member prices could be offered on 3rd party products rather than the traditional 'bundles' ungraciously dumped together to appear like a value-add to each package.
Lastly when did it ever cost $199 to buy an upgrade between two consecutive Sonar Platinum (nee Producer) versions even given that the release cycle has generally been longer than a year?
Yet what is more curious I'm witnessing the spectre of plenty of eager people queuing up to swallow the full yard of this and I'm baffled.
Hopefully the increased revenue stream will result in a much better product so can someone hit me up when Sonar is having a 'vintage year' that will actually be worth double the price I've regularly been offered by the Bakers over the last few years.