Now hang on a second. We need to look at the big picture. Soft decided to
aggressively go after a market they had not previously had..the hobbiest. I
was (and am) a happy lightwave hobbiest, but I bought XSI foundation when the
price became low enough to qualify as "hobby money." Not all of us are
professional and we just do this because we enjoy it. I now prefer it and will
most likely move completely over form LW (although I miss hair).
That being said, I would like to see it $100 cheaper, as it would make it fit
easier into my budget, but I understand how amazing the software is for that
price. Each person is going to have to decide if it's worth it.
Just please remember that there is a huge new user base with different
capabilities than the "old timers."
Michael
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005, 1:35:32 AM, you wrote:
Mihok> Joel,
Mihok> $400 is SUPER FREE OF CHARGE for such amazing soft...........
Mihok> I can't hear about all those rants that we want free upgrades,
Mihok> it's expensive, I am poor student etc etc etc etc etc...
Mihok> I am sick of it.............
Mihok> for my first Softimage 3.8 I had to took LOAN (I was student then)
Mihok> to pay something like $16.000 for 4 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mihok> and it was in Slovakia, compare economy to US or UK and
Mihok> cost of animation here is fraction of cost over there...............
Mihok> and now somebody is trying to tell me that $400 is TOO MUCH ?
Mihok> not long ago I had to upgare for another 4.000 euros...............
Mihok> so even now price for essentials is super low comapre to what
Mihok> I had to pay........ and it were hard years to pay all bills + loan...
Mihok> end of rant because I am sick of people who wants EVERYTHING
Mihok> FOR FREE...
Mihok> Marek
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Mihok> -----Original Message-----
Mihok> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of
Mihok> Joel Blackwell
Mihok> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:45 AM
Mihok> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Mihok> Subject: Re: XSI v5.0
Mihok> I'd pay about $250, but I won't be paying $400. I mean, I'm still
Mihok> waiting for the bugs in 4.2 to be fixed. Now I know it'll cost me
Mihok> another copy of Foundation (by the time I can afford it) to see a whole
Mihok> host of new ones. I don't know about you, but that doesn't exactly make
Mihok> me want to *jump* at the chance of buying into XSI again. Call me a
Mihok> whiner if you like, but that's how I see it.
Mihok> By saying this, I realise I'm retaining my status as the most hated
Mihok> person on this list :)
Mihok> -Joel
Mihok> Bernard Lebel wrote:
>> So how much would you be willing to pay for that upgrade? Seriously.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/1/05, Peter S <layer01(at)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>hmmm i dont know i think $395 for Fnd upgrade is a little harsh. i
>>>mean it is the "budget" version....thus most people who have it are on
>>>a....budget *shock* lol
>>>and fact that its the promo price is even worse imo, cause i assume
>>>that means that there is no upgrade price after the promo ends, and
>>>you just buy Fnd again!
>>>seems a bit unfair, seeing as i know myself i cant afford the Promo
>>>upgrade within its time frame...and to pay the full Fnd price again is
>>>not going to be an easy choice to make...bummer.
>>>my only hope atm is that the word "upgrade" is being loosely used by
>>>soft and they just mean "upgrade" from another app (maya *cough*) to
>>>XSI 5.....well...its all i got atm lol.
>>>
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