auralsculpture wrote:I'm sure this is not an uncommon issue, but I get a bit annoyed with companies who offer great special deals for new purchases but little to their loyal user base ..
I don't agree with your point of view. There are a lot of companies who offer such good deals. Where is the problem? To me this kind of thinking is a bit some "thing gone wrong in the so-called free market societies". It leads to reactions like in Kindergarden a bit. So just look at what advantages old time users have, apart from what is already mentioned.
1. you get the vsti early, and if you are a competitive guy (you certainly compare things like that in this post) - you have an advantage. New sounds, the others who only buy later - don't have it. They do songs later and try to publish them, but the sound is already known quite a bit. That's why, for example, many are so eager to buy a new vsti the week it is released...
2. You got all the gifts the day they came out, new pianos....new possibilities in the software....you are lucky and a most experienced user of your software, while others only chime in late and are far behind you.
All in all these company decisions are wise, and an answer to the fact that many hobbyist users cannot afford to buy all the software for the "100% price" since our countries are more and more divided (some very rich, many live still luxurious, but more and more get poor and poorer)
Just an idea - maybe you could agree to some of these views?