E-On software used to have a wise policy w.r.t. modules pricing. E.g., I got Vue 6 Esprit during a september sale (at half price) and then, during about one year, I got one by one the modules to reach Pro configuration.
Surely, doing things this way costed more than doing it in one shot, but the actual difference was not great (and the bons of buying things bit by bit compensated for it).
With the new price structure, it cost difference between the one-shot and bit-by-bit approches is so high that it is not justifiable. An example? if you get Pioneer and all the modules required for Complete configuration, you spend as much as getting Infinite.
The end result of this suicidal decision is that people cannot justify the modular approach and, when confronted with the one-shot prices, think twice (or more) times before typing the credit card code in the order form.
You are saying that now Pioneer has the watermark all around? Well, this means that you have to get at least the RenderUp module; without being able to import meshes, it is next to useless, so you need Import3D; Vue ecosystems are handled in such a way that even just modifying their scaling (to adapt them to your actual scene) amounts to editing, so you need also the ecosystem module. Now, you have reached 7 Esprit cost (without some modules). End result? While Vue 6 had an entry version, Vue 7 has no more it.
Matt, Jo, Oshyan... you teamed with DAZ (Carrara 7) marketing when devising E-On strategy, didn't you?
Bye!!!
