Vary 7...........Another Price Increase ................

[Pixelcon]

@Vizioen

Hi Vlado,

Nice of you to reply here. According to Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max in beta | CG Channel​ there would be a 24$ per year increase (for premium). I haven’t read this anywhere else though so not sure where they get the information from.

As I (and others) already stated a couple of times in the past, it would be nice if there would be more ‘flavors’ in choosing a subscription:

- Not everyone needs or wants to use: Phoenix, Cosmos, Scans, Player,… but at the same time these people might want a floating license (work vs home), but that does not justify a 40% increase in price.
- In my case I’m only interested in the 3dsMax version not in the other integrations.
- An indie license for a solo artist/freelancer would be a very nice gesture (cfr 3ds Max Indie, which is, imho, the best thing Autodesk ever did for us).
- Some people even use both Corona and V-Ray, would be nice for them to have a bundle.

I understand that managing 3 different types of licenses is a lot easier to manage, but please don’t forget about the end-user.

I know we can lock the price for 3 years but I’m not ready to fork over 2000 euros, seeing as times and technologies change quite fast, and the market these days is brutal for solo artists.

The point of the business is to charge you as much as they possibly can, not to give out discounts, I’m afraid. I agree with you otherwise…

Personally I think they’ll lose the bottom end (the freelancers/single-seats) of the market completely if/when AI makes it not worth the effort of rendering.

[waaazoo]

I’m slowly, but seriously, looking into alternatives. All this gets way to expensive and I don’t like how Vray/Phoenix/Chaos is evolving. I agree with what was said above.