NI Battery Upgrade "Strategy"

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:39 am

Hrumph!

Upgrade cost Battery 1 -> Battery 3 : 99 euros

Upgrade cost Battery 2 -> Battery 3 : 99 euros

I've got the hump about this, I've already paid them 99 euros to upgrade from Battery 1 to Battery 2! So, somebody who supports their product has to pay double the upgrade path price?!

I have sent NI a query about this, to see if they're willing to change their pricing strategy.

(Aside: Steinberg are effectively doing the same thing; upgrading to Studio 4 is the same price from either SL1 or SL2. Makes you wonder why you bother innit!)

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:50 am

Obviously they've got some moronic moneymen working out their prices (especially in Steiberg's case). I mean, who's gonna upgrade from SL1 or SL2 to 'Cubase Studio 4' for £100 (149euro) if it's not gonna change the cost of a full upgrade to Cubase 4. Seems ludicrous to me, but maybe I'm missing something.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:54 am

Shroomz wrote:Seems ludicrous to me, but maybe I'm missing something.

I think we're both missing an "evil upgrade pricing strategy"

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:57 am

Yeh, missing it, as in not getting invoved in it any more. SX2 does the job we need it to. Well, for this decade anyway. ;)

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:15 am

*bumps thread*

Huzzah! A response from NI:

"I'm sorry, there\'s nothing I can do for your. Prices are not an issue that I can
discuss with you. It's up to you if you take the advantage to update to Battery 3 or
if you leave it. "

Ooh goody! I can "take advantage" of paying 198 euros to upgrade rather than 99. Seems to me that the advantage is NI's rather than mine.

*shrugs* Ho-hum, NI have lost a customer then. Shame, I'd have liked to check out Kontakt and Absynth at some point, but that's not going to happen now.

I shall inform them of my opinion

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:31 am

well, your in good company Royston, as NI founder S. Schmitt didn't upgrade his glasses either for the last decade

http://www.native-instruments.com/uploa ... itt_04.jpg

cheers, Tom

Post by **hubird** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:50 am

I updated my B1 to 2 with the NI-versary offer for 50 euros, the offer ended 10 sep 2006.
Shortly later B3 came out.
Upgraders like me to 2 were offered to upgrade to 3 for 50 euros.

Not bad at all.
cheers

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:07 am

They must like you more than they like me I guess

Post by **hubird** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:16 am

of course!

I admit the NI versary move isn't regular pricing policy.
but didn't you get the upgrade emails from NI?
And after I got the mail I almost knew for sure a new Batterie version was to be expected.
So in fact I was pleasently surpriced with the 50 euro offer to version 3 for the recent upgraders!

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:41 am

hubird wrote: but didn't you get the upgrade emails from NI?

Not that I can recall...I do receive some emails from NI, but the last that I can remember was all about their 'KORE' product.

I'm not massively bothered really; Battery 2 has the features I thought were lacking in Battery 1, namely hard disk streaming and filters.