Maxon raising prices next month - *Capsules* are now more expensive...

[Jeff H1]

also appears no more C4D only version, which effectively cuts out people using Octane, Corona, Vray or Arnold .   They'll have to pay more just to use C4D with their chosen renderer.   

 

Making its rounds on Reddit.   Needless to say, this is going over well like a balloon with bad dynamics.

 

[LLS]

GAWD DAMMIT!

 

and mcgavran literally said there would be no price raising when they released new particles system.

 

guess he never said they wouldnt raise it after...

 

stupid ass greedy corporations. they'll increase prices but employee pay wont be increased.

 

what are they using the money for? digital products dont even use expensive facitilites... it doesnt cost more money to maintain a digital product...

 

just a money printing machine to them... 

 

they dont care about how difficult its become to afford the cost of living today and make it hard on us users who actually want to use 3d software because its their passion and escape...

 

shame on maxon as usual...

Edited August 1 by LLS (see edit history)

[Jeff H1]

I wonder how much the features will diverge as we move forward, for instance what if Liquids will be only part of the Maxon One sub, or so on.   

 

It's funny how people said it's actually cheaper to own Houdini 20.5 Indie and Maya 2025 Indie combined over C4D (no capsules) at this point.  Of course, Houdini Indie and Blender combo are more affordable than ever now.

[LLS]

i also love someone mentioning how houdini came out with so many more features yet they never touched pricing...

 

and here we are with c4d they did one particles overhaul and all of a sudden they feel like they can just increase prices...

 

so disgusted ngl. but also nothing new here its happened so much recently.

 

even autodesk has a support chat where u can ask for a refund and they'll give it to you...

 

maxon doesnt even have a live chat cant even contact them for licensing issues etc...

 

[MJV]

Maxon is the biggest trash organization ever. Pure garbage.

Worse than Adobe.

[hobbyist]

On the rare occasions where Maxon One had 40% discount sale I thought was an OK price.

With renewals at inflated price meant no way I could consider subbing. 

This latest round of increases just puts it further out of sight to me.

 

Is the RS bundled with C4D still only the CPU based one?

Would need to sub separate for the GPU RS?

 

 

[GregorM]

WTF Maxon?
This is insane.
I don't want redshift, it's such a laggy mess.
How do You plan to compete with free software that is now superior in most areas with the price hike like this?
C4D is lacking in almost every area, there is not even a built in fast rasterisation renderer, nodes are barely usable and not compatible with most of the software functionality. Dynamics and particles live in a different hardware areas and are virtually not compatible with each other. The core rewrite stuck in a limbo. How do You think this will end for you?
The only thing that prevents my studio from migrating to Blender is object manager's simplicity. How do you think this will unfold when Blender fixes it's UX?
Half of our 3D stuff is Blender native. None new employees with c4d skills.  This ex Adobe guy ruined the future of this software.

Edited August 1 by GregorM (see edit history)

[Jeff H1]

4 hours ago, hobbyist said:

On the rare occasions where Maxon One had 40% discount sale I thought was an OK price.

With renewals at inflated price meant no way I could consider subbing. 

This latest round of increases just puts it further out of sight to me.

 

Is the RS bundled with C4D still only the CPU based one?

Would need to sub separate for the GPU RS?

 

 

 

No they got rid of the C4D only version (which had the RS CPU).   As it stands for about 2-3 years they were hiding the C4D only one as you had to click on the C4D + RS bundle to then see an alternative version of C4D only.  It was only a matter of time before they canceled it.   

[foxtuon]

The product quality Maxon is currently offering compared to available alternatives doesn't make any sense for them to be asking for more money tbh. instead they should reduce rental cost. A typical rise and fall timeline.
Un-Maxonfy your assets and processes before it's too late

[Jeff H1]

3 hours ago, foxtuon said:

The product quality Maxon is currently offering compared to available alternatives doesn't make any sense for them to be asking for more money tbh. instead they should reduce rental cost. A typical rise and fall timeline.
Un-Maxonfy your assets and processes before it's too late

 

Already started.  Got about 4-5 months down time and my Maxon sub doesn't expire till beyond that.   No better time than now.

[BoganTW]

The Reddit thread on this topic is pretty funny. It's like this one but with even more swearing and mentions of Blender.

 

Not thrilled to see prices going up here but not overly bothered either, prices of everything are going up including stuff I buy at the shop down the street. I'm guessing things are no different in Bad Homburg, Germany, and if Maxon are hiring people for positions rather than firing them they're going to need money at some point.

 

I really don't like the idea of long awaited stuff like fluids becoming a Maxon One exclusive. They wouldn't do this, would they?  Duh duh duhhhhhh.....

[LLS]

well its not like were only criticizing maxon for increasing prices in our lives.

 

many corporations are greedy and price gouging etc like crazy...

 

but theres also a difference with digital products. theyre digital. they print money and many software companies make minimal effort to actually improving the program in any substantial manner that justifies an increase in prices...

 

as for maxon needing to do more hiring. if thats the case then they are much slower than some indie devs and developers that have already done so much more and better with less workers than what maxon currently is doing with cinema4d.

 

i guess finally fixing the split command in the latest update cost them an arm and a leg...

Edited August 3 by LLS (see edit history)