How much money is photoshop?

[SeaFox]

This is what scares me. I'm getting ready to purchase either CS or CC in February. I hate the idea of subscription so I really want CS6. However, if they aren't going to update it anymore, how long will it remain useful? If there is a compatibly issue with future iOS releases, am I SOL?

Photoshop really doesn't change that much from year to year anymore, which is part of the reason for this new subscription setup by Adobe -- many professionals realized there was little reason to pay the hefty upgrade fee for what little had changed. Adobe needed some way to bring in revenue but didn't really have anything innovative to give people a need to upgrade. That's what SAAS is all about, making people have to pay for something perpetually so the developer can have a nice monthly subscription rolling in every month instead of getting that one-time sale and then having to work to make their revenue next month.

 

[Jnesbitt82]

Photoshop really doesn't change that much from year to year anymore, which is part of the reason for this new subscription setup by Adobe -- many professionals realized there was little reason to pay the hefty upgrade fee for what little had changed. Adobe needed some way to bring in revenue but didn't really have anything innovative to give people a need to upgrade. That's what SAAS is all about, making people have to pay for something perpetually so the developer can have a nice monthly subscription rolling in every month instead of getting that one-time sale and then having to work to make their revenue next month.

Thanks! I think I'll buy CS6 then.