Huge (bad) changes to cubase upgrades-C11 and older Upgrades disappear

[Martin.Jirsak]

Hi,

@Gary_Kirschner

Pricing. It used to be the same price to upgrade regardless of version. Now it is more expensive to upgrade from 11 or 12 than from 13. This is slightly annoying after many, many years of being the same price. Ok. Business decision. But then…

This policy was there with Cubase 13 already. Before, there were even much more “layers”, so Steinberg simplified the updates.

@Gary_Kirschner

See top article on Support page:
Which states: “The end of the eLicenser service is scheduled for early 2025.” and
“After the eLicenser service ends, upgrading your eLicenser-based product to Steinberg Licensing will no longer be possible. For example, users of Cubase 11 (or earlier versions) will need to purchase a full version to update to the latest version.”

I’m on 11. So it looks like for me to upgrade, I have to pay more than before, and I have a very short window (~2 months) to do it in (as they say they will close down the eLicenser Service in “early 2025”.)

This information was released on April 17 (here), so the users have more than 8 months to act.