Perhaps the price rise is due to upcoming changes to the VS 2015 editions? Just a guess.
See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/03/31/announcing-the-visual-studio-2015-product-line.aspx On 21 April 2015 at 09:37, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, I have a few post today, so beware! Anyway ... the time of the > dreaded biannual event will arrive next month when my 2-year MSDN > subscription will expire. In May 2013 I purchased the Premium level via > Harris Technology for about $3600. A quote yesterday says it's now AU$4118 > for the Premium and $1496 for Pro. This is an alarming jump in price, and > sadly I think I'll have to drop back to Pro level. To confuse matters, I > received a re-subscription reminder (pasted below FYI) which is teasing us > to go Premium for a 50% discount and/or a free upgrade to Ultimate. All the > offers and choices are giving me a headache, so I'd love to hear from > anyone who has advice on how I can renew for the best possible value. > > Thanks > *Greg K* > > ======================== > > Also, I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some news around > the next version, Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 and an opportunity to > leverage a special offer we have in the market. > > > > The new Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 IDE is the successor to both Visual > Studio Premium 2013 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2013. It will be sold as > Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN, a new MSDN subscription that includes > everything previously offered as part of Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN, > plus all the new Visual Studio 2015 capabilities. > > > > All active Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscribers will be *automatically > upgraded* for free to *Visual Studio Enterprise when Visual Studio 2015 > is released*. Active Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN subscribers will be > automatically transitioned to Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN as well. > > > > We are launching a campaign to highlight how there's never been a better > time to buy Visual Studio: > > > > · *Customers can upgrade to Visual Studio Premium with MSDN in > May and June at 50% off the normal upgrade price in most Volume Licensing > programs.* > > · All Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscribers who are active > when we release Visual Studio 2015 will automatically be upgraded--for > FREE--to Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN, for the remainder of their > subscription term. > > · We are lowering the price of Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN > across all channels by May 1, to match Visual Studio Premium with MSDN > pricing. This will enable more customers to access our top-end tooling, > even before we release Visual Studio 2015. >
