I don't know AD plans, but from what I'm seeing, I think one of the goals is to expand Maya market and increase it's population with a cheap MLT, so their users would naturally try to stay within their comfort zone and eventually upgrade to Maya when or if they do.
If that's so, offering a MLT rival like a SoftimageLT wouldn't be a good deal for AD. Besides, all the production that involves releasing a SoftimageLT wouldn't be easy or cheap. Keep Maya in the big companies and change the SI target to the mid-small companies would have been an interesting move, but it seems that the goal is to make everything mayan. I know they don't want to push SI, or "make it better" than Maya, so If they are going to treat SI like a plugin or third rate product, shouldn't also change the price accordingly? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Nicolas Esposito <[email protected]> wrote: > mmmhh...prices are not that bad...but let me ask you this guys: > > If there was some kind of rental deal for SI without more or less the same > features, lets say something similar to the Mod Tool, but without ICE and > without rendering and scripting, could that be a good deal in your opinion? > From what I've seen a lots of studios ( obviously depends which one ) uses > SI mainly for cinematics and animations, while they do everything else > inside 3ds or Maya > > > 2013/8/29 Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> > >> n Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Greg Maguire <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> The Maya LT model is really rental, it's between 33$ to 40$ per month >> > >> > More like "Maya LT will be offered on $50/Month. With Quarterly, and >> Annual >> > rental options that will also be available." >> > >> > No scripting and no set-driven keys is a deal-breaker for me. >> > >> > >> >> it's 50$ month-to-month, 41$ per for 3 months, and 33$ per month for 12 >> months. >> > >
