Mon, 01 Jun 2009 Adobe UK price hike; CS4 price to go up 10% from 1 July

Ade said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

As if it wasn't already overpriced.

pomegranate said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

They won't be getting another penny of my money... the greedy ba$£%@£!s

qwerty said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Wasn't going to buy it anyway so I don't really care either way. I'll stick with CS1.

I'm with Ade. It was massively overpriced to begin with. Making it 10 per cent more expensive makes little odds when it already costs a good thousand pounds more than its worth.

Steve said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Wow... already overpriced, especially compare to the price in the US. Standardised? I don't think so...

SteveB said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Good God, will their price gouging never stop? They'll just "standardise" themselves out of the market.

A2 Richard said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

I have regularly updated my copies of Adobe apps over many years. Currently using CS2 Design Premium, was considering going to CS4 Standard when I could afford it. Business is difficult at the moment. I doubt whether I will upgrade for a number of years now if ever. People complain about apple prices but this is totally over the top.

Plus they advertise everywhere. Where are their competitors. Adobe your stink!

CraikeyBaby said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

CS4 is a suite of professional tools, so you have to pay professional prices for them. It's the same with Snap On/Mac etc.

Craikeybaby said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

I also like how the headline for this strory turned from harmonize prices to price hike!

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrreader said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

I was actually lied to by Adobe - in person and online. I said that their advertising online led me to presume that when the initial discounts that ran to April ended that the price to upgrade from CS3 Production Standard to CS4 Production Premium would not change in the same way that upgrades from CS1 and CS2 would change. I wanted to be absolutely clear, because I was intending to wait a while before making the upgrade for financial reasons. They said in both instances that the price would in fact go up. So I looked at the details of the offer again and emailed feedback following my online chat with them, because I said there was a disparity between what they were saying and the not wholly clear online information. Anyway I didn't have the money to buy so I didn't and guess what - the price didn't go up. But looks like it will now.

Dan said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Must be to pay for all those Macworld ads!

Shaun said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Hmmm. But it's $1799 in the USA (source: amazon.com) which is about £1100 - both ex-VAT. So Adobe are charging us almost £300 more than the US price.

Couldn't they 'harmonise' with that too?

Nik Gibson said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Great timing, the £ is up to $1.64 and heading north

Sick of it said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Adobe can go F*** themselves. Already over priced and now they want more??? Sick of them. Will not upgrade and will go back to Quark Express.

Justin Andrew said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Isn't it funny. I don't recall a rush to 'realign' the prices of the products when the dollar was 2:1 with the pound. (Apple are just as bad with their £100+ extra on iMacs recently.)

I appreciate in a global market it make sense to have consistant pricing.

Next time the dollar weakens, will Adobe rush to reduce their UK pricing accordingly?

Dragonfly said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

If the government in this country actually supported more industries than just banks we may actually have a software company in the UK that could compete with Adobe. What is wrong with Britain, why are we so crap at everything these days and need to rely *COMPLETELY* on other countries for software, hardware, cars, ship building, complex structures, nuclear power stations, medical staff.....Even a recently restored spitfire required the skills of a German company to make its propellor. Is there anything we can do anymore, what does the rest of the world look to Britain for these days ? Oh yeh... Susan Boyle :-/

Chris Cousins said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

I'm lost for words on this one, they must think we're stupid... CS4 has just slipped off my buying list.

Haku said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Adobe, you suck, but you make me laugh by how much you're doing to destroy your own reputation lately.

But seriously, please stop sucking so much.

Bill said on Mon, 01 Jun 2009

Yeah... it cost me an absolute fortune to get CS3, i think i'll stick with it as cs4 has no real significant benefits

Annoyed said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

Adobe deserve all the piracey get.

Not happy... but: said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

Of the £1,300 you pay, what do you earn by using this (superb) software? Eh? Ask yourself. I too resent paying this amount but I can earn the price back in a month!

Kadoogan said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

Hmmm, so this story appears on the same page as the one reporting on how many people download illegally. I wonder if someone from Adobe might realise that it is moves like this that increase the number of illegal downloads? Somehow I expect they will fail to see the connection.

Paulo said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

Hasn't anyone learned anything from the recent iTunes price hike, sales fell for the higher priced music resulting in less profit. More apps are purchased from the app store because of the sensible pricing. I'm sure Adobe would see their legal installed userbase and profits sky rocket if they halved their prices. Apple seem to have the right idea with their software being incredibly good value. Lower pricing is the only way to beat piracy!

Pedro said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

With a monopolistic pricing structure this pronounced perhaps it's time for a new market entrant? At least let's hope so, as they've been screwing their customers for long enough now.

Brain said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

That should provide a boost for software piracy...

Reuben said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

Not happy...but writes that he/she can earn the cost of the upgrade back in a month. Well, bully for them.

Some of us work for charity's who invested heavily in the package to improve the quality of their publications and ease working relationships with commercial printers.

Adobe are a bunch of rip-off merchants and I hope the boxes of CS4 sit around on the shelves gathering dust...they deserve nothing less.

larryrrw said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

what a game ! :-)
the real point in their price policy is the differnce between the US and the rest of the world.the upgrade price to PS CS4 is € 174,45 and the EU price is 249,00 (without taxes) ! the UK price in € is 160,65- now. I tell you that creative poeple in Austria started to buy the english version to save lots of money, and thats why they pump it up for 10%. This includes a motivation for the British Creatives to buy fast. helping Adobe to look better in the 2Q. Interresting is that you are punished with a higher price if you buy the DL version, without their package, DVD,and documentation.
Slowly Adobe now very clos to MS..."rush and buy, NOW !" :-P

larryrrw said on Tue, 02 Jun 2009

PS.: the first number in my post € 174,45 is the US store price in €uro(XchangeRate2.6.09)

MacPro said on Wed, 03 Jun 2009

I used to be a registered user of Adobe products. Now because of their greed, shoddy Support and buggy software, I get it all for nothing and give money to charity instead.
Adobe, if you charge less, I will come back to the fold, but it doesn't look like it'll happen anytime soon. YOUR LOSS ADOBE.

ampy said on Wed, 03 Jun 2009

just got the cash together for CS4 looks like ill have to think again pitty

No surprises said on Thu, 04 Jun 2009

Adobe are just another corporation that put profits before the people that have supported their products over many years. This a company with a monopoly exploiting it's position in a country that just bends over and takes it up the *** everytime. No chance that they try the same in the USA. I've always purchased legit software from Adobe - but will be now looking at how to obtain my upgrades from alternative sources.

No surprises said on Thu, 04 Jun 2009

Adobe are just another corporation that put profits before the people that have supported their products over many years. This a company with a monopoly exploiting it's position in a country that just bends over and takes it up the *** everytime. No chance that they try the same in the USA. I've always purchased legit software from Adobe - but will be now looking at how to obtain my upgrades from alternative sources.

theblackbubble said on Thu, 25 Jun 2009

I was thinking of upgrading my student CS2 and looked at the US site where I can by the upgrade for £426, even before the price hike, that's £440 CHEAPER than the UK price!

I can fly return to the US for less and still have change!