Pokoy, please don’t give the Autodesk marketing department any ideas. It works seamlessly with 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, and Unreal. Guessing by how Autodesk has worked in the past, if you hold on to your perpetual license and absorb the announced cost increases perpetual will probably be $1 less than rental after the 3 year promotion ends. Chaos® V-Ray® is a 3D rendering plugin available for all major 3D design and CAD programs. From Autodesk’s perspective it really doesn’t matter to them if a small studio switches or not. With the added bonus that in order to get the $895 deal you surrender the perpetual license that you already paid for.

It pisses me off that I have to make a moral vs financial decision for a damned piece of software! As well, it would cast an affirmative vote for their Arnold strategy. If I stay, the cost would be reasonable but I would be supporting Autodesk’s treatment of its customers. However, I have not found a software combination that offers the same functionality as the Suite at a better (or even similar) cost to my current Suite fees. I could move to alternatives such as Houdini, Modo, C4D, etc. If I were to give up on Autodesk now and later decide to jump back in, my annual cost would skyrocket to $2,500 per year.

Moving to subscription would guarantee me a cost of $895 per year for 3 years. I currently have the Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate (Maya, Max, Mud, MB).

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