Purchasing Windows and Mac together for discounted price

[grahamneiln]

I was wondering if there can be an option in the future to purchase both the Windows and Mac versions together for a discounted price.

Having to purchase each product for a single operating system is the only thing holding me back from purchasing these great products. I don't like to be tied to one operating system.

Edited April 15, 2021 by grahamneiln

[walt.farrell]

There's a 50% discount right now, so it's an excellent time to buy 

I doubt you'd ever see anything better than that.

[wonderings]

I think it would be nice to have one license that works for both rather then needing to buy independently. That being said the price is a bargain at full price. If you are on a Mac you could buy the Windows version and run it in a VM of Windows on your Mac. This would be one license then running on 2 different OS's. 

[Alfred]

17 minutes ago, wonderings said:

think it would be nice to have one license that works for both rather [than] needing to buy independently.

That would mean everyone paying more than we currently pay for a single platform, regardless of whether we use a second platform or not.

17 minutes ago, wonderings said:

If you are on a Mac you could buy the Windows version and run it in a VM of Windows on your Mac. This would be one license then running on 2 different OS's.

No, it would be one licence running on two copies of Windows. The performance of the app running in a VM would be considerably poorer than if it were running natively as a Mac app, and if you don’t already have a spare copy of Windows that’s a significant extra expense.

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, grahamneiln said:

purchase both the Windows and Mac versions together for a discounted price.

The event is taking place just for you!!! Extra advantageous offer!!!

Buy any Affinity application for Windows and Mac, and get it 50% cheaper!!! Super discount!

The offer is valid only until stocks run out! Do not hesitate!

[wonderings]

15 hours ago, Alfred said:

That would mean everyone paying more than we currently pay for a single platform, regardless of whether we use a second platform or not.

No, it would be one licence running on two copies of Windows. The performance of the app running in a VM would be considerably poorer than if it were running natively as a Mac app, and if you don’t already have a spare copy of Windows that’s a significant extra expense.

Not sure why you think it would mean we would pay more. Other companies do this with no additional cost. Adobe is the example. They used to be separated like this but with CC they no longer have this. Price is actually cheaper if you were upgrading every year as well. 

As for performance with VM, I have been using VM for a long time and it has come a long way and I don't think I notice a difference when running our RIP in Windows and using Adobe on my Mac at the same time. Bump up the RAM, have an SSD drive and for most things I think you will not suffer much if at all. Obviously heavy process tasks benefit from the full power of your computer. 

[Alfred]

13 minutes ago, wonderings said:

Not sure why you think it would mean we would pay more.

Because although the number of people wanting to use the apps across two platforms may be relatively small I imagine it’s still significant, which would mean that Serif would need to recoup the cost of the lost additional sales.

Thanks for the info about your VM experience. 🙂

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, wonderings said:

They used to be separated like this but with CC they no longer have this.

Given that the price is already so terribly high, they can easily afford it. When Affinity costs what Adobe does, Serif will also give T-shirts for free.

[wonderings]

41 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Given that the price is already so terribly high, they can easily afford it. When Affinity costs what Adobe does, Serif will also give T-shirts for free.

the terribly high price is very subjective. I find the price incredibly affordable for software that I use and everyone else does making it a standard. The headaches of having the same software version or a real  mix of people using Quark, Corel and Adobe is gone for the most part. The majority use Adobe CC and this saves so many headaches. If you make your living using the software the price per month is well within reason and I think a little cheaper then pre subscription if you bought the update every year. 

 

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

Because although the number of people wanting to use the apps across two platforms may be relatively small I imagine it’s still significant, which would mean that Serif would need to recoup the cost of the lost additional sales.

Thanks for the info about your VM experience. 🙂

VM has come a long way, I used to use it and always boot out when done, now it just stays on all the time. They have done some amazing things. I use Parallels. 

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, wonderings said:

the terribly high price is very subjective. I find the price incredibly affordable for software that I use and everyone else does making it a standard. The headaches of having the same software version or a real  mix of people using Quark, Corel and Adobe is gone for the most part. The majority use Adobe CC and this saves so many headaches. If you make your living using the software the price per month is well within reason and I think a little cheaper then pre subscription if you bought the update every year. 

Yes - but for users who demand one price (meaning the current cheap one) for a product for all available platforms, they will probably prefer the low price. If you pay Adobe (and you find it price as low, because you earn 100 times more with these products), then the price for two different editions of Affinity products can be completely uninteresting.
For me, the current pricing policy of Affinity is interesting because I don't make money from its products, and I'm also not completely interested in Macs (and never will be). So I would definitely not want to pay a higher price for a multi-platform license.

[wonderings]

27 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Yes - but for users who demand one price (meaning the current cheap one) for a product for all available platforms, they will probably prefer the low price. If you pay Adobe (and you find it price as low, because you earn 100 times more with these products), then the price for two different editions of Affinity products can be completely uninteresting.
For me, the current pricing policy of Affinity is interesting because I don't make money from its products, and I'm also not completely interested in Macs (and never will be). So I would definitely not want to pay a higher price for a multi-platform license.

This is where I think Affinity shines. It is a great offering for those who are not dependent on the software to make a living. Really good software for an even better price. Could I replace Adobe with it? No and I would not want to personally, I like the stability of a standard that everyone uses. If I was just doing posters from home and some graphical work as a small side business or to compliment my income I would go with Affinity for the price alone as like you said, not everyone makes enough money to warrant the cost of an Adobe CC license. 

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, wonderings said:

Really good software for an even better price.

And yet, do you think that at this price they should provide a license for multiple platforms, the development of which, of course, costs 2.5 times more money?

P.S. if anyone is interested in why not 2x but 2.5x (and probably more), it is because the need to ensure the maximum possible compatibility of applications for two different platforms is definitely not cheap.

[wonderings]

24 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

And yet, do you think that at this price they should provide a license for multiple platforms, the development of which, of course, costs 2.5 times more money?

P.S. if anyone is interested in why not 2x but 2.5x (and probably more), it is because the need to ensure the maximum possible compatibility of applications for two different platforms is definitely not cheap.

It is just my preference, I would have no issue paying twice if I needed to run on 2 OS's. I would like for one purchase suits all. I would like a lot of things, not expecting any of them or have issue with it.