I wonder why Adobe does not offer upgrades from single products to packages.

I am strictly a hobbiest with Photoshop, I wish i was going to school to get the school versions but the fact is I am not,
I purchased my CS5 extended directly from adobe's web site paying full price. I use it almost daily to basicly play, I make things for people in 3d games, I create thing just for the heck of it, i try to do what other people are having issues doing on forums just to see if i can figure it out but mostly I play around and learn. I learn all kind of tricks and wonderfull effects by the real pros. The fine folks That post on these forums and other websites. All thats nice and all but the fact remains I am just a novice artest.. that plays around for the joy of creativity and nothing more.
Now comes the dilemma, I was thinking about playing around with some of the other products Adobe offers and open up my creativity further. Thinking the master collection would give me access to many many things I have never played with. Now $2600 is a lot of money to throw at something that well is not my job, i don't make any money on and its strictly a hoby for me, But hobbies being what they are cost money too so I was considering it none the less since I already put out 1000 on Photoshop.
The issue is, there is no upgrade path from a single product to a packaged product. So even tho I just paid $1000 for the full version of CS5 extended directly from their website, if I would like to get the master collection, rather then say a $1600 upgrade to master, I would have to pay the full $2600 price for it. They offered a 15%, $390 discount, Thats nice and all but $390 is $600 short of what I paid for the software to begin with and i really don't need 2 copies of photoshop cs 5 extended. I don't think its transferable the original licence, maybe it is .... anyway. Adobe keeps very tight reigns on their licencing its not like they could not upgrade or void the original licence and issue a new one for MC especially for online sales.
Just does not make any sense to me not to offer an upgrade path from individual componants to larger packages. Even Microsoft has package upgrade paths online so they track the licencing...
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/rant off
Happy New Year everyone!

You can get a special price from individual products to a Suite Collection - except for the Master Collection. The Master Collection is an "everything but the squeal" edition, with all the components, both graphic and video production.
If you set your sights a little lower, there are indeed upgrade specials. From Photoshop CS5 Extended the Adobe Store prices for various collections are
$850 Design Standard combines Adobe Photoshop® CS5, Illustrator® CS5, InDesign® CS5, and Acrobat® 9 Pro.
$1100 Production Premium combines Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (with Adobe OnLocation™ CS5 and Encore® CS5), After Effects CS5, Photoshop® CS5 Extended, Illustrator® CS5, Flash® Catalyst™ CS5, Flash Professional CS5, and Soundbooth® CS5.
$1400 Adobe Creative Suite® 5 Web Premium software combines Dreamweaver CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder 4 Standard, Photoshop® CS5 Extended, Illustrator® CS5, Acrobat® 9 Pro, Fireworks® CS5, and Contribute® CS5.
$1500 Adobe Creative Suite® Design Premium software combines Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Dreamweaver® CS5, Fireworks® CS5, and Acrobat® 9 Pro.
Just for reference, "Master Collection combines Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended, Illustrator® CS5, InDesign® CS5, Acrobat® 9 Pro, Flash® Catalyst™ CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder™ 4 Standard, Dreamweaver® CS5, Fireworks® CS5, Contribute® CS5, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5 (with Adobe OnLocation™ CS5 and Encore® CS5), After Effects® CS5, Soundbooth® CS5, and more."
Be aware that if you get a collection, you are locked in to upgrading the entire collection when the time comes, you can't upgrade just one application. I skipped CS3 for that reason (not enough new features in every application), and will likely pass on CS5 (due to the economy).
In my opinion, the best deal is the Production Premium, if you're willing to give up Dreamweaver (and InDesign, but Illustrator can take care of a lot of that). I personally use the Design Premium collection. I started with the "Creative Suite Premium Collection", but Adobe phased that out, but offered an uprgarde path from that to the Design Premium. I actually received that as a gift, and the person who gave it to me always asks, "Do you use that software a lot? It was expensive, you know."

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