Upgrading policy for future Creative Suite products

Sorry if this topic has been addressed elsewhere. Has Adobe announced what policy will be in place when CS7 and 8 are released? Will we need to be one version back in order to take advantage of upgrade pricing or will they allow you to be able to upgrade from 2 versions back? I'm debating whether or not to go the subscription route or to skip CS6 and wait until CS7 to upgrade.

Bob Levine wrote:
First let's be clear. I do not work for Adobe and at this point have no
inside knowledge of roadmaps.
That said, Adobe publicly announced one year upgrade cycles so you can
safely assume, if they hold to that, that you will see CS7 in the
spring. When that happens, only CS6 owners will be eligible for upgrade
pricing so there's no more skipping versions and getting an upgrade.
Based on that, it is my personal opinion that Adobe wants everyone on
Creative Cloud. It assures them a steady cash flow and quite frankly,
for a professional, it's a no brainer. You get every tool they sell for
$50/month and you get the new versions when they become available. This
is cheaper than upgrading and the first year is only $29.99/month.
Bob
Bob,
Thanks for your insight.  I know when you compare the retail price of a Creative Suite the monthly Cloud does work out, but when one has been upgrading and is a small non profit user of the apps it is hard to justify the $50/month (approx. $600/year - which I agree is half of the Suite retail).  A decision I don't have to make right away, although the $29.99/month first year is tempting.  A close friend was surprised I had CS6 as he was still using CS3, since we're not professionals and both work in the non profit arena and fund our own software (99% at least).  I told him I've been lucky to be able to work out the costs via upgrade prices - although I have to "go without" for a bit to cover it competely.  We'll see what the future brings.  I agree that most likely the future will be Creative Cloud - I can see the writing on the wall.
Tom

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