Spine price policy

Dyox

Hello,

I don't want to bother you but I'm quite disappointed with the spine price policy.

Indeed, I downloaded the free trial version 1 month and half ago (just before you raised the price / Nate's honeymoon [congratulations 😉]). I was not willing to buy Spine at that time because I got no time to test it.

After few weeks of testing / designing, I decided to continue to use Spine for my first mobile game because Spine is a great tool !

Yesterday, I decided to buy Spine but I saw that Spine's price increased again ! You said nothing on your blog / website about it ...

I know you are developing Spine as a full-time job and your product is really nice. But as a "one-man gaming studio developer", I felt like I was "betrayed". You have already increased the price from 49 to 99 USD in 1 month during my trial period.

So I'm still thinking if I can afford to buy Spine or lose the hours I spent on Spine to find another alternative (that is worse).

Thanks for reading my post.

Dyox

Nate

Dyox wrote
You have already increased the price from 49 to 99 USD in 1 month during my trial period.

This is not true. Spine has been $60 since April 15, 2013. It was changed to $75 on July 1st, 2013.

We have priced Spine low both as a thank you for early adopters and to make it affordable to independent developers. Spine started at $30 and many people took advantage. Since then we have slowly increased the price to where it is currently as we have added features.

When considering the value of Spine in relation to the price, keep in mind that the license is not time limited. You get all future updates. We aren't going to nickle and dime you for updates. Also, take a look at how often we do updates.

The purchase page shows that the current price is a sale price and that the non-sale price is higher. When we change the non-sale price, we announce it beforehand as a courtesy. We aren't obligated to do so, but we do. We change the sale price as we see fit.

I'll lock this thread now as I think any further pricing discussion is better done in private. Feel free to email us if you would like to continue discussion: contact@esotericsoftware.com