Well as long as I don't have to pay the full price to upgrade to v2 than I'll be fairly happy about it. And of course if you guys don't go through a version within a single year. Maybe every other year. Not made out of money I'm afraid.

Agreed. If they release a new major upgrade every few years ...

and that any updates to the major release like v1.1, 1.2 will be free.

I realize Pixo's model is too much to hope for, sadly. What I'm hoping will happen is pretty much what you said though I need an official answer before I can decide. I love OctaneRender; it's everything I want in a render ...

I am disappointed with the price hike but not enough to abstain from buying. My main concern is with how updates will be handled. If I find out there will be a zillion updates and I have to pay for every one if I want to stay current.... I can't. I don't poo gold, unfortunately. If the update system ...