Regarding renting, this actually depends on people usage.
It may seem strange for people on the forum as you are mainly « core users », but the Substance subscription is by far the offer which has the most of success (80% of our new users). The reason is that not everybody needs to use texturing tools on a daily basis, lots of users are using it « per project », and so are just paying for a few months, stop, come back later, etc.
My point is that there are different usage, and different needs. It’s all about the value you get in the offers.
That’s why we try to keep options, to answer users different needs.
Hi, respectfully, I been a professional user for larger companies and my own.. I have worked for studios using your software and, now made my own company, I supported you from nearly day 1...I have seen some bad things you guy done, to upset us, which happens I think with any company, but we supported you...I been a huge Substance user with over thousands of hours on Steam and even more off.. So what upsets me, is yes a huge % may want or use Sub, but this is why people like me and many LIKE me, who are professional, and/or indie, left Adobe , Auto Desk....I replaced Maya with Modo and move it...I have not updated Adobe, since CS6, I still use sometimes, but refuse SUB only anything....which is why I don't use Houdini.... but I plan to since they offer more higher plans.. where we can license with out subs.... Adobe and Auto Desk screwed over people like me to SPENT THOUSANDS, and THOUSANDS and slapped us in the face..
I will tell you why...
One... companies like myself, make games, we will go years making NO MONEY... from a game, so we cant have every single tool we use , charging sub fees...Say we cant pay that sub fee, we have NO TOOL....right? so that is the issue
With a license, we can still use the older license and be able to make that living, we may be behind a version....but we still have a tool to make money since we bought a license, with a sub, if we cant PAY THAT MONTH we are screwed and cant make our living..This is a huge problem... imagine a indie company or smaller company...paying bills every single damn month.....it would COST MORE...for us.. by the time we release, due to STEAM and everyone else nearly taking 30% taxes, development cost, due to SUBS costing more by the time we are DONE....we are paying, 60-70% , we take 30% how the hell can we make it? we cant..I been a developer since 1990's and I see this more and more with these stupid subs..... and as I said, i bought all of your versions even if I didn't use....I use Designer a ton....I'm not a larger Painter user...I like others better, but I bought all of yours to support you...but my point is, Subs at the end of the day cost more and if you don't keep subing, we are LEFT WITH nothing, indies cant afford that and make money, this is a fact.,....You guys use well its ONLY 10 bucks...
Let me give you an example, MODO indie was around 13 bucks a month, x this by 4 years... I bought for my license...180 dollars, I still have by the way..... It would of cost me the indie more money and took more away for us to be successful ....So yes we know you guys need to make money and you do by charging yearly fees... which I'm good with and you should, I promote this to the asset store guys actually.....but don't sit there and say subs are cheaper.(I know your not, but I hear this from Adobe, its total nonsense.......they are NOT.. period.....They may work for some..fine, offer them, but if you take away licenses as Adobe did, you are screwing, us and I for one, would NEVER support you and about 80% of our textures are from Designer ones we made...I would walk, because you would put me out of business... period I hope you guys STILL OFFER, the license.......Adobe lost me, and I own CS2, 3, 4, 5 5.5, 6 master collections, Web versions....THEY LOST me... since they slapped me in the face...Auto Desk, I own Max, 2008, 10, 13, 16, Maya around same years, last one 2016 Full network license its about 10 grand.. and I wont support them...They slapped me.. you get the point, so if you guys do this, you will turn out like Adobe, with most people hating you, for slapping them in the face after all the support we gave you...we just ask, to support us as we did you from DAY 1. nothing more, nothing less...OFFER choices...... that is what users want!!