Magix ann. Berlin 23 May 2016 - takeover ( Read merge?) Vegas pro and Studio offerings . . . and will continue to support Sony-customers to ensure . . . .
+ Magix intends to release new Editing products later 2016 . . .
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Well, that reads well; - Let's hope it works out in practice . . . it will be interesting to see how they tackle the Pro-products as I'm less sure about some of the Magix "Easy" products, taking the route of a complete change. so making it very difficult for anyone to move-up to a conventional//serious Editor.
That was one reason I liked Movie Studio - as the Vegas-route would be quite easy . . . and as a bonus the Webinars were more-or-less similar, at least until you delved into those "Extra features".
Magix could be very clever and grab the Market of those that don't want a Subscription-model ( This includes Adobe ) - Folks preferring to buy the software from time-to-time as Family//Funds allow.... or when they up-grade their Camcorder, perhaps.... since this needs a "more-powerful" Editor.
This could be a Magix Ace opportunity . . . as folks grapple with an easy-route to Edit 4K . . . before there are enough 4K projectors ( and TV's) about..... maybe we need to Edit with HD//Proxy and then parallel-Render two files: 1) 4K and 2) HD, so we are covered now and into the Future.
Sony already has its own Subscription-Model "Catalyst" although I never was tempted to look into it, - such was//is Sony's grasp of Marketing . . . .
. . . All above IMHO . . . and I'm often wrong, it seems.