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by TrevorJ 1945 days ago
Price point may be another important factor. 2D Design apps like Photoshop are not as pricy as the 3D counterparts, last time I checked. Hence there's more motivation to find an alternative to Maya, Max for the hobbyist then there is to replace photoshop.
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And now that Photoshop/CC have been creeping up in price you have other contenders like Affinity which are decent at much lower price points.
These days Maya and Max are the same price as Photoshop - $250/y vs $20/mo. Incidentally Houdini is also about the same, $279/y.
> These days Maya and Max are the same price as Photoshop - $250/y vs $20/mo. Incidentally Houdini is also about the same, $279/y.

As I recall, pricing of 3D modeling/animation/rendering suites was much steeper when Blender started gathering momentum.

[Checks pricing]

Umm, it looks like the price is still quite high (Maya and Max are each $1.6k/y). Where are you getting that figure from?