By sparq
Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:24 pm
MeSoHordey wrote:sparq wrote:I wish some people here would do their homework on akai's product's release/discontinue history. with all of their mpc's, never once was there an official announcement from akai that they were going to discontinue a product. when they released an mpc, there was never an official release date from akai. they promote it prior to release then it winds up in stores.
as far as longevity, since the mpc 60, each mpc had an average "new" sellable lifespan of about 2 1/2 - 3 years.
for those who don't know, here are the release years of each mpc:
MPC 60 - 1987
MPC 60II - 1991
MPC 3000- 1994
MPC 2000- 1997
MPC2000xl-1999
MPC4000 - 2002
MPC1000 - 2003
MPC2500 - 2005
MPC500 - 2006
MPC5000 - 2008
and now true to release form, 2012 another line of MPCs are about to hit the market. with the exception of the 1000 and the 500, about the time of each new MPC is release, the previous model is discontinued. so the 5000 being disco'd, its no suprise but more of evolution.
with regards to the 5000 being disco'd with only one OS update and the fact that JJ "saved" the 1000 and the 2500, I don't hear anyone saying the 3000 was dead in the water until the Vailixi upgrade.
who knows, maybe another JJ or Vailixi will come along and code an update for the 5000. do we expect akai to spend their time and money on their R&D department coming up with updates for the original mpc 60 in 2012? it's not like they are Roland, where roland dropped their MV line without coming out with something to replace it. They went from the 8000 to the 8800 then done. At least akai is still producing more MPC lines.
A lot of really biased statements there. If you wanted to provide useful information you should have provided their history of support for products over time. No one expects continual development on end-of-lifed hardware, but people can and should expect support for a company's current flagship product line.
Let me ask you this. How interested would you be in the Ren if you knew Akai was unlikely to ever put out more than one update to the product ove it's life? Be honest here.
please do me a favor and point out the bias statements in my post? The dates are fact, look it up. the os updates as i mentioned in this post is a fact. me mentioning the "continued" support of "end-of-life" hardware was sarcasm. my point being that everyone is complaining about akai's support. if this was a REAL serious issue, then just sell your mpc in favor of a company who you think will continue their support. another fact, akai has stopped support on all of their "flagship" products in lieu of their "next flagship" product.
Follow me on Twitter @sparq1g I follow back
DJ Premier wrote:...A lot of new cats out now do not know the history.
