What? At 3 grand a pop, 700 for an upgrade , discreet is trying to catch up to a macromedian mean of distributing products on quantity over quality.

http://www4.discreet.com/3dsmax/index7.php

I dont know if max is trying to catch up and standardize itself in the business instead of Maya, methinks an update to 6 would help their market a lot more than a new release.