The upgrade for me from VP18 Pro to VP19 Edit was only $119. That gets you VP19 Pro with no plug-in add-ons. I already own BCC 2020.5 and other NewBlue FX so that was all I needed. I say make the purchase.
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Sony no longer has ownership of Vegas. Magix has owned Vegas software for a couple of years now. Gary Rebholz, the person who created Vegas here in the USA long ago, and his team are still the developers. Perhaps that is why they do not monitor this site, they have their own, https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/vegas-pro-forum/video/ that they monitor on a regular basis.