Storyline 4 dates

Hi Carol!  Based on overwhelming customer demand, we’ve been focused on delivering continuous updates to Articulate 360 apps and content, and all of our latest 360 updates can be found here: https://articulate.com/360/whats-new  That being said, we are paying close attention to demand for perpetual products but have not yet made a decision on future releases to Storyline.

Please release Storyline 4. Storyline 360 is a dumpster fire, at least on my computer, which was built to run multiple graphics programs simultaneously.  I have 32 gb of RAM and I can run multiiple instances of Storyline 2 and 3, Photoshop, Illustrator and animation software at once, without a hitch. The only thing that lags is Storyline 360. And it crashes constantly. I save multiple times per slide because it crashes so often. I have reinstalled and run the repair software with no improvement.

Oh, and the Content Library is just photos I could get for free from other sites like Unsplash. Gee, what a benefit.

I'm done venting now. Please release Storyline 4. Otherwise, I will have to stick with 3 forever. I am not paying a yearly subscription for 360.

Hi Shannon,

I'm sorry you've had such trouble with Storyline 360, and it's definitely not the experience we'd expect! Our Support Team would be happy to look further into what's causing such a slow down on your system. 

We also understand that Articulate 360 isn't for everyone, so if you don't need access to tools such as Content Library, Review hosting, Live webinars, etc. Storyline 3 would be a great fit. We'll keep you posted if we have any other news about future perpetual products. 

Hi Shannon,

can you meantime give me an answer when Storyline 4 will be released because i don´t want to buy Articulate 360, too.

Sorry, my question is going on Ashley Terwilliger.

Hi xx,

As Elizabeth mentioned before, our focus has been on Articulate 360 due to customer demand and feedback, but we've continued to release updates to Storyline 3 (You can see the latest in the release notes for Storyline 3, build 3.5.16548.0).

We haven't made any decisions about another perpetual version of Storyline, but as soon as we have more to share we'll let folks know in the E-Learning Heroes community! 

I 'd rather have SL3 continuing to evolve at its own pace as it does now!

Hi Ashley,

a new year a new try to ask you for a release date of Storyline 4 (perpetual Version). 

Hi Ashley,

I really like Storyline having first purchased 2 and now 3. It's one of the best investments I've made and it's the leader far as I'm concerned. But sadly since the release of 360, I've been unhappy with Articulate's approach. I understand that you may have "overwhelming customer feedback" but what about those who are owners of the perpetual version? I have observed how updates are enthusiastically pushed for 360 but not the case for 3 and these are marginal at best to ensure compatibility with 360.

The promotion and updates of 360 have the unintended (or intended?) effect of marginalising or diminishing the perceived value of the perpetual license. Even from the start, the comparison table makes it look as if Storyline 3 has nothing compared with 360. Maybe a better comparison table will compare version 2 with 3. Those who purchase the perpetual license do so for a reason. In my case, a major reason is affordability. The foreign exchange rate for me is almost US$ 7 to TT$1. So that's a heavy burden to annually pay for a 360 license. 

The updates being pushed out to Storyline 360 are impressive but will also be useful to version 3 users. Perhaps you can consider a special purchase of updates at certain periods during the year to allow version 3 users to maintain parity with 360. That way people won't feel that they are being left out. Please, please consider this in your planning. Remember those who can afford will not complain and even be enthusiastic about 360 especially if it fits their business model. I am definitely not one of the enthusiastic ones. I look forward to Articulate graciously creating a bridging opportunity to help version 3 users attain parity in the software features with SL 360 or being respectful in how they market 360 so it does not look like SL 3 is an orphan child. 

Thank you for your kind consideration :-)

Hi Huey,

Thanks for joining the Articulate family so long ago and sticking with us through 2 versions! 

I'm sorry to hear that our approach and new tools don't fit with your needs and budgeting, our team has worked hard to create the Articulate 360 suite of tools to provide everything you need for course creation. I can understand how hearing about updates released to Articulate 360 may leave you feeling left out, but I hope you can keep in mind, that those new features are often linked to subscription elements - think, Text-to-Speech and Content Library assets. 

We do have a comparison chart with strictly perpetual versions here, so hopefully, that helps showcase how far Storyline has come since version 1, and that it's not an orphan child. We've continued to release regular updates for Storyline 3 to fix bugs and keep compatibility for opening files created in Storyline 360, and a few new features were added along the way.

We'll post here and on our main Articulate.com pages if any new features or versions of Storyline 3 are made available, but I'm sorry I don't have more details to share.

If you have any other questions or concerns, I'm here to help. I have also passed your note along to my team, as it's important insight for everyone to read.