Storyline 4 dates

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. 

Hi Ashley,

Thank you for your response and clarification. You're right about the comparison table. It's just that on the SL 3 "homepage" the SL360 vs SL 3 is what we see at the bottom after the new features. I also understand the distinction on the subscription elements especially the Content Library assets. It's the SL "core" updates that I'm more interested in as an optional paid upgrade e.g. random variable;  review, retry questions, modern player and conditional seekbar. Again, I respect Articulate's right to configure its offerings. I'm just asking for the opportunity to upgrade periodically while keeping a perpetual license. 

Thanks also for passing on to the rest of your team. Truly appreciated and I look forward to SL4 and/or a suitable solution :-)

All the best for the New Year to you and the team.

All these demands for SL4 when SL3 isn't even 2 years old yet.  Historically Storyline has been on a 2.5 year cycle, which would put us at late 2019 when we **might** see SL4.  But like Ashley said, with most users on 360, Articulate's focus should be on 360 and, one would assume, would likely slow the development cycle for SL4.  But another assumption of mine is Articulate would just wait until there's enough new features in 360 to fork that as SL4, which (again all assumptions here) I'd imagine would require minimal dev time.

Either way, from my recollection Articulate has always been tight-lipped about new releases (I've been a user since Studio '09/Storyline 1).  I wouldn't get huffy and puffy until at least 2020.  Until then I'll continue dreaming of the day when there's Storyline for Mac :-D

Just curious to all.  What do you find lacking in SL3 that you would like to see in SL4?

Hello Ashley, 1 year ago i asked you for a release date of storyline 4. Can you now tell me, how long we have to wait for getting an answer to this question?