Let's follow some simple logic: 1.) Usually whenever a company has a big sale on an item, that means a newer version is on its way. 2.) Mike 1 has been on sale. 3.) Michael 2 texture maps are being advertised (before Michael 2 himself is advertised.) 4.) Yes Michael 2 is on the way... He just hasn't made it to the front page yet. This is no surprised. It happened recently with Ulead PhotoImpact 6. I went to their site and saw it was on sale for about 40% off.. A week or so later I saw they had Ulead PhotoImpact 7 on sale. No surprises here.