I am a photographer first... Been using Photoshop since 4.0.. even before the first CS hit.. I have spent thousands in upgrades over the years and that is just for photoshop.. none of the other adobe products.
When I started editing video, I picked up a cheap video editor at Fry's for $60 and it sucked!
Then I joined the CC a few months ago... I pay $49 per month and have everything I want! It's brilliant if you ask me. For those of us who refuse to use pirated software and are actually paying for the upgrades, Creative Cloud is actually a money saver.. And it's way better to budget 50 a month then to dish out 600 at once for an upgrade just to get one new fucking healing brush...
