Adobe is hitting some rough waters lately with its latest sales figures in. It seems that in a bad economy, companies take a pass on upgrading a $1000-2000/seat piece of software (CS4). Most creative agencies aren't really increasing headcounts either. No surprise there.
Adobe expects Q4 sales to come in between $912 million and $915 million, below its previous estimate of $925 million to $955 million, and below Wall Street's consensus of $930 million. (Not terrible, actually.)
The main reason: Weaker than expected demand for it