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The pricing for Visual Studio 2013 hit the web site.  In a nutshell:

• Upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 Professional to Visual Studio 2013 Professional: $99 (November 2013 – January 2014; after it’s $299)
• Visual Studio 2013 Professional: $499
• Visual Studio 2013 Professional with MSDN: $799
• Visual Studio 2013 Premium with MSDN: $2,569
• Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate with MSDN: $4,249

Pricing and Licensing

In addition to all of the new and exciting capabilities detailed above, we are pleased to offer Visual Studio 2013 at Visual Studio 2012 pricing. Also, MSDN subscribers gained new benefits at no additional cost since the release of Visual Studio 2012, including dev and test use rights for Microsoft’s latest releases such as Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, monetary credits to spend on Windows Azure services, discounted rates for Windows Azure Dev/Test scenarios and developer accounts for the Windows Store, Windows Phone Store, and an Office 365 Developer subscription.

Buying Visual Studio with an MSDN Subscription is the most popular way to purchase Visual Studio and gain access to the most comprehensive collection of software, services, and benefits for targeting Microsoft platforms. Active MSDN Subscribers will have the earliest access to the final release of Visual Studio 2013 in mid-October. Visual Studio 2013 with MSDN will be available through Volume Licensing on November 1st, and from retail resellers soon after; however, you can purchase Visual Studio 2012 with MSDN today and receive Visual Studio 2013 upon its release.

As the entry-level professional product, Visual Studio Professional is the mainstay tool of choice for many developers around the world. With these developers in mind, we created a special, limited-time offer through the Microsoft Store for those who purchased Visual Studio Professional 2012 at retail to upgrade to Visual Studio Professional 2013 for only US$99 (pricing varies by region). For more information, see Visual Studio on the Microsoft Store in early November. After this offer expires on January 31, 2014, Visual Studio Professional 2013 Upgrade will be available from the Microsoft Store and through resellers at the estimated retail price of US$299. The estimated retail price for Visual Studio Professional 2013 is US$499.

Lastly, with the release of Visual Studio 2013, agile project planning capabilities are now more accessible for project managers with Backlog Management and Sprint Planning capabilities available for Team Foundation Server 2013 Client Access License (TFS CAL) customers at no additional cost.

Read more here:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/visual-studio-2013

Read article from Visual Studio Magazine here:
http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/09/30/microsoft-announces-vs-2013-pricing.aspx