Nik was a boutique software house for over 17 years before being acquired by Google, and [put some of its products to retirement](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html).

But for now, its primary products — the pro plugins collection — are still in the pipeline, and has [just got a huge price cut](https://plus.google.com/105020366195257635597/posts/GYMHJEaBYef).