AGC registration going up?

So I just got an email informing me that "the CMP Game Group, the producers of Game Developers Conference (GDC), have acquired The Game Initiative, our conference family and our flagship Austin Game Conference (AGC)".

I remember a dev at the AGC telling me how much more expensive other conferences were compared to the AGC. Being a college student, I couldn't have afforded much more.

Does this acquisition likely mean that AGC registration will become more comparable to other conferences? If so, that's not very inviting to new blood.