It´s always the same with new versions and there is no difference to other developers. x.0 Release versions have issues.
Since SB sadly has no open betas for new versions, this evolution (a.k.a. fixing) can only happen during the release cycle.
I´ve personally only once gone back to a previous version, that was from N4 to N3. N4 really had major issues, with no workarounds that solved the multiple problems I encountered. Looking back I can say N4 was nothing but trouble and I wish I had skipped it. N5 was solid for me, as well as N5.5, 6.0 and 6.5.
But N4 is long forgotten and I think SB is sill awesome, as I use their software every day and it does all that I need.
Well, I have to admit I´m a bit of a Steinberg fanboy 