@lrdfancypants: You are, of course, speaking only for yourself, and the majority of gamers will not accept higher standard prices. If you don't mind paying more, you and others like you are the justification for the premium-tiers release culture we are used to now, where the developer can charge $100 for the standard game plus some re-skins.
Objectively speaking, this business model makes the most sense from the standpoints of fairness and overall value.
@lrdfancypants: Why on earth would raising prices of games be more acceptable than the balance that 343 has found in Halo 5? Why make everyone pay more instead of attaching optional micros for items than can be earned just as quickly by playing normally, thereby 343 is compensated by only the people who choose to pay more for something ultimately meaningless?
It's like crowd funding, but you only draw in the simpletons. I don't know how so many here can slam 343 for being "stupid" with so little self-awareness. This is the ideal business model, for devs and gamers both. We all get the same stuff, for the same standard price, with free DLC, and some suckers running around with weapon skins no one else wants.
I came here just to make clear that these are not games and therefore don't belong on Gamespot, but by most comments, people don't mind. I guess this is what Gamespot is, now.
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