I love how every current player of a game presumes they “got nothing” for their time and money invested in a title. It’s almost as if they don’t realize different people value experiences and material things differently... and that that’s COMPLETELY OKAY. (Not to mention the fact the “nothing” you got was - likely - hours of enjoyment and progress and skill and what have you...)

If you paid $60 up front for Siege on day one and bought everything since and have been playing and evangelizing it... good on you. But that means you valued the base experience and the subsequent experiences (depending on when you dove in) differently than those who have not yet bought in. If they didn’t buy in yet, it’s likely due to them not feeling it was worth the given time and money. If this new offer changes that, so be it. BUT YOU DIDN’T LOSE ANYTHING. Your “value” is not diminished. You got what YOU wanted out of it. That’s why you bought in sooner! You saw more value earlier than others. That’s how things work!

The fact soooooooo many people feel “cheated” out of content they NEVER knew was coming and in NO WAY could have influenced their completely personal assessment of value of the given item/experience is obnoxious and absurd. You liked the game before the new content and you bought it and played it. Others didn’t, but now they might. End of story. That’s all it is.

Shit like this is so weird to me. Try taking the general idea and putting it in the context of a totally different experience or piece of merchandise. Just think about it for a second...

You go to a restaurant and say you order... something with a lot of options... wings. You want wings and look at the assortment of available sauces and order sizes. There are 3 order sizes (5, 10, 20 pieces) and 5 sauces. You decide, in the moment, you would like 10 wings with standard hot sauce. You eat your meal and it’s delicious and you pay and you leave. (You tipped 20%; you’re no animal.)

You come back a week later. The restaurant has changed its menu. How delightful! Having enjoyed your last meal here, your eyes immediately dart to the wing section. The order sizes have increased (6? 12? 24?!) and there are twice as many sauces. By the gods! Someone at the table next to you just ordered a dozen wings with the new Tangy BBQ sauce for the same price that you paid for your 10 regular hot wings a week ago. WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY?! You are owed an apology. Or a refund. Or a free order. Or all of the above. YOU DEMAND IT!

Sound absurd? It is. Everyone, at every point at which they are mulling a purchase, assesses the value of the item they are looking to buy and they make a personal judgement call as to the value therein. If you decide something is worth $60, as is, then you can’t fault someone else for waiting until it’s $40. Or $60 but they get more in the box. Or both. It was your choice to buy the bare bones version for $60 in the first place!

If you don’t like the idea of not having gotten your money’s worth... then maybe hold off on buying absolutely everything right away. Most stuff, especially games, rarely ever get more expensive as they age. At least not when it’s the exact same stuff in-box on day 1 as day 100 (or 200, or 300, or...). You don’t want that feeling of being cheated? Wait. Be one of the consumers who gets to take advantage of the cool new edition or the hot sale. You’ll feel far less cheated. I guarantee it.