Bottom line. This is a business. Along with a business comes cost and profit. If you don't like the product, don't buy it. Of course money is the driving force behind their decisions. This isn't a non profit. I can never understand how people lose sight of that fact. Sometimes an idea fails, sometimes its a success, but a good business model should always be trying new strategies to see what works and doesn't work. The hard part for game developers is that they want their fans to see it as "art" and something the player is contributing to, but they need their investors, managers, and share holders to see a turn in profit.

We play a game.