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Quoted from vdojaq:This is STERN's way of business. All pro's now and in the future will have as minimal features as possible. They will sock it to the Premium and LE buyers who get the games fully featured. IMHO LE's are the biggest rip off.
Right now the difference between Premium and LE is cosmetic, that is going to change. It's only a matter of time before the Premium is no longer the same playing game as the LE. The Pro's are becoming the failed "Costco" version, the Premiums will become what the Pro's used to be, and the LE and Super LE will become the new Premium and LE.
Never thought about it like that but I bet you are right. I agree LE's are the biggest ripoff when a pretty much identical premium is much less. Overall, I just hate the whole pro/premium/le business model. Maybe Stern makes more money doing that but seems like they hurt themselves more. Typically, I think fans like different things about each model but not completely sold on one in particular. You are always trying to determine if premium is worth the price hike over the pro and such.
