I believe what this person is trying to say is that he/she is unwilling to pay the full price for downloadable content on the PC for games that have been released as long as three to five years ago, which I think is quite understandable.
I would also like to point out that the DLC for the games this individual mentioned have gone on sale on many a time for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. The last time that I recall that PC gamers had the ability to purchase these DLCs at a discount was around late 2011, when you could use a promotional code to purchase Bioware points at a discount.
I do not recall EA ever having another promotion giving PC owners the ability to purchase DLC at a discount, via discounted Bioware points since that time. Meanwhile, Playstation and Xbox owners have repeatedly been able to enjoy being able to purchase said DLC at 50% off. Of course, what I'm told is that Sony and Microsoft dictate the pricing of the DLC mentioned, and EA/Bioware has no say in such matters regarding those two consoles.
Furthermore, a member on one of Bioware's forums asked 'EA Customer Experience' as to why PC owners are subjected to this treatment, and got this reply from someone who appears to have a rather tenuous hold of the English language:
http://forum.bioware.com/topic/495028-sale/#entry16157660
Whatever the reason, I do believe that pricing of the DLC mentioned in this topic is very much in control of Bioware/EA, and yet they have not seen fit to make Bioware points available on sale since late 2011. As someone who plays Bioware games solely on the PC, I'm sure many such gamers, myself included, take umbrage at being excluded in such a manner. At best, I see it as a glaring oversight; at worst, I see it as EA/Bioware extending its middle finger at the PC gaming market, as well as myself.
And as for 'changing the system'...I find it ludicrous that one of the world's largest video game companies, with over nine thousand employees and several billion dollars in revenue, is seemingly paralyzed when it comes to making the appropriate changes for such a obsolete pricing scheme.
At the very least, EA could again launch a promotion through Origin enabling the sale of Bioware points, allowing PC gamers such as myself to enjoy these DLCs at prices that console games have been able to take advantage of repeatedly over the years.
Hmm...as I'm replying to this, there is a promotional code on Origin right now, and this promo is telling me how I can 'Get all the extras' by getting $20 off of a purchase of $50 or more. Of course, since you can only purchase a single 1600 point and single 800 point pack of Bioware points at a time, for a total of $30, which is $20 short of the cut-off point for the promo. Oh, and it seems 'Virtual Currency' is excluded from this promo. So much for 'getting all the extras'...
