Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-5247041-20130821093041/@comment-7153552-20130828171232

Actually the way they have worded their reasoning you shouldn't be paying for what you're calling DLC - which I assume to be small-medium content patches like Dawnguard and Shivering Isles (what we used to call expansions, but have for some reason lost that word in the current market). They're saying they don't want you to have major paygates ($60 to buy the game, $40-60 to buy the next expansion, $20-40 to buy small expansions, etc.) and would rather have you pay once for the game and then a steady expense to pay for constant updates every 6-8 weeks. Offering new content with new thigns going on. The cash shop is, according to them, going to hold only cosmetic items. I agree the need for both seems a little odd, and if they must keep them both then the price of the sub needs to drop by ten US, but life is what it is.