User blog comment:The Milkman/Hearthfire Review: A Diversion Lacking Depth/@comment-173.63.167.103-20130306045332

That was pretty much the point of Hearthfire though

It was a small bit of content to keep the fans interested in Skyrim until Dragonborn came out

I believe that one of the developers mentioned that there would be small, inexpensive or free DLCs in between larger ones to keep platers satisfyed