Re: Discount to Mass Effect Legendary for original owners?
I had no illusions as well getting the remaster for free. First: it's EA. Second: the amount of their investment.
I mean, it's only a remaster. Not a remake. I bought the grand remake of the grand Mafia 1, which was bundled with the remasters of Mafia 2 & 3. This whole package had cost me only 30 bucks. Bravo Take 2. On the other hand, the trilogy of the Mass Effect series costs the double amount of 60 bucks, and its first part isn't a remake, it's only a remaster!
Hypothetically, if EA would give for buying this collection on their house client a cumulative discount, maybe 1 percentage point for each base game and each DLC owned on Origin, it would naturally promote the use of Origin and boost it to a higher level. Origin sales are sales EA doesn't have to share with its competitors. If they want to promote Origin's use, it's a necessity to give loyal customers good vibes. And this means well thought reward structures. Ubisoft and others did a lot of thinking work in this field. For example, Ubisoft gives Units for playing their games (aka achievements) trough its client, which then can be used for buying in-game content (items and missions alike) or a 20% discount code for it's bigger games and addons. EA, on the other hand, has nada, its client only succumbs to a mere means of DRM.