No. Sega games were the same $60 if not more 15-20 years ago. Name ANY product that has stayed the same price over 20 years. Adjusting for inflation gaming is cheap as fukk compared to the past.
Dreamcast online was trash and sega didn't make nearly the investment in the infastructure to make online gaming a reality. You think Sony/Microsoft shouldn't try to recoup the millions they put in?
There is no nickel and diming. DLC is optional, if you like the game and want more you can buy more. That's a simple and fair proposition. It becomes unfair when things like army of two happens and those should be called out and not supported, but that doesn't mean all games are nickeling and diming you.
There's been 10 different versions of EVERY street fighter game being sold at full price. So you have no point there.
There is no "rape over"
As I posted before, I'm including the price of a season, pass, and DLC's. Altogether its easily over $100. Games are far more expensive now, even on whole sale(tax included). Dreamcast did what AAA companies are doing now, except for free, it flourished in Japan as expected, just not in the states, and again, its success wasn't my point, the fact that they dived in and provided free internet and DLC was. The good side of DLC, not the nickel and dime of today. As for Sony and MS recouping? are you intentionally that dense? You do know they make billions right? As in with game revenue alone they could give away systems for free if they wanted to and still make a profit. Recoup? that's just ridiculous, you sir need to do some research.
And yes, obviously not all game companies are nickel and diming , however, the majority are, and that's the problem. It's become a trend to put on the snake oil salesman attire and fukk the customer right up the ass. Which is why I enjoy developers like CDProjekt Red, who have already stated that any and all DLC will be free. My main gripe with DLC is that most of the time, its an unlock code for data already in the files ala The Psycho and Gaige in Borderlands 2. That's just sleazy business right there. For some games, nothing is even developed, just another 20 or so dollars to unlock the info.
Lastly, there is a rape over, people just like defending said practices because they either have hope DLC will improve, or don't want to admit that they're supporting a very fukked system, either way, DLC is less of a shiny unicorn, and more of turd sandwich, sure you
could eat it...but its always gonna make you sick.
fukk outa here with this revisionist history.
I figured gamers would catch on. Then there's the "10" or so Street Fighter 4's released before 5....
C'mon son, at some point you have to know that's your ass getting fukked repeatedly. While everything was definitely not perfect back then (as I addressed), it wasn't the rape over it is now. 
