Ghost Recon Expensive Warfighter

As reported by Penny Arcade the GRAW expansion pack has been released on Xbox live. Yes! An expanded multiplayer co-op mission, what a boon to those, like myself, who enjoyed the rather scanty four-level effort included in the original. Oops, only if you're ready to pay 15 USD however, that's a quarter of the cover price of a game you've already purchased! Not sure what that comes out as in UK money, but I wouldn't be holding your breath for a fair conversion on the basis of exchange rates.

What's more it appears that - at least in the US - you can only buy the mickey mouse dollars of Microsoft points (needed to buy any Xbox Live product) in increments of 10 or 20 USD. Once again I haven't checked the UK equivalent (what? You think I research stuff?) but if the equivalent is true here you'll end up with a hefty chunk of unwanted points, though - as Tycho points on on Penny Arcade - probably not enough on their own to buy anything, meaning that if you wanted to use them, more points would have to be purchased.

Now I can understand 5 GBP per month for Live access. I can just about take the idea of paying for downloadable content (though can't see myself doing it just yet) but this is some nasty cynical shit. I'm no idealist but if you're going to ask for money then at least be straight about how much you're charging.