Exactly. Hell, the Black Emporium is taken straight out of suggestions form these very forums.
Well, the Black Emporium was first introduced in DA2 and was available for free, assuming you purchased the game new at retail. Activating the Online Pass, which EA has since thankfully abandoned, granted you access to The Black Emporium. Anyone who purchased a used copy of DA2 (Xbox 360 / PS3) whose Online Pass had already been redeemed, would have had to pay $10.00 USD to purchase an Online Pass. Once EA abandoned the Online Pass, The Black Emporium was made available separately as Free DLC. Given how popular TBE was in DA2, and given how many people have suggested / hoped for / asked about it for DAI, Bioware probably should have included it in vanilla DAI. It is likely that Bioware simply didn't have the time to include it in vanilla DAI, due to higher priority items. I don't know for certain and am admittedly speculating on that point.
Whatever the case may be, I just hope Bioware releases The Black Emporium as Free DLC in the not-too-distant future. However, if Bioware ends up making substantial additions to TBE to include (among other features) new cosmetic features (read: better hairstyles including actual long hair for Females and Qunari), then I wouldn't mind paying a reasonable price (perhaps $5.00 - $10.00 USD) for it, depending upon what it actually includes. If TBE ends up being included as part of larger, story-based DLC, then the price I would be willing to pay / would consider reasonable would probably be in the $10.00 - $20.00 USD price range, depending of course upon the content included. I would be very very disappointed in Bioware ends up releasing TBE, without any new features and by itself (not as part of story-based DLC), and then ends up charging for it. If that happens, I will likely take a pass on it at least until there is a sale on the Xbox Marketplace.





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