>>11091456There were signs even back then, right after Matty acquired the company they rolled out shrinkflation in the middle of the active wave, dropping one fig but keeping the price, though price creep would follow in short order. It's possible we were a little spoiled, maybe Mega was content with its profit margins before the takeover? They seemed to be doing quite well after the runaway success of Halo and they were just into their second year of CoD, could afford to give us a lot for a little.