I am unsure what was gimped, I certainly didn't notice any.

: Batman added multiplayer with Origins and removed it with Arkham Knight
: (which sold better).
I am pretty confident the Multiplayer was not well received.

: Assassin's Creed games lose huge features every iteration (co-op, competitive
: multiplayer, etc have all come and gone)
They are different worlds though, in a sense. But that's an interesting example, as it is a beloved game. Does it get the same flak about it?

: Sports games change things up every year and add, drop, re-add, reinvent
: features every time in an attempt to make it feel like your $60 was worth
: it for the same game as last year.
Not the same.

: While not exactly the same, but Bungie went from Halo Reach (one of the most
: feature rich video games to date) to the hobbled Destiny franchise (no
: custom games, no forge, no story, no theater, etc).
Not even worth mentioning.

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: I feel like it happens all the time, Chris. It's happened in Halo before as
: well, with Firefight and Spartan Ops.

yes and the lack of Firefight almost made me leave halo 4. Firefight was my favorite Halo game type ever. It fit what Halo is so perfectly.

Most of these are not Fan Favorite features, or features that were wildly used by the consumer. The Assassins Creed example is really interesting as that is a well regarded series. I was under the impression co-op was just added, not removed. But it does show that big games can do good removing major features. That doesn't change my opinion that you are giving me less for the same price. Which is the heart of the issue of what I believe we are talking about now :)

: - MacGyver10