I think it's great. Obviously I would prefer everyone just drop the market segmentation and sell the fullest featured item at the lowest tier price, but since

I think it's great. Obviously I would prefer everyone just drop the market segmentation and sell the fullest featured item at the lowest tier price, but since that's not how stuff works, this is the next best thing. Without DLC they just make multiple versions with different feature sets. You often pay the highest amount for features you don't need just to get one important feature. And if you buy something, upgrading often isn't possible. This should reduce the need to produce more physical artifacts. The only downside I see is that less upgrading means fewer used items available.