I know people are up in arms about this, but we've been paying this price (and more) for years now with collector's editions, DLCs etc. I know the argument here is we'd be paying more for just the base game, but for some perspective we're already there. I always say I'll get the base game, then end up buying the deluxe-whatever one and may or may not even play or use the extras.
This seems like a bad plan, since we're staring into the Marianas Trench of a economic depression. I'd expect if games launched like this, they'd bomb in price fast as they scramble to make initial sales back.