Good video Enigma.
Here's my take on things, coming from a big CoD fan.
If I didn't get a massive discount on Elite subscription (basically comes out to $20 from purchasing Hardened Edition for $80), I wouldn't have bought Elite at all.
Hell, I've never bought any of the map packs at $15, I either got those $15 map packs at a discount (both MW2 map packs each 50% off), got it for free (Black Ops Escalation), or didn't buy them at all (Black Ops First Strike, Annihilation, Rezurrection).
For me, it's as simple as voting with my wallet. I don't agree with paying $15 for the DLC that CoD offers, it's just not worth it to me at that price. It is for others and I'm glad those people get their money's worth. Yeah, they are essentially ruining it for the rest of us, but what are you going to do?
I'm more concerned with having the base game work as best as possible, I get plenty of enjoyment from the base game and base maps already included on disc. So far, things have been working out for me following this model, MW3 and Elite was just a matter of right place at right time.