Same as you, I was just saying what I thought, unlike Potato, I am not a dictator, … (yet).
The problem you seem to have is with the word expansion.
However that's exactly what it is.
It might not be as big an expansion to the game as some earlier ones from the CD-era. But the word expansion still applies as they've added content to the game, thereby expanding it.
I remember that expansions used to cost the same as the original game (example : Diablo II LOD), but most Paradox expansions are tiny and only cost a few $.
The bigger ones I've send usually don't cost more than 20$ and to be real, Paradox games are games you play for tens if not hundreds of hours.
I don't have a problem with the word expansion - I simply don't believe they've had the time or the resources to create what I would call an expansion already.
That's because I'm very familiar with Paradox and their position on balance and what constitutes a reasonable release state.
Obviously, you can make a case that this is an expansion because it expands the game in some way - and semantically, adding a single unit to the game could be an expansion as well.
But if we stick to the real world with real people in it - we have to consider what an expansion actually means - and how it's changing.
I take it that you have no problem with how content is being delivered and paid for by the consumer - and that's perfectly ok with me.
However, it seems you're not ok with my position? You seem to want to convince me that what Paradox is doing is fine and there's nothing wrong with it?
Unfortunately, that takes a much better argument than "this expands the game so it's an expansion".
As for setting a price according to the hours spent playing a game, I don't agree that's the correct approach. If I did, I'd have to consider Minesweeper worth thousands of dollars to some people and a game like Gone Home should cost 1$ to most people.
I don't think it's quite as simple as that.
But again, I have zero problems with your position. You like what they're doing and you don't see anything wrong with it. That's ok with me.
Can you let me have my opinion or do you have an argument with some merit to change it?