I think their first explanation was about them not finding a way to please everyone, does the digital deluxe edition include all the dlc?
Jeff Gerstmann always suggested to give the upgrade to all who bought all the dlc, and that seems reasonable. Their explanation rather sounded like "if we can't please a subset of people we won't offer anything to anyone", and that seems like a flimsy excuse to get more money out of people by not allowing to buy cheaper last gen versions and forcing people to get the shiny new version. Perhaps they'll say that saves aren't compatible between versions but i doubt it will help them now.
Jeff Gerstmann always suggested to give the upgrade to all who bought all the dlc, and that seems reasonable. Their explanation rather sounded like "if we can't please a subset of people we won't offer anything to anyone", and that seems like a flimsy excuse to get more money out of people by not allowing to buy cheaper last gen versions and forcing people to get the shiny new version. Perhaps they'll say that saves aren't compatible between versions but i doubt it will help them now.