The content and price isn't an issue. It's the fact that they only sell it with a re-release. The consoles that World is on are great platforms for doing G rank as a dlc as well. People are more inclined to buy the DLC of a game they like, rather than buy the game again.

The average gamer new to MH might not see it as value for money if they have to buy it again just for G rank.

I can think of a lot of people I know who would kick off about not being able to buy G rank by itself.

The way they sell G rank is, in all honesty, my least favourite part of MH, because to me, buying the game again just to play new content is an outdated system. We have PS Store and DLC pages for buying additional content.