I don't understand why people are so angry over Birthright and Conquest being separate purchases. These are both full games with complete (albeit related) stories and even very different battle dynamics (Conquest being much more challenging). Each game is going to give you a full 30+ hours of gameplay (which is exactly what you got with Fire Emblem Path of Radiance) and a combined 60 hours between the two versions:
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=28381
I can see people being mad if we were only getting two 15 hour games and being charged twice, but these are clearly full Fire Emblem experiences in themselves: it's just that Nintendo has made two Fire Emblem games at the same time instead of spacing them out over a couple of years as they have done in the past. The fact that we are getting a discount on the other version after buying one, I think is actually a really good deal for gamers.







