User blog comment:Ausir/Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition price announced/@comment-4531982-20111017191956

The last comment is correct. The Premiere Membership on Elite makes it worth it because it would be more to buy the game separately and the membership. It's all spelled out here: http://modernwarfare3maps.com/2011/09/thinking-of-getting-the-mw3-hardened-edtion/