User blog comment:Sifter66/Champion Prices/@comment-5035765-20160604061443/@comment-26378838-20160604160324

"and the reason they don't want to update it is because there'd be an absolute (pardon my french) shitstorm from the community. Like, it'd be terrible... the screaming babies would be even louder than usual."

Oh boy, the mental image of mains crying rivers over the 450 IP price tag, so much potential hilarity.

If I remember correctly, the current pricing regime was initially a test to see if gaging the prices based on novelty over difficulty was better for the game and it was set in stone because it was successful (supposedly it lowered first few weeks' toxicity around new champions, but most probably RP purchases right off the bat were too good to waste). So I don't think Riot will ever go back to revamp the pricing system.