My words are, of course, only concerning the big two. Actually, I'm hoping this means indies(which I'm one of) will now be on a slightly more level field. Let's see, 4 bucks for the new X-Men, or for TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE. Hmmm. Such a tough choice.
The indie comics more often have reading life--you can go back to them for more than the first read. Marvel and DC have structured their comics in such a stretched-out, empty way in order to get trades out quicker that now, their comics are much like food packaging that has a high volume of air in it. In fact, I'll just stop short of that thought: their comics are now like packaging.
And here's the other thing: I hope the encouragement they're giving toward trade waiting is deliberate. Most trades these days are about six issues at least. Under this new pricing, the equivalent comics would cost $4 more than the trade would, because they can't push the trade price up too much farther for a while. And few will want to buy twice.