Keep in mind that you get the Autodesk “Gameware” as a part of Stingray Autodesk Gameware - Wikipedia , which normally cost alot for just a small amount of fee with MayaLT. Thats a very generous offer from Autodesk 
Ofcourse, it is money but for those who really need the tools for commersial stuff and cant afford $2500/month + yearly maintaince Autodesk software, its a great deal.