Well its not even inflated if you already own the game and all dlc or the legendary version of skyrim on pc. Basically almost all PC players will get remastered for free. Bioshock is also giving us PC players free remasters of 1 and 2 and dlc if you own them. Bioshock infinite is not getting a remaster on PC.
And Bethesda has every right to charge "inflated price" on consoles because its on a new platform. Its not like its being released on 360 and ps3 in which case if they did I would agree with you. But if you dont already own it on pc which is where the game really shines anyways with mods then its your loss.
Since I have yet to see anything about a cutoff date, I am going to assume you have until before the release or they announce a cutoff date that you can buy Skyrim Legendary for like 30 bucks and get remastered for free.