Poll: Downloadable Content Doesn't Belong In Games

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Krion_Vark

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Mechanix said:
If there is one thing I can't stand about games these days, it's DLC. All it is is a way for companies to milk money from players who just want more. I paid 60 damn dollars for my Modern Warfare 2, and now I'm supposed to dish out and extra 10 for some new maps? And I need to pay 10 bucks to play some stupid zombie game that should have been in Borderlands in the first place?

The only games I feel that have justifiable DLC are Rock Band and Guitar Hero. They're dishing out new songs every week, so it's not like they can give it to us all on the disc. But what about those stupid additions to other games? I already paid you money, why are you leaving a piece of the game out just so you can charge me for it later?

Well rant over....what do you guys think of it?
DLC is good because it helps to have polish on some games. Granted Activision and the MW2 shit is just freaking stupid I mean old maps PLUS new ones for 10 dollars is just stupid. While if you download the expansions to games like Fallout 3 its a good thing. DLC is a double edged sword. Its a good thing for some games but is just utter shit as to where its just a way to get more money out of the completely idiotic. DLC is good and I hope it stays but like what Valve did in their updates in that they give it free or really cheap to their computer players while on XBL they charge a price probably because Microsoft makes them is my guess.
 

SomethingUnrelated

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Jesus Christ...

Just live with it, alright? If someone really really likes a game, but has played it through like 4 times, they're going to pay for any DLC for that game they can get. Myself included. And it's not fair for you to just say 'Oh, it's OK in Game X, but not in Game Y', because if that's how you're going to look at it, then every game's DLC is instantly justifiable, including Modern Warfare 2's new maps. I also read a very interesting post by a fella on this site concerning the origins and creation of DLC, which stated that it tends to be stuff made that was originally taken out of the game because it was full already, or something made while it's going through its last legs of production. I, like alot of other people, find map packs an inferior form of DLC to add-ons, but there are always people who will buy them, for a variety reasons. Yes, a lot of DLC comes at a heavy price, and some is utterly pointless, and in an ideal world, it would be free [provided you had bought the game it was for], but a company is going to do what it wants to make money. If it's that much of a problem for you...

DON'T BUY IT.

What is an absolute travesty, though, is when you are forced to buy DLC in a game [like Halo 3, to a certain extent]. It should always be an extra, an optional part of the game, and it shouldn't literally limit the game you payed for.

Overall, DLC is here to stay, and it will always be popular among fan-bases of games for which DLC is made. You may not agree with various aspects of DLC, such as the pricing and content [and in some cases, I do agree], but from the looks of it, even you yourself have gone out and bought some, and I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of other people here have too.