Why hasnt someone cut out Cliffys vocal cords, and chopped off his fingers to prevent him from communicating... each time he 'communicates' he adds the crap pile that pervades our society.
DLC, on disk or not ,is merely an revenue exploit to cash in more on existing IP's and doesnt add shit to anything.
It makes buying a game at launch pointless as you know there will be more of the game added ( or waiting to be unlocked on your disk ) which you will have to pay more to enjoy, it isnt an expansion as its usually small content so it isnt really a big enough bite to really get your teeth into but it still teases you with more of you game you are playing.
Those who believe DLC ( on disk or otherwise ) is merely extra stuff added after the game was done are simply naive, you dont make products that have millions invested in them without planning all the details... DLC is included in the early planning stages, it isnt added after it is planned for and scheduled at the beginning.
(See Capcom SFvTekken, they didnt think the DLC characters were part of the main game ? Extra stuff added after they finished the game ... BS the plan all along is to hold back characters to sell off later, all along. )
What the modern day gamer calls DLC, older gamers used to get in the game as extras or padding to the main game.
Modern game development trims the main game to make it lean and to the point, extras are added to the DLC pool to be offered after the gamer has gone through the shorter main game and wants more as the main game wasnt completely filling.
Of course there are exceptions ( Notably Skyrim and the Fallout series, the DLC there was substantial) , and the above is generalising.
DLC, on disk or not ,is merely an revenue exploit to cash in more on existing IP's and doesnt add shit to anything.
It makes buying a game at launch pointless as you know there will be more of the game added ( or waiting to be unlocked on your disk ) which you will have to pay more to enjoy, it isnt an expansion as its usually small content so it isnt really a big enough bite to really get your teeth into but it still teases you with more of you game you are playing.
Those who believe DLC ( on disk or otherwise ) is merely extra stuff added after the game was done are simply naive, you dont make products that have millions invested in them without planning all the details... DLC is included in the early planning stages, it isnt added after it is planned for and scheduled at the beginning.
(See Capcom SFvTekken, they didnt think the DLC characters were part of the main game ? Extra stuff added after they finished the game ... BS the plan all along is to hold back characters to sell off later, all along. )
What the modern day gamer calls DLC, older gamers used to get in the game as extras or padding to the main game.
Modern game development trims the main game to make it lean and to the point, extras are added to the DLC pool to be offered after the gamer has gone through the shorter main game and wants more as the main game wasnt completely filling.
Of course there are exceptions ( Notably Skyrim and the Fallout series, the DLC there was substantial) , and the above is generalising.