GameStop Plans to Offer DLC In-Store in 2010

[high_castle]

I actually think this is a great move. Currently I can't get connected to Live, which means I have a pile of DLC for Dragon Age just sitting on my desk, waiting for me to get off my butt and purchase a new wireless network adapter. I'd much rather just have it on disc form so I didn't have to do this. In the long run, it'll save me money, I think.

Except that all it does is purchase the DLC and start the download. Meaning that your box STILL needs to be connected to the internets to take advantage of this.

Damns! Foiled again! Will no one think of those of us without easy access to Live? I mean, there had to be more than just me...right?

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Wheres the advantage if you still have to d'load it at home?

Paying cash or trading in old games, as others have mentioned, seems to be the primary advantage. People buying gift games with dlc pre-bought seems like a possibility as well.

Was actually refering to people who have download caps forced on them by their ISPs, or other similar restrictions.

 

[Miral]

This doesn't solve anything for people like me. I want the DLC on a disc. I want hard-copy add-ons that I can continue to use and install long after the game creators are bought out by EA, milked, canned, and buried.

That's never gonna happen. If it did, then all of your extended friends can have the DLC without ever buying it.

Fallout 3 DLC ended up on disc, which is the only reason I bought it. Oh wait, that's because it's a PC game. (Mysteriously though it doesn't register itself with GFWL, which keeps trying to sell it to you.)