Sounds good to me. In the vast majority of games, DLC has just been a way to rip off the consumer anyway. I wish more new games would go the 'no DLC' route.

+1 for bickle up there. I'm getting pretty sick of buying a game like BC2 only to see a version that includes all of the DLC realeased just months later.

DLC or not Activision will find some way to screw customers over. I hate them so much.

Okay, didn't expect there to be any DLC...but after reading how they are giving "codes" for pre-orders that allow different game modes, I figured "oh, so they are going to give a DLC code to unlock the modes, and then later open it up for everyone."

So, now that they've stated there will be no DLC...they are indeed giving codes you need to enter into the game to unlock the modes? Like the old-school way?

They have heard of the Internet, right? That mystical place where people can share these kid of codes fairly effortlessly?

Huh.

I was not aware Wii games could get DLC.

@zantetsuken

Nice angst. Why not write us all a poem about your hatred.

Wait... You mean my $50 will buy me an entire, fully-featured game without some bullshit dlc pack 2 weeks from now with "extra content" that was developed before the game went gold to nickel and dime us, because game developers believe we were born yesterday and are fucking retarded? Sign me up!

@ Patriot Snake,

"A game with DLC is..a game with more stuff to extend its playtime? "

How do you figure? Seriously, I would love to hear how you could possibly explain this. DLC automatically means longer playtime? You're stupid if you believe that. Very, very naive. Like a marketing departments dream come true.

@Patriot Snake

What are ya new???Unless L4D2 is the only game you've ever played you know that free DLC is rare.

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Half the people commenting are spambots, yet they're still not as trollish as Patriot Snake.

There are three types of DLC:

Horse Armor - Shit that should have been in the game, but we cut it so we could sell it to you. There are options and feature that came with games in previous generations, but we want to see just how stupid you are and if you'll pay for them.

Paid DLC - This is content that might have actually been developed after the game was released. Guess what, though? Since download content doesn't really have to go through Sony and MS quality assurance and quality testing isn't the strong suit of devs like Bioware and Bethesda, you're going to get content that is buggy as hell.

"Free" DLC - This, again, is stuff that should have been in the game anyway, but we're going to take it out to guilt you into buying our games brand new. That is, within the first several months of release. Once those vouchers expire (and they will expire by design), you'll have to buy the content because people who buy the game new months later are just a filthy as people that buy used games.

Pre-order "bonus" - We couldn't be neat like Atlus and release a complete game with a physical bonus item, like a CD soundtrack, art book or plushie. Instead we're going to rip something out of the game so you are forced to choose one store over another to get the game. That or we're going to create a massively broken weapon or move that is game-breaking in multiplayer. If Activision could do it for Goldeneye 007, we would make Oddjob the bonus. If it was Metroid, we'd try to get Nintendo to give up Samus' Screw Attack as a bonus.

I'm surprised by this, given this is Activision we're talking about. You know them and their 1200MSP DLC.

Team fortress 2.
That is all.

Oh my. Lot's of words being used here. I think these comments need a picture.



There.

That's better.

@D3thwonder
Nice troll. The Wii does have precedent for DLC: see Mega Man 10.

This game doesn't need DLC, correct.

That doesn't mean DLC is bad for games. What is bad is DLC which is already stored on the disk. I don't object to the concept of it. Just how publishers call it "DLC", as if it's something extra that was not on the disk. There should be a law which forces them to call it what it really is "unlockable content stored on disk".

I never buy DLC. I think when I first got my PS3 I paid for some maps for Resistance or Warhawk or something, but that was about it.

There's some paid DLC that I'll get around to, like GTA4, but I still haven't finished the main story in GTA4 so that's gonna have to wait.

I waited long enough to get Fallout3 that I got the GOTY pack with all the DLC and that was cool. Good content. I probably wouldn't have paid for it and downloaded it otherwise though.

But I'll always take all the FREE DLC they can dish out.

@DaedHead8
You've missed it too man. Most dlc might as well be content that is already on the disk at the time of purchase that you pay to unlock. Most of it was developed at the same time.

I'm not saying that a developer revisiting a title months after release and creating new content doesn't ever happen. It's just that nowadays most dlc is a part of the developement plan from the start.

Good. DLC is a cancer killing the gaming industry.

@skullleader.

And how exactly is DLC killing the game industry? So extending a games replay value and bringing in loads of revenue for the games industry is killing said industry?

So you mean to say making money ruins an industry? You need to get a proper grasp on economics.

I seriously don't get all the hating on DLC. Maybe it's because I don't care about Call of Duty and it's expensive DLC. All I know is I have bought all DLC for Mass effect and Dragon age origins and I thoroughly enjoyed them. DLC improves games in my opinion. If you disagree then I guess I still win because I enjoy the games more.

Longest post I've ever had on the front page.