The future? It's called Blu-ray.

No. This stuff should be on the damn disk.

I'm afraid so, but I hope not.

Anyone remember bac in the days when you could buy a game and you get 100% of the game... a closed package for you... no need for patches or downloads and then then the D;C got good, when it was meaningful and you'd get more of a great game. And now DLC is just a cheap add on to a game which doesn't add much as side from side quests or maps.

Here's and idea developers don't hold back content... make a game if it sells then release a valuable update or DLC which changes stuff around.

if DLC rises in the future, with companies such as Activision and Capcom abusing it, then no it won't be the future for me. F DLC! Thank god for gamesharing option to judge whether it's worth the money or not!

Here we go again with this Blu-Ray thing. Look if a company wants to sell a DLC ,which should shipped with the game, they can do it. Capcom said Xbox 360's DVD9 is the problem for DLC but they could've easly fitted that DLC in a Blu-Ray for PS3 and give a download code for the 360 owners with the purchase of the game (just like Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition). They're just accusing 360's DVD9 to cover their greed. Of course Blu-Ray is the future but saying this in every article makes you a troll and nothing else.

no, its the death if it cant fit on disc sell as dlc. come up with good idea mid of making game o lets sell it as dlc. lets give back to our customers by charging them more money. let start this gen by charging them for what devs do on pc for free b4 they catch on dumb console gamers and while we at it lets spread rumors about pc gamers to scare gamers from experiencing it.

gaming is going down the whole then the wonder why people looking from the outside of it do take games seriously as a medium. ex real movie game collaboration, award winning director or writers wanting to bring something to the table. but most people in gaming acting immature look at the supporting s gaming sites if you dont believe me it this helping do they care, console makers dont give respect to each other i dont ever see praising. gaming is going down the hole this is the beginning expect 10x worst with few games

despite being obscenely profitable, and despite being sold on the PC successfully through Steam (at one time the PC market was thought to be immune to dlc), you folks think it will eventually go away or that larger optical disc storage will make it go away?

I realize that some of us associate gaming with the innocence of our youth, and like to imagine that it is not a cold heartless profit machine, but it is. If you dont like dlc, dont buy it, write an angry letter, or go pirate it, but stop with this fantasy that dlc will go away. Genie is out of the bottle kids.

Dlc is not the future, its the present and its only going to get bigger.

Never...

There should be a rule stating that DLC can't be released for a game within a year or two of it's release date. That way devs would actually finish games, not try to make us pay for content already on the disc, and show more support for games that have been out on the market for a while.

DLC is so 2009...

As somone said earlier, PC dlc used to be free. DLC and Expansion Packs were totally different things. One you would have to buy in the shop fair and square, but consoles have tarnished the whole idea by merging them together in cunning ways that decieve you.
Now the PC market does exactly the same thing with online 'services' that you gtta sign up to to play the game.
"But Hey!", they say. "This way you got instant access to all the DLC for your games!"
Great, but now virtually all games that are supported by these 'services' are from the evil console developers i.e. EA and Ubisoft. Basically, PC DLC is the same shit as you would get for the console game variant. It's here to stay.

DLC should be a side conspiracy in the new Deus Ex game.

Unfortunately is not going away and companies like Capcom, Activition and EA will continue to abuse it. In RE5 (Capcom) theres a trophy you can only unlock by purchasing ALL of the add ons from the PSN Store plus the multiplayer game mode was sold separately. Wasn't the map pack for Modern Warfare 1 (Activision) $10? On MW2 we're playing $15 for two new maps and old ones. They just might do the same with MW3 and bump it to $20. Last but not least EA was basically selling CHEAT CODES for Need for Speed at $5 a piece.

Seem to be the worst, dlc "day one" of release, just makes no sense to me

it straight up puts me off buying there games

Had they not use DVD9 developers wouldn't have started this trend and now they BS customers by making them pay $60 for a half of game then more money for the rest. Let me guess, they could just give 360 users the code for free, well its to late for that now. The trend has started and it won't end till maybe next gen. And who knows maybe it will still continue claiming, this is added content. BS!

I don't like DLC, got a bunch of them and lots of times I was lost not sure that did I already have the DLC for this game?... so I don't download em anymore.

DLC should be on the disk, or free.

DLC IS the future.

i hope not.. i hate to pay for dlc!

You should be able to buy DLC with your Gamerscore/Trophies :)

DLC unless its free is a rip off.

No.

I really don't buy DLC all that often. I believe if it was suppose to be part of the game they should have included it. Money grubbing pricks! Although some DLC like in LBP is ok I guess. They release stuff such as Assassin's Creed outfit that could not have been part of the game so that is ok.