I am just amazed at the sheep around here that are pro DLC.
All DLC has done is give the developers a way to make shorter games, and some actually put the code on the disk and you only buy a key to open it.
I like the old days where you game and your accomplishments earn you stuff.

again, the amount of sheep around here who are scared to actually take a stand on something, besides fanboy crap, just amazes me

I think DLC began with those free MMORPGs that have the buyable items in their inventory. I curse those people and those games.

To many companies are doing too little with DLC and still getting profits from people who purchase it. As a whole boycotting DLC that is either too little, or lame in general will be the only thing that will lead to either better DLC or development of games that have more content out of the gate. As the years have been going by, more and more the masses are putting their foots down.
The Call of Duty fans are a different breed. They buy anything that they are told to :-)

Prime example of a game where DLC is NEW and not rehashed/already on the disk. It includes new maps, game modes, armours, weapons and equipment.

And don't forget the patches, it is a constantly evolving game. The manual that you get with the disk is soon going to be out of date!

Fallout's DLC content was superb in the sense it expanded the fallout 3 landscape and gave us a map for giggles which was the alien spaceship as if what if aliens came to Fallout's 3 Washington D.C.. The expansion packs for GTA 4 is a prime example of expanding GTA 4 in terms of its characters, storyline, and adding new gameplay mechanics. If the DLC is to expand or bring something new to the game that we already pay for then go for it. For example the DLC will helps us understand or give us a background of the main character or expand the universe of the game or bring an entire new online game mode with its own set of rules, weapons, and maps. What we need to demand is for more user generated content i.e. map editors, mod support, and create a character. Not just to earn trophies for just bragging rights but also for unlocking a new character, a new car, map or track, a hidden level, a new character costume. That will be great for us gamers I may be willing more to pay for tools for my mods, features for my map editors, tools for my create a character. Meaning I am still paying the developer a small fee but the reward for me as a gamer is there.

DLC is a great addition to this generation of consoles, but unfortunately it is not used in a great way. At first, there were signs of promise, with games like Burnout Paradise rolling out multiple free expansions.

Then came companies selling all the stuff we used to just unlock in games. Or mission expansion DLCs that turn out to have very little to them for the money they charge.

So I am very suspicious of all DLC now. And I am very suspicious of brand new games that have a bunch of extra cost DLC at the same time the game comes out. Seems like a scam to me.

I copy & pasted....I'm lazy

[RANT ON] I was playing a PS3 game the other day when I started thinking Hmmmm....Been playing games since the original NES days and this is the first generation of consoles where I feel cheated when I purchase a game at full price! To find out later the devs are telling me,

(1:) Your game was not complete when it was shipped! Here's a 300MB - 500mb patch to fix it because we were too lazy & greedy to put it through any real testing.

(2:) We purposely took some levels, outfits & weapons so we could sell them later. (Sometimes DLC is announced prior to game release! GRRR!!)

(3:) And my personal opinion is that no matter what you think you really don't own DLC what if you exceed the max number of consoles your allowed or Sony & Microsoft decide in their infinite wisdom to deny you download of it?

P.S. What happened to when game companies made a COMPLETE game they were proud of, Then used fresh new ideas for the sequel..instead of stringing out 5$ to 10$ DLC"s every month.

Games are purposefully stripped down these days. What was once unlocked or available from cheat codes (anyone remember cheat codes?), are now sold to you separately.

One game that stands out from this is Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is a game with tons of unlockables, free of charge. Games aren't made with this mentality anymore, for the most part. It's sad to see how well publishers are pulling this off.