Don’t forget, many reviews rated the single player offline game quite well, even without all the additional online content. Think of the online content as a payoff/reward for subscribing to XBOX Live!
One final note for people without high speed internet access, they could always bring their XBOX over to a friends place who does have high speed access and “borrow” his connection to download the extra content.

“I’m not saying they SHOULDN’T get the DLC. The fact of the matter is they CAN’T.”

that is your quote. now, considering only about fifty percent of americans have broadband, and we are close to the top of the ladder on that front, do you really think that only half of the people that paid for a complete game should get it? i really thought that you had more sense than that, but you are like half and half. you’re disgusting unless you’re drowned out in coffee. elitist scumbag.

Is it EA’s fault that someone doesn’t have broadband? Is it M$ fault that someone doesn’t have broadband? No. People seem to believe that they’ve got a God given right to these things. You don’t. Read the small print and close your ass before everyone’s ears pile up with the BS you’re spewing forth. Take responsibility for your own life rather than blaming everyone else for everything. If you don’t have broadband in your area, move if you need it that much, but don’t expect any sympathy from Microsoft because you don’t have it.

I’m not saying they SHOULDN’T get the DLC. The fact of the matter is they CAN’T. Accept it and quit moaning for NO GOOD REASON.

Start a petition or something… “We, the underprivileged… blah, blah, blah…”. How’s that for elitist? Or is it simply the vital thing you are lacking here, common sense.

c’mon mano, you know not everyone even has broadband AVAILABLE to them. i have friends in fucking right across the golden gate bridge that do not have broadband available. you are saying SHOULDN’T get this content because they CAN’T get broadband. that seems elitist and rather stupid. have you seen the size of these islands? everyone should have gotten them. and motorcycles? everyone should get them, whether they are going to charge for them or not. skim of the top, and then charge for the slop, typical ea. don’t support these bad dlc policies that leave so many gamers behind. when legislation has been passed guaranteeing everyone broadband, you will have a better argument, but until then, maybe try thinking about what other people might have to deal with for a change.

“We see DLC as significant additional content which expands the game experience. We see it as continuing to develop the game which we worked on. Taking it further almost to the point of making a new game.”

they are making a new game that is not going to be available to everyone who paid for it. they are planning to put less and less on the disk, and supplement with additional content later. this is a bad trend for gamers. whether the content is free or not, when a significant portion of the game is made unavailable to a huge percentage of paid customers, it seems like there is a problem.

looks like bullshit, and smells like bullshit. mass9, why don’t you taste it?

quote it out of context, prop your stock and suck it like a bitch. looks like you did everything you always do mass9.

if you can’t see how this is not right, then just keep thinking y’all. keep thinking y’all. keep thinking y’all. i can smell the smoke already.

so what, like, 3-4 maps doesn’t count as virtual real estate? Since when? News to me….

“i think i would have to be an idiot”

Finally!!! We can agree on something. Nice. oh wait, there’s more…

“…. to believe they never intended to include that shit when the game went gold.”

I’m sure they had planned to release this content, but how can you sit there and insist they were schduled to do so AT RELEASE? You can’t, you’re just a blowhard. Planned release as DLC is still a planned release. It just doesn’t fit your timetable, and that’s the problem here, isn’t it?

Take the free DLC and shut up. gawd……

*rolls eyes*

c’mon kiddo, are you serious? EA is a monster in their own right, but they are not quite in the same league as MS.

“You bumped my car in a turn asshole. Fuck you douche” etc….

GTA is all about the laughs. Good times, roll on.

yes, yes he does.

What’s the point of having a 360 and not being connected to the internet? You can’t access the MarketPlace, you can’t get updates, you can’t chat/msg friends, you can’t play online, etc, etc. XBox 360 is a network enabled machine. It can be used without it, but it’s very limited in use in that case. It’s designed to be an internet connected machine.

Eventually everyone will have media devices in their homes connected to a network to access the media they want to access. Be it TV, movies, games, whatever. Terrestrial TV will eventually die out. Trust me. It’s on it’s way. I work in the industry and that is definitely the way things are going.

If I didn’t have an internet connection, I wouldn’t have bought a 360. It’s like buying a car without fuel in the tank. Sure, it looks great in your driveway, but what the Hell are you going to do with it? Get an internet connection, or buy a portable console and stop whining. Burnout Paradise was complete. It’s an enormous game with loads to do in it. Now they’re going to add a HEAP of DLC which is free. How can anyone in their right minds complain about this? If you’re not online, then you’ve still got a complete game which is enormous and will still give you a shit load of enjoyment.

By all means, moan at EA for being a shit publisher, moan at EA over their pricing of DLC, moan at M$ for their DRM policies (which are abysmal and prevent legitimate users accessing content, particular SEGA games for some reason), but I can’t see how you can moan about this. There’s nothing to gripe about.

Surely I’m expecting a different reason.

whether or not it was planned or not isn’t really the point though. Devolpers need a way of distrubiting free contet to people who are not hooked up. I think that if we could download content from shops by bringing in our HDDs or Memory sticks would be good (EG. burnout revenge).

to be fair though this isn’t the only game with people getting screwed and its not going to change anytime soon.

“The game was finished, stop whining! so people get screwed, do you really whine about every game that has dlc.”

i complain when people get screwed. you complain when you don’t get screwed. think about it whiner, cause only dogs can here you now.

jesus christ! that is exactly my fucking point! jesus fucking christ!!! what’d you read the first word of my post? c’mon.

and if they are “adding” “motorbikes” eight months after the games release, come on, the game wasn’t fucking done. again, in my opinion, this dlc was handled atrociously, and there will be people who end up getting screwed. i won’t be one of them, but still, the situation is fucked up, and it is just an endless p.r. gysmnasium. lucky for you, you guys are all gysmnasts together.

what about the people without broadband, they don’t get bikes? or islands? fuck off criterion, you suck. everything about this was done poorly. FINISH your game, THEN release your game. talk about fucking your fanbase. this is just wrong. i bet they start selling a gold version with everything included, for extra $. charge for the beta, charge for the game. ea is so smart.