For games that have day 1 DLC, it just means that they have been working on the DLC and could not release it by the time the game went gold and so it was not included on the disk. It was still for all intents and purposes meant to be an extra for the game that they are offering free to those who bought it.
When a game goes Gold, it means they have finalized the image and it is ready to be put on disk. At this time they ramp up manufacturing and press the images to the discs, package them up and create stock to be sold to retail outlets.
There is usually a couple month gap from when games go Gold to when the release date is, this is due to the fact that it takes a while to produce and ship the games to the retail outlets.
In this couple months DLC could easily be finished up and ready for market as well as bugs being found and patches created for the bugs. This is also why there is day1 patches.
The assumption that Day1 DLC is content that is take out of the original is crap logic IMO. If day1 DLC was put on disc instead, in the case I spoke about above, it would cause delays in the shipping and release date of their products.
Quit thinking with your emotions and try to think with your head damnit.
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