I generally agree with the initial post- It can be good or bad- As critical as I have been of Nintendo s effort on the Wii U (I only own a Wii U and 3DS), they did a god job of making it clear that the initial MArio Golf game was coming w the same amount of courses and content as previous Mario golf games that did not have DLC- that the optional DLC they are offering is extra content for those who want it-
Due to the game being golf- you can get an idea of much if any of the DLC is "additional" content Vs content that should have come w the retail release using the number of corses as a general metric- But there ar many other types of games were it is difficult to judge if the DLC is "extra" content or if it is content striped from the initial release-
Additionally, a dev cold have day 1 DLC ready to go but keep it secret for a couple months before announcing it but is that really any different day 1 DLC
IMO there is some DLC that is obviously a cash grab at the expense of the consumer and original game and some that seems to truly add value - but for everything in between the obvious it is up to the consumer to make that judgment and let the market decide- hopefully the cash grabs will not be successful long term and the vale adds will be successful
As much as Nintendo has done wrong w the Wii U and beyond- they seem to be very careful about the games they release and seem to have maintained a long term outlook when it comes to the games they develop- I wish I could say the same about their operations and decisions otherwise
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