No. Though I voted that I like DLC (seriously, I've yet to play a game that requires it for a complete experience, and I simply don't buy DLC that isn't worth it to me, and when it is worth it to me I'm glad they made it), it's mostly because if GameStop didn't have a used games business, some other company would have filled the void (not to mention it would have done much better than GameStop, and would have eventually swallowed it up anyway).
The used games business has always and will always be a natural extension of the physical games market. Without an official market, people would simply find ways to sell or trade the games themselves. The schoolyard, work, pretty much any place where people gather can (and have) been used as places to trade and/or sell games. eBay is a huge hub for used games sales. Places that now sell retro games would (and typically do) naturally sell used copies of the newest games themselves, because their BUSINESS is used games.
So, I mean, the answer to this is not even in question. If GameStop didn't exist, and used game sales were what caused developers to turn to DLC (which, let's be honest, it didn't, because DLC is also a naturally evolution of the games market and was coming no matter what) gamers would have simply found some other avenue to deal in used games.
So...yeah, we'd still have as much DLC.
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