http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=17639

Microsoft has revealed that it intends to add the ability to save and share videos in Crackdown in future DLC for the title, in a feature in the new issue of OXM.

"We wanted to get that functionality into this game," said Executive Producer Peter Connolly when we pointed out how handy it would be to record the ludicrous four-player combat. "It won't be there at release, but that doesn't mean we're not going to work on it. We want to do it properly."

"That's an important part of Crackdown, the emergent gameplay. People did a lot of things in the first game that we didn't really know could be done. We've expanded it a bit now so we're expecting them to do more with it this time. But in order to do a replay system in a four-player co-op game is not a simple task, and we want to do it well."

Senior test engineer John Noonan, who was also present at the demo, was keen to stress that this wasn't a deliberate ommission from the game.

"There's this perception that we're holding stuff out from the main game to put into DLC," he said. "The reality is we're just working like crazy to get the core game out, then there's six to eight weeks of manufacturering and distribution that goes on. And then all of a sudden the team's got a little bit of bandwidth to start looking at DLC and stuff like that."

The other downloadable content will be delivered depending on how people play the game; the team said they didn't want to start creating anything without seeing what parts of the title's vast sandbox prove popular.

So there you have it. Get ready to look sharp for the camera, Agent, when the game releases this summer. For more details on Crackdown 2, check out the preview in the new issue of OXM on-sale Thursday 11th March. You can buy a single copy here.

Hopefully it will be free DLC, but probably not. Should be some pretty awesome videos on the net once they release the replay stuff.

Why not just put it in the game now... While they are still making it?

Does that mean I can hit thee with a lamp post and post thine sprawling body onto this site as a video?

They actually explain why in the article.

That doesn't say why they can't, it says why they wont.

There is no reason why they couldn't have it in the game ready on release if they wanted to.

MS obviously wants the game by a certain time.  That is why they cannot.  Adding this to retail would mean a delay, something a publisher would look negatively on if a prior agreement was made.

What DLC isn't something that could've been included in the original game? Oblivion and Fallout 3 DLC could have as well, but eventually you have to draw a line in the sand and decide what's going in the game and what you can finish after it releases. At least it's something substantial, which is something more than you can say for about 99% of other DLC.

There is a difference between hours upon hours of extra locations/weapons/missions... And something that lets you have replays.

If this isn't free, it's just another reason why this game will be a rental.

How so? Give me a good reason why any of those shouldn't be in the main game other than that they didn't want to delay the game.

Maybe that's gonna be a free DLC for buyers of the retail game.