I don't like the on disc DLC practices (hey Capcom!), but I guess I'm fine with how Splatoon is doing it. I'll buy the game in July or August, by that time there'll be more content. Besides I don't have much time to play other genre than isn't JRPG.

And talking about Capcom... Yes, SF X TEKKEN was a nasty thing to do. But MH3U has free DLC, and that's my favorite game ever, so props to them!

IGN editors have claimed before that they would change a game's score if an update significantly changed the situation.

They're full of shit though, because like every other site that says stuff like that, they just say 'that wasn't what was holding the game back, it didn't affect the score' even if their primary complaint is addressed. Look at Codename STEAM, the reviewer's main complaint was the inability to speed up enemy turns. He emphasized that this was the game's greatest flaw multiple times during their Nintendo podcast. In the end he gave the game a 7.9. That was fixed within a month. No change to the score. Not even a tenth of a point higher? Really, Jose?

I do expect a revision to the Splatoon review after the August update, because that update has actual attention around it. People are hyping it up even though the only thing we know about it is that it will add team modes. Really the review could at least get a PS right now since they've already added a bunch of stuff, but they won't do it until it will be a 'story.'

Does it really? They release things really slow. People will stop playing it. You get tired of repetativiness. Once a big thing like rainmaker mode comes out. People will come back. Than the cycle repeats. I doubt it really extends the life. There's jsut now active, pause, active, pause, active. Instead of Active for majority a year. Than pause for the rest of the time. It's liek GTA V multiplayer making the vehicles so expensive. That by the time you get what you wanted. You played the game so much. You don't care about it anymore. Once you got your whatever. And then it gets pushed aside.

Except many of those early adopters didn't know the content was finished and on disc.

Yup, limiting players options and forcing monotony on what content can be accessed and when it can be accessed is certainly a great way to cultivate a thriving community. 

Yes it makes a difference. It means they are intentionally holding back finished content from you, wether it's gonna be availible for free or not.

It's like if Mario Kart launches with just 50cc and 10 tracks, and 100cc, 150cc and the other 22 (?) tracks are added in updates in the following three months.

I wanted to say the same, thanks for saving me the effort.

Just because they can get away with it because it's a new a IP does not make it good practice. I understand why they did it, but I still think it's wrong.

Ah this is how I like it, already enjoying a ton out of the initial release then they keep on giving more free stuff(hopefully all), yeah this will keep me hooked for a very long time.

Like I said before, Splatoon has a HUGE balancing concern, as they're trying to deliver a premium competitive experience without never doing anything similar before. This is why they will release stuff slowly, so they can see if anything is outbalanced. Expect this game to jump from Smash 64 to Melee level in a few years.