Modified achievement values? wot?

I'm not playing non DLC games ... for starters I would be missing out on the best of what the 360 has to offer.

I'm all for added content and paying a small price for it. It wasn't free afterall, but some of it is way too pricey for what you get in return.

Also, anything that was on the disc that you are just paying to access is a huge rip-off and devellopers should be ashamed when they pull this crap. Capcom immediately comes to mind.

That's part of the rub isn't it? You want to compete, then you have to suck it up and play the games that help you the most.

Anyhow, some sites use a modified achievement forumula depending on the difficulty of the game's 100%. So like, Hannah montana would get a 1.1 multiplier whereas Fallout 3 would get a 1.8 multiplier because it is much harder to 100%.

I think it's called RA. Real achievements.

Even better !

The Battle Intensifies in “Halo Wars” as “Strategic Options” Launches Today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace

"Halo Wars" fans can continue the fight in the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console. Mixing up the battlefield like never before, Microsoft and Robot Entertainment unleash new game modes in “Strategic Options” today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points.

“Strategic Options,” the first Game Add-on for the wildly popular “Halo Wars,” introduces new ways to compete while challenging players to rethink their battle strategies in both single and multiplayer skirmish gameplay. The three new game modes included in the new Game Add-on are:

• Keepaway Mode: In this “Halo Wars” adaptation of Capture the Flag, teams will battle it out to capture a free-roaming Forerunner Sentinel to score points before the other team. The number of Sentinels needed to win scales with the number of combatants.
  
• Tug of War Mode: Players must build a stronger army than their opponents to succeed. Defeating enemies is essential, but success is determined by a combination of the army, buildings and resources left standing in the end.
  
• Reinforcement Mode: Players must adapt their tactics and use the ever-changing set of units to outwit and outlast the enemy, all the while facing successive waves of incoming units.

The “Strategic Options” Game Add-on is available on May 19, 2009 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points. “Halo Wars” is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and 16+ PEGI and is available worldwide exclusively on Xbox 360. A demo is also available on Xbox LIVE in all LIVE enabled regions worldwide. For more information including screenshots from the “Strategic Options” Add-on, visit Xbox.com/Halo or

800 MS-Pts... too pricey as always...

If we're talking about upcoming stuff you should add the GeoW2 Lost Chapters.

Wow thanks, I'll check it out!

You all choose to pay for it because you haven't been exposed to superior quality services. Microsoft tried to implement their rip off subscription GFWL (XBL's PC twin) and no one on PC subscribed to it because PC gamers have much more quality, free services, and ultimately forced MS to make GFWL free.

With DLC it's the same thing. PC gamers are used to superior, quality add-ons that give bang for your buck, and free user modifications that are higher quality than what you pay for on XBL.

And no, it's not hard seeing how popular consoles are to PC gaming, because PC is more popular than them and has currently over 300 millions PC gamers.

PC gaming just isn't cool Shio, get over it

I have played on the PC and no I don't think its superior, obviously millions of others don't either.

With so many companies, especially ones that make HD games, having financial problems how can you blame them for bringing out DLC as another means of making money?  If you enjoy a game what's the harm in sending money to the people that made it possible?

The reality is that the value runs the spectrum. Some content is overpriced, and some content is worth its price and more. So it is entirely hit or miss. For me the value is decided by a dollar to hour ratio I apply to standard games. When I purchase a sixty dollar game. I expect to get sixty hours of entertainment. Less and it was a poor value. More it was a great value.

So if I spend sixty on extra content, and get sixty hours from that. Then I feel I have lost nothing to additional content purchasing. To be honest I am striking deal even. The culprit as others have pointed out is Fable 2. I have gotten great value from Bring down the Sky, and from Broken Steel. However I have gotten less then stellar performance from the two Fable expansions. Halo 3 is quixotic sure you get your value, but that owes more to repetition not revelation.

For me the lesson is this ask how many hours you get before you buy. As long as your getting a good ratio the content is at least worth a true new game. You even avoid the perils of getting a game you dislike. Know what is good value, and you should be ahead. I was personally toying with picking up lost and damned, but after just being burned by Fable I decided I would pick up a heavily discounted Broken Bond.