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[Abriael]

It really is immoral to charge people to access data on that $60-$70 game they purchased. I can understand separate DLC since it can extend and enhance your purchase, but when you get into Capcom realm and the like, you can't defend that nor can you deny it's immoral and shady business practices.

Day 1 DLC is fine if ts not data you already purchased, so rating it down based on that alone isn't a good thing, but if its Day 1 DLC for extra $ to something significant already on the disk? Yep, I agree with rating on a moral standpoint, I already dropped $60-$70 on a game, why do I need to pay $5-$20 more to access data already on the disk?

Whether it's immoral or not depends on how you see the issue. For each game we have no idea if a DLC has been ripped off from the game just to make more coin, or the company simply created it separately, investing money for a further team and assets to create it, and selling it as a separate product studied as that from the beginning.

The fact that it's already on the disk is not really relevant, as putting content on the disk is just a matter of convenience.

In any case, whether it's immoral or not, it's beyond the issue. It's not a reviewer's role to be the vigilante of the industry's morals. We have to judge games on what they are, and for the content they have, not for the content we believe should be included at no charge.

If a game provides a good amount of content, it should be judged as such, regardless of DLCs. On the other hand, if a game provides an insufficient amount of content, it should be judged negatively, no matter the DLC policy.

Mentioning our opinion about it is fine, mind you, but it shouldn't influence the overall judgement or score, that should be related exclusively to the quality of the product we review.