Complaining about paying for DLC for a full price retail game is about as hard as arguing that rain is wet.

Its a no-brainer.

However, I have been of the school of thought that DLC in somecases isn't too bad.

Looking at a game like Warhawk for example; it was a solid title that I paid 39.99 for, and within the last six months paid the 15? bucks in order to add on the three additional expansion packs to the title.

I didn't pay full price for the game, the add on packs originally came at a time where I could see gamers getting bored of the maps and it was a means to refresh the online presence of the game, I am cool with that.

COD4 tossing out some map packs a few months down the line, also something I consider to be reasonable. COD4 shipped as a complete game with single and multiplayer aspects and was worth the full retails, giving me the option months later if I want to expand on that experience is fine.

Fallout 3, GTA4, Mass Effect are all games that as far as I am concerned give me the bang for my buck at full retail and gave me the option to purchase additional content that was over and above the game that in my opinion I got my money's worth for in the first place.

Now we have Borderlands and Dragon Age: Origin.

Both games that I consider to be solid, but games that in my opinion justify their retail price...

But...

Am I alone in being at least a little pissed off that new content for both these games were basically available either when these games came out or within a few weeks?

As far as I am concerned that leads me to believe that the developer held back aspects of the game in order to score a few more bucks by cutting out the middle man and releasing some of the game via DLC.

From a business stance, I get it.

Games cost a ton to develop, and making the money back can be hit or miss, and jobs en mass are lost on the miss

But for a game like Borderlands that became a hit because consumers took a plunge on a game that most experts did not even imagine this level of success in terms of sales really gets me going.

Aside from the odd time (Warhawk) I dont buy dlc, in the case of fallout i bought the add on discs and never bothered with Mothership Zeta because it did not have a disc option.

My concern is that sooner or later I am going to be paying 69.99 for a half finished game, and 30 bucks in DLC for the polish that finishes it off.