Do you ever buy DLC content?

[TinCow]

Yes, regularly. Day 1 DLC is , but I can tolerate it when it's used to fight used game sales (i.e. Arkham City) or to reward pre-orders (i.e. XCOM). For other DLC, I don't purchase all of it, but I don't mind it at all. DLC has taken the place of expansion packs. You don't see those much anymore because DLC is now available. Instead of large and expensive expansions once or twice for a game, we get smaller and less expensive expansions more frequently. Some DLC is, of course, crap. Other stuff is very good though. So, I just read reviews and figure out whether the DLC is something worth buying before I purchase it. In that way, it's not that different from any other aspect of a game.

[Monk]

Depends on the content in question and the company I am buying from.

Extra mission packs, story dlc, or mini-expansion (in line of Crusader Kings 2) all usually get bought as it's more content to play and a reason to revisit a game that I particularly enjoy, so long as there's enough content offered to justify the asking price. The only difference i see here between buying this and the typical expansion pack is that DLC usually is a smaller package, with a proportionally smaller price tag.

Cosmetic stuff like extra art assets or new outfits for characters depends highly on the company itself and the method of delivery. New art assets made post launch are much easier to justify than extra costumes already on the disk that I bought but are locked out. And I have to enjoy the game heavily to even consider it. I have to be constantly coming back to it to want new art assets. Paradox games are probably the only thing I ever buy art stuff for because I spend typically hundreds of hours in them, so I may as well get the most out of the experience with new sprites, flags and character portraits.

[Visor]

I've done it before, though quite rarely. Depends on the content, how much I enjoy the game, whether I will enjoy the DLC or whatever.

I'll probably pick up the BioShock DLC sometime, because I really enjoyed that game. I've got all the Skyrim DLCs minus Dragonborn (on PC which I uh, got illegitimately which I justify by the fact I bought the bastard on PS3 and it is only now getting DLC). But I'll pick them all up for PS3 anyway. Other then that I can't remember any DLC I have bought. My brother has bought the Fallout NV DLC, haven't tried it yet.

Bought plenty of expansion packs though.

[Fisherking]

I often buy DLC. It is just like buying a special edition to a game or buying the expansions to some of the older games.

DLC is usually a better deal than the add-ons to older games as it comes at a lower price.

I don’t see it as a ripoff and it usually makes the companies support the games a bit longer.

[Mailman653]

Sometimes I buy DLC's but if a game has several DLC's, I pick and choose what I know I'll enjoy. For instance in Skyrim, they have that own your own house DLC, skipped that cause I have the PC version and can d/l tons of mods for free. They also have that expanded vampire role and what not DLC, skipped that too cause it's not my play style. The new DLC coming out for PC soon, that expands the story, and that's the kind of DLC's that interest me.

[easytarget]

I own every DLC CA made for Shogun 2, and I've enjoyed every last one of them. And most of them I purchased during a sale, in which case even the expensive ones cost me a happy meal.

[easytarget]

Definitely agree on Xcom, there are an endless supply of ideas for that game. I just hope that what they come out expands the depth of the game, like fleshing out the strategy layer, right now it basically equates to build satellites, or do a better job with interception, or allow more bases, and base invasion, or co-op. I mean seriously, it's just ridiculous how much they could do with it.

[Nelson]

If I like a game, yeah. I'm the kind of gamer who doesn't like short throw-away games, so the kinds of games I tend to buy are Strategy, RPGs, Simulators, Sports, etc. I'm always happy to spend a few extra dollars if it extends the life of a game I really enjoy playing. Case-in-point lately would be Xcom: Enemy Unknown. I'm eagerly awaiting more DLC for that one.

Me, too. If I play the game a lot, I get the DLC. The income keeps the devs on the job, enhancing the product. For niche games like the WWI flight sim Rise of Flight, a lot of new content (in this case aircraft) would not be available were it not for the DLC income stream.