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Downloadable content, or DLC, is video game data that is downloaded into the game that wasn't there originally. Examples include new levels, items, characters, and so forth. DLC was originally the exclusive domain of PC gaming, but every current game system (even the DSi, to a limited extent) now supports it. Downloadable content helps keep a game fresh and sometimes increases the replay value. It's generally small in size, so they are quick to download and install right away. Major exceptions to that are the ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' [[Expansion Pack|episodes]] ([[Grand Theft Auto IV the Lost And Damned|The Lost and Damned]], and [[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony|The Ballad of Gay Tony]]) which are much larger than just a single new level. Not too surprisingly, Rockstar made both episodes available for retail purchase in-stores, as a regular game disc. |
Downloadable content, or DLC, is video game data that is downloaded into the game that wasn't there originally. Examples include new levels, items, characters, and so forth. DLC was originally the exclusive domain of PC gaming, but every current game system (even the DSi, to a limited extent) now supports it. Downloadable content helps keep a game fresh and sometimes increases the replay value. It's generally small in size, so they are quick to download and install right away. Major exceptions to that are the ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' [[Expansion Pack|episodes]] ([[Grand Theft Auto IV the Lost And Damned|The Lost and Damned]], and [[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony|The Ballad of Gay Tony]]) which are much larger than just a single new level. Not too surprisingly, Rockstar made both episodes available for retail purchase in-stores, as a regular game disc. |
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For products which are paid for and then downloaded in general see [[Digital Distribution]]. |
For products which are paid for and then downloaded in general see [[Digital Distribution]]. |
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* ''[[Animal Crossing]]: City Folk'' has free DLC roughly once a month - furniture, clothing for your character, or a pattern you can use for clothing/wallpaper/etc. It usually has something to do with the season (pile of leaves, election poster, snowman hat) or Nintendo (Wii locker, DS Lite chair, Animal Crossing anniversary cake). |
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]: City Folk'' has free DLC roughly once a month - furniture, clothing for your character, or a pattern you can use for clothing/wallpaper/etc. It usually has something to do with the season (pile of leaves, election poster, snowman hat) or Nintendo (Wii locker, DS Lite chair, Animal Crossing anniversary cake). |
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