Not that I inherently disagree, but let's be real. Mass Effect/EA gave away DLC to save face after the shitstorm that the ending brought. Not because they're nice.
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You're thinking of the single player DLC, specifically the "make the ending suck less" expansion*. I'm talking about the multiplayer DLC, all of which was (and was planned to be) free. The aim of the multiplayer game was to give people who'd finished the game a reason not to take it forthwith to GameStop, and thus drive first-party sales. Charging for the DLC would defeat this purpose. If you've not played Mass Effect's multiplayer, I recommend you do. It's very much like Destiny, albeit on smaller maps. Oh, and you get Mass Effect 3 with it. * something Destiny could do with.
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No, I'm talking about all the DLC. Do you have any proof that it was intended to be free from the get-go? Because when the first part launched on 360, it cost $10, leading people to believe that it wasn't going to be free initially.
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http://blog.bioware.com/2012/04/06/mass-effect-3-resurgence-pack/ There was never any kind of compatibility pack, because the multiplayer expansions were all intended to be free updates.
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I can't take that link seriously, sorry. EA is such a dirty company, I wouldn't trust anything they put out.