While we have seen some ridiculous attempts at DLC milking during this console generation (ie. Horse Armor in Oblivion , download-only cheats in Madden 10 , and Avatar Clothing on XBLM), up until recently we hadn't seen much in the way of games forcing you to pay for old or previously-owned content just to get at some new goodies. Sadly, two upcoming games are set to break that mold -- Star War...
What it will be: A large batch of DLC (6 new maps) and 30 new achievements that add another 750 possible Gamerscore points. At this time, that much is almost undeniably true. There have been confirmations of the legitimacy of the achievments by two Bungie.net forum moderators who were in attendence at PAX, and the names of the achievements indirectly confirmed the legitimacy of a list of maps f...
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Sonic or Crash Bandicoot or Rayman have fallen farther from their previously immense stature, but none of those games are truly relevant to me personally, so I can't really make any argument for them and their respective declines. However, one series that is highly relevant to me is the Halo franchise. Having been around since the very beginning and being well-verse...