The value of DLC

[Johan]

This is 100% accurate. It used to be that a company either released a game complete and bug free as possible or else they got hammered with negative reviews and generally would not sell well (see ET on the Atari). That is why review websites like IGN and Gamespot used to only review initial, unpatched released. Even day 1 patches were not included in their reviews.

Still the case. I was there, making games for a living for longer than most people here have been alive. Games are made complete then and are made complete now. Only difference is that games are INSANELY more advanced and more complicated than "back in the old days".

As an example, here's a video game I worked on exactly 20 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgAiAjhqjA

As a comparison, the entire sourcecode for that game is less than the sourcecode for just handling wargoals for EU4.