Saying such features should have been in the game from the get-go is pretty naive. Fallout 3 alone was a full-fledged, quality product. If you combine the 4 dlc packs together, you have a rather significant amount of time to the game. I'd say Anchorage, the Pitts and Point Lookout alone add well near 10-15 hours of gameplay, the equivalent of many stand-alone games. Hell, more recent games like Splinter Cell are but a fraction of that.

Those 4 dlc's alone are better considered as an expansion more than anything. They were not things the developer promised from the get-go and later excluded from the game at release.

Fallout 3's dlc weren't ready pre-release and there are no reasons game owners should be entitled to them for free, feel cheated or claim that these should have come with the basic game. In a short, shallow game, sure. In a game as extensive and fleshed out as Fallout 3 was as a stand-alone product, it just doesn't bear weight.

I got suckered into this when I pre-ordered ME2.. then of course I had issues with the stupid EA account linking to my Bioware social account and I couldn't even download the ****ing DLC

I personally hate pre-order EXCLUSIVE material. Early access is fine. But Mass Effect 2 was a pretty big offender with its various pre-order packages and that Dr Pepper promotion. They had removed all the cool and interesting headsets from the game and forced you to buy dr. pepper to get them.

Again, its all business so I understand why they do it. But it still pisses me off.