I want to comment about the marketing comments that have a vibe of an accusation.
Is this a marketing move? Of course it is.
So what?
That's the thing I don't get. When did "marketing" become an inherently evil thing? People have come to be repulsed for whatever reason when they read that word, to the point that it doesn't matter if an announcement is empty of content or not. This isn't a case of an empty announcement. CDPR are stating that they will, for free, work on additional content after they finish working on the main game. This is a "marketing" (ooooh no!) declaration meant to draw attention, obviously, but does that fact make it in any way less consumer friendly than it is? Of course not. It's as if the posts of criticism somehow demand that consumer-friendly behavior take the form of a very modest rhetoric; as if promoting yourself while being pro-consumer is somehow... contrary to being pro-consumer? I don't get it.
I don't think that we need to lose our **** in CDPR's favor, either. So far we don't know what the DLC entail - and considering the rate they plan on releasing them, it's safe to assume they won't be anything major. Probably skin-deep changes. An aesthetic addition here or there, maybe a quest or some equipment.
But I feel some people who understand this somehow take it to mean this whole "stunt" is altogether pointless, just because it's not game-altering content.
Everything has to be extreme. Black or white. There's no scale. CDPR should either release amazing DLC, or otherwise just bland and pointless content that is solely created to garner more attention to themselves like virtue whores.
I say No. Let's stay a bit level-headed. Will these DLC packages be stunning? Not likely. Will they be terrible? Not likely. Are they a very friendly gesture towards their consumers? Yes. Is CDPR using this as part of their marketing? Yes. Does this being a marketing act make it any less friendly towards the gamer or make the content any less real once it comes out? No.