User blog comment:Aleksandr the Great/Prothean Squadmate is Officially DLC/@comment-98.223.182.120-20120224073818

It costs a lot of money to make any game, and a whole lot of money to make ME3. Sketching out the stuff that was cut from the game is not the same as finishing it, which requires more work and more payroll expense. I felt that ME2 stood alone without the DLC, although it is better with it. I like the fact that DLC adds to the story because it means I don't feel like I wasted my ten dollars. I don't feel any more entitled to receive the DLC for free than I feel to receive the game for free.

I'm actually a lot more upset to have to pay for something like Pinnacle Station than I am to pay for something like the Shadow Broker DLC.