User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-1829276-20120314210457/@comment-743796-20120314234852

Well... not to say it's very recent, but BioWare did supply free Day 1 DLC for ME2, provided you had the Cerberus Network. The first DLC not to be free for that game was the first Alternate Appearance Pack.