User blog comment:Markurion/Extended Cut or Prolonged torture?/@comment-1388547-20120405204958

To me this looks like a move to buy time and apply a little damage control. The "summer" release is probably going to stretch out until September (early September is still technically summer, right?), and they're hoping to mollify the fans with the hope of something good until they forget why they were angry. I'd say it's entirely possible this is something that was come up with on the spur of the moment, to be fleshed out later, prompted by EA's recently being voted the worst company in America, and by the onrushing PAX filled with angry fans.

As for how the DLC is going to be ... I really wouldn't venture a guess. I'm not optimistic about it, given BioWare's recent track record, but it's possible it'll be okay. I'll withhold judgement until it's actually released. Although by that time I might not care much about it any more. After all, I have better things to do than play video games, and even within my gaming hobby, better games to play.