It doesn't have to be like that.

They can have the framework all there, then when DLC is available you basically just download character data (model/skin/moves etc).

I'd assume the game is designed that it is quite compartmentalised. So a new character, stage etc can be added and the game just needs to be told "look here, there's some extra data to show on the select screen etc".

They need to actually think of a way to make DLC possible for those of us who can't afford XBox Live :|

They could wait and churn out a second disc with extra content on it that you just install.

like Fallout 3.

This thread was started before the Destructoid interview was conducted, so it now appears that it could be TRUE DLC.

It actually sounds like Boon is going to do the DLC based on user feedback.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 had people vote on who the DLC characters would be so lets hope we get a tone of it.

Mortal Kombat is one game that I actually would love to see continued expansion to, as I never get bored with the Mortal Kombat games. There is also the fact that the team takes 2-3 years between games so dlc could keep us going until MK10

Sounds good.

You don't need to buy an XBL account to be able to download content. Just make a profile and set yourself up with XBL Silver, which allows you to download content but not play, and it's free.

All gold does is let you play online and download a few gold only demos.

I don't see why you think that would be a good idea. Having all the DLC already on the retail disc is a scam. It's been done on previous other games and it's been well documented that people fucking hate it.
If something is already on the disc why the fuck should we have to pay to unlock something that's already on the disc we just bought.

DLC should be worked on after the game is released. Thank God Ed Boon has already said they'll be bringing out DLC based on what the Fans would like to see.

It'll likely be about a month or two till they release the first DLC pack. which will probably have 2 or 3 new characters, fatalaties for each, 2 or 3 new backgrounds, maybe some extra content (I hope they add the krypt again because i love to see the behinds the scenes stuff they did in DA.). Hopefully maybe 4 or 6 months after the game they'll release a fatality pack which will give every character a new fatality to perform and possibly another -ality(I really hope they bring back the Hara-Kiri and Animality and Brutalaties)

Not sure where you read that, but it's actually the contrary. Boon said that the programming structure of MKvsDC was built for DLC, and they even finished rendering the downloadable characters (Harley Quinn and Quan Chi), but because of the Midway fiasco, they couldn't release the content.