Could somebody please tell me why MW3 Hardened Edition is so large?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by vhal_x

They are releasing (apparently) 20 DLC's over the next 9 months, so without the Hardened Edition, you have to pay for all the ones you want out of that yourself (which is a shitload!) xx

That remains to be seen. If past COD's are anything to go by, we can expect maybe 12-15 new maps

However, DLC could mean anything from new maps to avatar clothing / items. MW2 only had two map packs containg five maps each, so I doubt very much that they'll release 20 packs! Black Ops had three main map packs which consisted of four multiplayer maps plus one Zombies map, and then a five-map pack for Zombies (20 maps total), so perhaps they plan on releasing 20 individual maps for Modern Warfare 3 rather than the maps as a pack?