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Oblivion 360 Downloads Begin
For $3, you can outfit your horse with sparkly armor.
by Patrick Klepek, 04/03/2006


Microsoft has been promising additional downloadable premium content for their launch games ever since Xbox 360 debuted, but Bethesda Softworks is already on the ball; Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion owners can purchase the first of many promised premium content packages for the epic RPG.

If you're interested in outfitting your horse with a spiffy armor pack, it'll set you back 200 Microsoft Points (roughly $2.50). PC owners aren't out of luck, though, as Bethseda confirmed to 1UP the same content will be available on their website later today or tomorrow morning for exactly 51 cents cheaper at $1.99.

The company didn't provide an explanation for the price discrepancy, but they did confirm players shouldn't expect swords, maces and other items to be a part of Bethesda's premium content plans. "We want to add new stuff, not different versions of things already in the game," says VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines.
 
well its kind of a rip off for PC, when I could download the construction set and make my own, or let someone else do it and just down load it

and this is kinda lame for $2.50
 
I have to admit I'd never pay for horse armor IMO but if they came out with a pack with say a bunch of new weapons, spells ect then I'd ante up a few $. Hey if this kind of thing gives someone a job to do then more power to em.
 
NucNavST3 said:
Its the ringtone syndrome. If people are willing to pay a couple bucks to hear their phone ring what 3-10 times a day, I am sure they will pay $2+ to outfit their horse, which they will spend probably an order (or two or ten) of magnitude more time watching than listening for their phone to ring.
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I was going to say this exact thing! If people will spend a couple bucks for a ring tone--a RING TONE!--how is spending a couple bucks for dresses on your horsie any different?

I am ashamed to admit that I spent the couple bucks for the Kameo winter outfits. I'm a pathetic lonely little man. :cry:
 
c0_re said:
I have to admit I'd never pay for horse armor IMO but if they came out with a pack with say a bunch of new weapons, spells ect then I'd ante up a few $.
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Yep. Its all about the value proposition. $2.50 for 2 pieces of horse armour (thats the crux of my disappointment - 2 pieces...for a game as big as Oblivion thats nothing) isn't worth it for me; $2.50 for a new weapon class (with an appropriate amount of weapons) might be worth it and $2.50 for a new quest thats reasonably fleshed-out and interesting definitely would be.

I wonder if this generation will pave the way for the death of the expansion pack? You could pack it all into a $20 disc at retail or you could split it up into 20-odd $2.50 modules on XBLive/PSNet/ReVVifi...both ways have positives.
 
Ok I haven't seen what the armor looks like, but for example in Japan there's this big ass casual game portal where you can outfit your avatar with over 20,000 different items. The thing is that most items cost 50c..$1 or so, which are a big hit naturally. But then there are these designer items (apparently made by some "real" costume designers) that can cost anything up to $10, and people buy shitloads of those as well.

Maybe Japan is a bad example as they're crazy for these kinds of things, but then again a similar thing is going on in Habbo Hotel by Sulake, although I don't know their current price points for these.

But the point I'm trying to make is that people WILL buy these. As the market evolves, I'm sure there will be multiple pricepoints to suit all needs, probably even within a single game.
 
xmu said:
Ok I haven't seen what the armor looks like.
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I pretty much agree with your points, but theres what they look like. Pretty cool.

Oh, another thing (the only other thing to my above complaint, really) that bothers me, is this:
Todd Howard said:
"One of the first mods we're offering is horse armor: We have horses you can ride around on in the game and we had this idea kind of late in the process--wouldn't it be cool if you could buy armor for your horse?"
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http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3144869&did=3

Now...ok...fair enough if its late in the process and its something extra. But they went on to delay the game for 5 months and still withheld it. Thats what I think alot of people worry about, withholding content to sell later.
 
Nicked said:
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I pretty much agree with your points, but theres what they look like. Pretty cool.

Oh, another thing (the only other thing to my above complaint, really) that bothers me, is this:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3144869&did=3

Now...ok...fair enough if its late in the process and its something extra. But they went on to delay the game for 5 months and still withheld it. Thats what I think alot of people worry about, withholding content to sell later.
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Hey I thought it was pretty cool the first time I saw my hourse kickin someone's ass on the side of the road while I was busy dealing with another thug.
 
I think that the price for the horse armor download is unreasonable for what you get.

What would make it worth $2.50 would be if they added a quest to the game that resulted in you getting the horse armor.
 
Framerate is already pitiful much of the time when out riding the horse, I'm not going to pay cash to make it any worse.
 
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