Frustration With Oblivion Mod Costs on Xbox Live

Vizionary wrote to mention the player backlash swelling out of a recent addition to Xbox Live. Major Nelson's blog made the announcement that they'd finally added the (previously announced) barding for the player mount in Oblivion. The catch is that the simple modification costs 200 points, removing a lot of the appeal of the small mods the Elder Scrolls series has thrived on. From commenter 'SW 1540' on that site: "Unquestionably, some downloadable content should cost money/points. Having said that, the cost of that content should be directly proportional to the enhancement it provides to the original game. For example, I would expect to pay $20.00 for the soon to come Perfect Dark Zero maps or new cars for Project Gotham. On the other hand, I would expect any additional costumes for PDZ to be free. I imagine there is good arguments on both sides, but one can see that the potential is there to exploit an eager fan. "

Comments

People pay for mods?

[kin242]

Seriously? PEOPLE PAY FOR MODS??? WTF?

My god the game on the X-box already costs twice what it does on the PC. We get the PC mods for free... what planet are you X-Boxers on? Send me some of your money please!!!

PC games cost less? YEAH SURE!

[AzraelKans]

Look guys I was going to moderate this, but I think is "reality check time"

I have a PC (I dont have a Xbox 360) I know Oblivion for PC costs less than the 360 version and I would LOVE to play it, but I CANT you know why?

Because I dont have the Cash to upgrade to a 3.0 HT CPU with a 7200 rpm 120 gb Speed Drive, ATI xt 9800 (or whatever $200+ 3d card) and 2.0 gb of RAM _recommended_ to play the game, THATS WHY! (I have a crappy 1.5, 80 gb (almost FULL), 512 ram and a 9600 ati card )

I can buy the entire xbox 360 and the game with a lot less than the cost of that upgrade! (Even though I wont.)

You think you are getting the cheap side of the deal because you are getting FREE _user made_ (with several degrees of quality) mods and updates, instead of expending $2.50 on each?

Puhleazeeee!!

I still think a PC is far more entertaining than a console.
But cheaper!? Come ON!

And Xbox live is not free, YES but last time I checked WOW wasn't free either (and thats the best reason to play online on a pc anyway)