Oblivion Patch/Content Plans [Apr 07, 2006, 08:54 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
Update on Patches-Updates-Content-Etc. on The Elder Scrolls Forums (thanks
Voodoo Extreme) has
word on plans for an upcoming patch for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to address a
number of reported issues. The patch will appear in beta form for the PC first,
and when finalized will also be made available for the Xbox 360 edition, and
following all that they will be releasing a patch for the European editions of
the game to address localization issues. The post goes on to describe the next
couple of bits of content they will be offering for sale, the quest to repair
the Imperial Orrery and a structure called the Wizard's Tower. The update
concludes by justifying the high price of add-on content, but admits they are
experimenting in finding a price point that reduces sticker shock:
We hope to have The Orrery available for purchase next week. This plugin will cost 150pts on Xbox, and $1.89 on the PC. The Horse Armor Pack has been very popular, and exceeded what we thought it would sell. Despite that, we’re still trying to find the right spot, so we’re putting a much larger plugin out for less than the last one and we'll see what happens. Your feedback as we move forward in this is invaluable. Tell us what you want to see, how much of it, and what it might be worth to you. No, don’t say you want it free, because these plugins take a surprising amount of time to create, polish, and test (much more then Morrowind's).
Because the time that needs to be invested into a War3 level is minimal compared to the time needed to design a level in 3D for Q4. Blizzard have released MORE than id or Raven in Q3 or Q4, but I'm not going to neccecarily commend them on that because you can't compare the two.
Yes, you're right, the time should be a factor. But as a factor, it can be scaled into the decision making process relatively easily.
The reality is, however, that when it comes down to it, I wouldn't have much of a problem with what they are doing if they had have started with a somewhat substantial content addition. Asking people to pay for horse armour struck me as almost insulting. It definitely set a negative tone to the whole thing, which they seem to have realized based on the subtext of their announcement.
I would, of course, much rather they simply put the content into an expansion pack. Hopefully they'll do something like that (package up all the extra content in some fashion).
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