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).
And what happens if the dev's deem that making horse armor is more profitable than making co-op (Not that the situation can possibly get any worse than it is right now with co-op, but i think my point still stands :-) )
You seem to be making the opposite point. The only real reason they would think this is if it were actually true, and people were really more willing to cough up the money needed to create horse armor than for cooperative campaigns. With the nickle-and-dime method, there would actually be fairly clear data to show which specific item was preferred, whereas currently, given the existing sample size of coop games, it's totally up to the company to decide based on someone's gut instinct.
If people really would rather pay for glitzy bits than for co-op, then I won't blame the designers/publishers for catering to them. More power to 'em. I like to think that there's an untapped demand, though, which is where content downloads could theoretically shine. There almost has to be, given how often I see people talking about compared to the number of games that release with it.
This comment was edited on Apr 7, 15:10.
You seem to be making the opposite point. The only real reason they would think this is if it were actually true, and people were really more willing to cough up the money needed to create horse armor than for cooperative campaigns. With the nickle-and-dime method, there would actually be fairly clear data to show which specific item was preferred, whereas currently, given the existing sample size of coop games, it's totally up to the company to decide based on someone's gut instinct.
If people really would rather pay for glitzy bits than for co-op, then I won't blame the designers/publishers for catering to them. More power to 'em. I like to think that there's an untapped demand, though, which is where content downloads could theoretically shine. There almost has to be, given how often I see people talking about compared to the number of games that release with it.
This comment was edited on Apr 7, 15:10.
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