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All Oblivion DLC now half-price Comments by Robert Purchese

2 April, 2009

Except Horse Armor, which costs double.

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GamesProgrammer
02/04/09 @ 09:29
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Wasnt most of this content free on PC?
rhinoxious
02/04/09 @ 09:30
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Horse armour, doesn't it have a better name?

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Yes it does - Barding (thanks wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanfron
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Sunyavadin
02/04/09 @ 09:33
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Wasnt most of this content free on PC?

Yeah, it's called torrents.
X201
02/04/09 @ 09:36
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Not to mention the "Double Price" bit being yesterday's April Fool joke from Bethesda
jonsaan
02/04/09 @ 09:38
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Feck me that was hilarious. Really funny. No really.
Darren
02/04/09 @ 09:39
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@GamesProgrammer - No, it wasn't free on the PC, it was premium content just like the 360 version.

Nice that it has been reduced but the news article makes it sound as if its only temporary. Why should two year DLC still be full priced anyway after all this time? You can buy the Game of the Year edition with the Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine DLC for under £20 now.

DLC should be halved in price after one year IMO then reduced to a third of its original cost after two and so on. Let's face it, very few people will be playing this game now it's over three years old. Granted it's still a great game, one I return to regularly on the PC, but it doesn't change the fact that it's now a rather old one, one that most people have probably long sine traded in.
menage
02/04/09 @ 09:40
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Shivering Isles still ranks as one of the best DLC thingys, awesome expansion.
kinky_mong
02/04/09 @ 09:41
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Oooh I got Oblivion for a tenner a couple of months ago and haven't started it yet. Now I can get Shivering Isles cheap as well it might be time to start on it.
X201
02/04/09 @ 09:42
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@jonsaan: They were taking the mick out of themselves.
ZuluHero
02/04/09 @ 09:56
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thats it - shivering isles is bought tonight - i missed out on the discount last time they did this and im not missing it again!
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Eraysor
02/04/09 @ 10:10
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God dammit, I need points fast! And no shop around here sells any, and I lack a credit card >_<

I've been waiting for a Shivering Isles price drop since the last 800-point one.
muscleblade
02/04/09 @ 10:17
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@Eraysor

You dont need a creditcard. Normal Visa works just fine. Dont tell me people still use cash where you live.
Smuggo
02/04/09 @ 10:18
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Bah... the only decent one I don't own is thieves den. Still, may get that, though haven't played Oblivion for yonks.
Sunyavadin
02/04/09 @ 10:21
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Shivering Isles still ranks as one of the best DLC thingys, awesome expansion.
I bought it off the shelf, I prefer my expansions that way.
DFawkes
02/04/09 @ 10:22
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I've already got the Horse Armour, so that's nice that everything I haven't got is going down. Despite the fact that I don't even have Oblivion, I might get one or two and buy it at the weekend.
andyc1980
02/04/09 @ 10:52
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bought my shiverin isles off the shelf borrowed to anyone who wanted it in the first week traded in the second week. paid twenty for it got sixteen back so i got shiverin isles an kotn for four quid best deal ever
PearOfAnguish
02/04/09 @ 11:02
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"Yes it does - Barding (thanks wikipedia)"

No way is 'Barding' better than 'Horsey Armour'.
schnide
02/04/09 @ 11:14
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More like..

Bethesda, shit scared by the onset of a Fallout 3 DLC PR disaster, has halved the price of all..
r4z0rbl4d3
02/04/09 @ 11:25
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Instant buy, finally got Shivering Isles!
LiamK
02/04/09 @ 11:31
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@muscleblade

But Maestro isn't, which is what a lot of people use.
Apostle
02/04/09 @ 12:10
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It would be rather humorous if someone actually bought the horse armour at that price. Assuming the transaction can still works.
Eraysor
02/04/09 @ 12:47
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@LiamK

That would be my problem. Fortunately I found a reputable site doing instant email delivery, so I'm saved!
Jay-ITFC
02/04/09 @ 13:13
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Wizard's Tower and The Orrery won't download for me. They've taken my points but download just says "could not download..."

Anyone getting the same? Any ideas? All other downloads are fine, got other Oblivion content no problems.
Artemis_Matsas
02/04/09 @ 13:32
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Hey, i saw that yesterday, and it was supposed to be an April Fools day joke!
ronuds
02/04/09 @ 13:44
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It sucks that DLC doesn't automatically decline in price over time.
beemoh
02/04/09 @ 13:53
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And me having just recieved the disc version today, having worked it out as being £10 cheaper than downloading...
hiddenranbir
02/04/09 @ 19:13
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Free with user content.
metalangel
02/04/09 @ 20:31
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I'm intrigued by the Orrery, only because I wanna see it what it looks like (both my characters are absurdly powerful and don't need any more boosts).

Shivering Isles is essential. Really, I was amazed. I'd almost recommend a new character for it as that's what I did - straight from the Imperial Prison to the gate, and never looked back.
metallicorphan
03/04/09 @ 03:13
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i have all the DLC,except for Horse Armor...which i do want,but just because its there....but no way am i paying 400 points for it,why is this still that price and why wasnt it lowered?

i thought it was actually a April Fools Joke when i saw it the other day
cyber_nicco
03/04/09 @ 15:41
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Had the GOTY version with SI and NotN, but I went ahead and bought all the little ones today to round out the collection. All but one of them was 75 points, and the other one was only 125.

I'll need to get back to Oblivion at some point, now.
cyber_nicco
03/04/09 @ 16:04
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Oh, btw, it seems the horse armor really is 400 points now, was it 400 before? I think since they now admit it is ridiculous, they should just give it away free.

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