Tbf they really took off starting in FIFA and mobile games
Aggravating_Side_634
Oh my god shut up.
VirginRedditMod69
This is funny AF 🤣
Preform_Perform
It will never not blow my mind how horse armor (the quintessential bad DLC) and Shivering Isles (the quintessential good DLC) are from the same game.
Broely92
I love how they are using that argonian character with the jacked up haircut as the promotion lol
TeddysRevenge
They just want us to have the *full* nostalgic experience
Ebolatastic
Microtransactions came from PC gamers and the MMO boom. I suppose it’s only fitting that they always try to blame something else with one hand while readying their credit cards with the other. 10 bucks says OP buys into some greedy shit like CCGs, P2W anime games, or whatever. These posts always come from someone who does.
The_Frostweaver
Just play the remaster on gamepass.
Base remaster has all dlc but yes… they did a delux version with cosmetics.
unseeker
nah, it didnt start with bethesda lol.
korean games had micro transactions way before oblivion. I guess for some people, gaming started at 2006 or something.
Lumpymaximus
I blame it onn on everquest lol.
Mesterjojo
Bethesda sold the dlc to PC players, then they had an update and the dlc couldn’t be installed if it wasn’t previously installed.
People were mad pissed.
Some dude found a way to unpack and install the dlc. Of course bethsoft was there to threaten everyone. But they wouldn’t even refund the shit after admitting they caused a problem they couldn’t fix!
zackdaniels93
Is this even true? I was buying paid map packs in Halo 2 before Oblivion even released lol
Scorpio989
Microtransactions were first implemented in Japanese and Korean MMOs well before this game. Around 2002/2003.
CubeHunt3R
We didn’t know it yet, but this is was the beginning of the end
2Scribble
Technically a misnomer since crappy expansions and microtransactions (though not *called* that) existed in other games well before Oblivion
What I – personally – think should be the title for the Horse Armor is that it’s the one who first popularized the concept and made it ‘permissible’ for triple a companies to include the practice in their titles
And companies like Electronic Arts and Activision and various others ***absolutely took notice***
Because it revealed that – as much as gamers may complain about it – we’ll absolutely shell the fuck out to get our hands on it
R-Dragon_Thunderzord
“I was there, 420Gandalf_69, I was there 19 years ago. When gamers threw open their wallets and took the horse armor cosmetic DLC. I was there when the strength of gamers failed…
“…DLC should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure. “
Razing_Phoenix
I’ve seen some dumbass takes on reddit but this one is up there. It wasn’t even close to the first microtransaction, in fact it’s not one it’s DLC. Also, it’s not like you have to buy it, so just don’t buy it. We can either not have dlc so horse armor isn’t a thing and miss out on stuff like shivering isles, or have dlc and just buy the ones we want and not buy the ones we dont.
Significant_Walk_664
Oh wow, they included it in the game too? Would have liked them to resell it tbh, for principle’s sake. The OG DLC ripoff and source of all game-related monetisation evils – now price-adjusted for inflation just to drive the point what tools people still are.
UltimaGabe
Arcade games literally had you pay for additional lives and health. Microtransactions did not begin with Oblivion.
Fire_is_beauty
Bethesda, you stinky fuckers.
Commercial-Fennel219
It should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure.Â
deflorist
I think it would’ve been a more authentic experience if they charged $5 for it
WarMachine90000
Now on 4K
Fall_of_the_Empire25
I remember when the Horse Armor was announced… Everyone I talked to about it agreed that it was stupid as hell, especially because it didn’t change the gameplay at all, and was purely cosmetic.
I remember I had a bad feeling about it… and boy as that right on the money… This shit literally ruined the gaming industry.
Thanks, Bethesda…
msdsc2
How dumb can you guys be, OP is right, this was the first time a triple A single player game launched a micro transaction at large scale
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Tbf they really took off starting in FIFA and mobile games
Oh my god shut up.
This is funny AF 🤣
It will never not blow my mind how horse armor (the quintessential bad DLC) and Shivering Isles (the quintessential good DLC) are from the same game.
I love how they are using that argonian character with the jacked up haircut as the promotion lol
They just want us to have the *full* nostalgic experience
Microtransactions came from PC gamers and the MMO boom. I suppose it’s only fitting that they always try to blame something else with one hand while readying their credit cards with the other. 10 bucks says OP buys into some greedy shit like CCGs, P2W anime games, or whatever. These posts always come from someone who does.
Just play the remaster on gamepass.
Base remaster has all dlc but yes… they did a delux version with cosmetics.
nah, it didnt start with bethesda lol.
korean games had micro transactions way before oblivion. I guess for some people, gaming started at 2006 or something.
I blame it onn on everquest lol.
Bethesda sold the dlc to PC players, then they had an update and the dlc couldn’t be installed if it wasn’t previously installed.
People were mad pissed.
Some dude found a way to unpack and install the dlc. Of course bethsoft was there to threaten everyone. But they wouldn’t even refund the shit after admitting they caused a problem they couldn’t fix!
Is this even true? I was buying paid map packs in Halo 2 before Oblivion even released lol
Microtransactions were first implemented in Japanese and Korean MMOs well before this game. Around 2002/2003.
We didn’t know it yet, but this is was the beginning of the end
Technically a misnomer since crappy expansions and microtransactions (though not *called* that) existed in other games well before Oblivion
What I – personally – think should be the title for the Horse Armor is that it’s the one who first popularized the concept and made it ‘permissible’ for triple a companies to include the practice in their titles
And companies like Electronic Arts and Activision and various others ***absolutely took notice***
Because it revealed that – as much as gamers may complain about it – we’ll absolutely shell the fuck out to get our hands on it
“I was there, 420Gandalf_69, I was there 19 years ago. When gamers threw open their wallets and took the horse armor cosmetic DLC. I was there when the strength of gamers failed…
“…DLC should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure. “
I’ve seen some dumbass takes on reddit but this one is up there. It wasn’t even close to the first microtransaction, in fact it’s not one it’s DLC. Also, it’s not like you have to buy it, so just don’t buy it. We can either not have dlc so horse armor isn’t a thing and miss out on stuff like shivering isles, or have dlc and just buy the ones we want and not buy the ones we dont.
Oh wow, they included it in the game too? Would have liked them to resell it tbh, for principle’s sake. The OG DLC ripoff and source of all game-related monetisation evils – now price-adjusted for inflation just to drive the point what tools people still are.
Arcade games literally had you pay for additional lives and health. Microtransactions did not begin with Oblivion.
Bethesda, you stinky fuckers.
It should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure.Â
I think it would’ve been a more authentic experience if they charged $5 for it
Now on 4K
I remember when the Horse Armor was announced… Everyone I talked to about it agreed that it was stupid as hell, especially because it didn’t change the gameplay at all, and was purely cosmetic.
I remember I had a bad feeling about it… and boy as that right on the money… This shit literally ruined the gaming industry.
Thanks, Bethesda…
How dumb can you guys be, OP is right, this was the first time a triple A single player game launched a micro transaction at large scale