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Bethesda: People still buy Oblivion Horse Armor photo

As if you needed any further proof that people are gullible imbeciles who'll buy anything, look no further than Bethesda. The studio recently released its top ten Oblivion downloads and confirmed that it still sells the infamous "Horse Armor" DLC ... daily.

"To this day, 2 years later. Looking at our Xbox Live reports, every day, tens of thousands of people STILL play Oblivion and they purchase thousands and thousands of downloadable content -- again, every day," boasts Bethesda on its blog. "Yes, even Horse Armor continues to sell daily."

The full list according to the developer is as follows:

  1. Wizard's Tower
  2. Thieves Den
  3. Mehrune's Razor 
  4. Spell Tomes
  5. Vile Lair
  6. The Orrery
  7. Knights of the Nine
  8. Shivering Isles
  9. Horse Armor
  10. Fighter's Stronghold*
*If we rank by pure downloads and include the free promotions we’ve had, Fighter’s Stronghold becomes #1.
It's somewhat terrifying that, to this day, one of the most useless and pathetic pieces of downloadable content to ever hit a console is still selling every single day. I fully expect Bovine Armor for those two-headed cows to appear in the next Fallout 3 update.

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MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 01/30/2009 19:47
what
Brad Nicholson's Avatar
Brad Nicholson at 01/30/2009 19:48
I'm a proud owner of horse armor!
MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 01/30/2009 19:50
Yeah, well Brad I'm not really surprised. You look like the type that will buy horse armor.
seigfreid's Avatar
seigfreid at 01/30/2009 19:50
I am a proud owner of horse armor as well!
PhazonYoshi's Avatar
PhazonYoshi at 01/30/2009 19:53
I... have armour for my horse? It's a real mod, and not DLC, though, so that's ok.
AnEvilBrowny's Avatar
AnEvilBrowny at 01/30/2009 20:00
I play oblivion on PC...sometimes I mod myself into Sephiroth...nuff said.
BFeld13's Avatar
BFeld13 at 01/30/2009 20:03
"That... that's pathetic"

--BFeld, in reference to AnEvilBrowny
-PL-'s Avatar
-PL- at 01/30/2009 21:01
Isn't it like... 2 bucks for horse armor? I made more money than that whilst taking a crap at work today.
LukienAkeela's Avatar
LukienAkeela at 01/30/2009 22:07
I second the motion by the honorable Brad Nicholson that horse armor is a source of pride.
Peronthious's Avatar
Peronthious at 01/30/2009 22:23
How many downloadable items are there for Oblivion? I don't see it as being that bad since it's towards the bottom.
13thDragon's Avatar
13thDragon at 01/30/2009 23:28
Ok Bethesda, people love your game. We know. NOW WHERE THE HELL IS TES 5?!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 01/30/2009 23:58
Horse armor may be ridiculous, but overall Bethesda's DLC is fairly solid.
nebones's Avatar
nebones at 01/31/2009 03:42
lol
Emrah's Avatar
Emrah at 01/31/2009 09:52
"Ok Bethesda, people love your game. We know. NOW WHERE THE HELL IS TES 5?!"

If people keep on buying the DLC, I don't see the why they'd bother making a sequel eheh.. I guess they are already selling well enough to pay their rent and utility bills.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 01/31/2009 14:47
People are fucking stupid. Why is this a surprise?
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