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

--BFeld, in reference to AnEvilBrowny
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2009 21:01
-PL-
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 - Comment posted on 01/30/2009 22:07
LukienAkeela
I second the motion by the honorable Brad Nicholson that horse armor is a source of pride.
Peronthious's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2009 22:23
Peronthious
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 - Comment posted on 01/30/2009 23:28
13thDragon
Ok Bethesda, people love your game. We know. NOW WHERE THE HELL IS TES 5?!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2009 23:58
MechaMonkey
Horse armor may be ridiculous, but overall Bethesda's DLC is fairly solid.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2009 03:42
nebones
lol
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2009 09:52
Emrah
"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 - Comment posted on 01/31/2009 14:47
Sharpless
People are fucking stupid. Why is this a surprise?
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