Now that this thing is officially live, publisher can start flooding the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox LIVE with all sorts of neat (yet useless) promotional crap. Case in point -- today, BioShock 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, Gears of War 2, and Splinter Cell: Conviction items hit the Avatar Marketplace.
Available in the BioShock 2 store are items like a Big Daddy doll, or a Big Daddy helmet. The Star Wars: Clone Wars store can hook you up with a Clone Trooper costume, or you can go the simple-yet-sophisticated-route with a blue lightsaber. Splinter Cell fans can get some skin-tight, leather espionage outfits... if that's your thing. Each store also has its share of branded t-shirts, some of which we're hoping we can buy "IRL" somewhere down the line; the designs are that cool.
Of course, be prepared to spend some money -- nothing is free. If you want the full Star Wars look, you'll have to buy the Obi-Wan Tunic and Lightsaber as separate items, which cost 320 and 400 MS Points, respectively. Consider carefully if Avatar cosplay is worth nine dollars.
Also live are Quicksilver, Addidas, and tokidoki (OMG so cute!) stores. Check out some images we grabbed off-screen in our gallery and after the jump.
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11:20 AM on 08.11.2009
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Thinking about getting a Big Daddy doll. Cute and not too pricey.
the shirt only comes in pink i want the helmets,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCataV0ZYCs
(and where the crap is the chainsaw lancer? You ninnies!)
you all suck. avatars are gay.
4 steps to buying Microsoft points:
1. Johnny must buy both the 1000 and 500 Microsoft point bundles to afford a 1200 point game.
2. Johnny has 300 points left over that he cannot use to purchase another game.
3. Johnny spends his money in the Avatar Marketplace, the Video Marketplace, or buys more points to afford another game.
4. Repeat
I really like the TokiDoki stuff.I honestly wouldn't mind paying a few dollars for some of the things being offered, but not much more.
Just write sucker on my forehead.
Also, plenty of stuff on the Indie Games channel is 80 points. Just saying.
But as per usual, it'll be idiots that ruin it for the rest of us. Those that happily bend over and get spit roasted by Microsoft are only letting them know that it's acceptable for them to charge this amount for absolutely meaningless pieces of virtual clothing for a virtual representation of yourself that pretty much nobody sees.
But AgentMOO makes a great point: For the price of these bobbles and items, you can buy an actual functional game from XBL Indie Games.
When does AMMO come out?
Nothing is free. Everything is skin-tight.
In addition, seriously, I'm pretty sure most of us want the damn lightsaber but c'mon. Also, CoD2 for $29.99? Really? PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS CRAP! Game companies are already sticking it in us to various degrees, but this shit's like providing your rapist with K-Y; at least make them work for it.
Plenty of people go out every weekend and piss Hundreds of Dollars of Booze down the drain....i piss away my money on usless crap Online.
Its my money, and I'll choose how to spend it.