Think your little Xbox 360 avatar men/women thingies don't have enough character? Microsoft hopes to remedy that soon.
Following their media briefing today, Microsoft confirmed that they're now allowing the ability for games to unlock and/or provide items for your Xbox 360 avatars. They're being called "in-game rewardables." This won't simply be shirts or new pants, either. Things like full costumes (like the above Halo: ODST costume, for instance) as well as "props" (like cheerleader pom poms or a Warthog radio-controlled car).
Additionally, since Microsoft thinks you love dressing up your avatars so much, they're planning to give you the option to purchase new clothing, accessories, costumes from an Avatar Marketplace. The marketplace will give you more options for you Avatars, including real-world brands as well as game-related items.
Microsoft is very clear that the free items -- like the ones they been offering -- will continue to be available, but it appears that many of the items will be price. (An example in the demo we saw, a Halo t-shirt, was marked at 80 MS Points.)
So what do you think? You ready to purchase some items, or will the in-game rewardables be enough for you? Do you think these options will give your avatars more character?
Contest:
3:20 PM on 06.01.2009
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though I do like the game related ones that you can get via in game. At least Microsoft is pushing the avatars unlike Nintendo and Miis.
Get ready to pay up, monkeys!
i hope there is a bayonetta strap-on you unlock when you beat it.
This was expected, really. Blaming them is nothing. This was downright OBVIOUS.
Sony can't abuse their users more than MS! That doesn't work! It was time that MS fixed that up.
Still pro-360. Sony, step up a gear and save yourself now.
Raiden cyborg suit? Yes please.
Buying them though? Fuck that noise.
Still, Home is proof that people actually will do that. Its a sad world.
You should unlock a Mega Man outfit for getting all the achievements in the Mega Man 10 XBLA game that I just made up (but am desperately yearning for).
Mind you if they did a 'Micro$oft' t-shirt I'm betting they'd be able to flog them to the mass influx of PS3 fanboys and jaded 360 owners alike! ;-)
You know, how people we're suppose to be able to designed, and sell things on XBL Marketplace? Yeah right, that went away pretty fast didn't it? Because no casual, or none gamer is going to buy a $300 machine to make crappy virtual clothes, so Microsoft's just going to sell it to you instead!
Still, if getting 1000/1000 Gamerscore in a game gave a custom costume, I'd rock it. Another chance to show off the ol' e-peen.
But I'm not going to pay for my avatar to look any different. I'd rather pay 80MS points to make them all disappear from my screen and show gamerpics instead.
thats crack prices
not that I would know
Though, I'd buy stuff if it allowed me to turn my avatar into a zombie...