Let the whoring commence! As expected, Microsoft will soon be seeing just how much mileage can be had from avatars by unleashing new downloadable clothing. According to Xbox Live product unit manager Jerry Johnson, the next half a year will see perpetual clothing releases. MS points at the ready!
"We’re going to be continually releasing and unlocking clothes for the next six months," confirms Johnson. "They’ll be coming out in theme packs."
Johnson did not confirm whether or not we'll be expected to pay, but if you believe MS will continue to give away free stuff for this new endeavor, then you've probably answered a few emails from Nigeria.
Would you pay to give your avatar a new bobblehat? How cheap would avatar clothes have to be before you'd consider shelling out your precious Microsoft Monopoly money? Tell us.
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8:42 AM on 11.20.2008
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Now Microsoft can finally let me pay them in exchange for wearing their advertisement slathered gear!
Because then they wouldn't make money.
It's a cool idea, though. I'd give up gamerscore points for unlockable dress-up items. No way I'm paying for them, though...unless, as I've said before, they give me the option to make a badass zombie.
I also like the idea of unlockable accessories in games (and for that matter, the idea makes so much sense that I assume it'll happen at some point).
I'd bet that someone will do that actually. There's already games out there that give you exclusive gamerpics and themes when you buy the game/unlock certain achievements. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this happened, and it would most certainly be welcomed.
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I'm sure I would spend some spare points on that stuff just like I did for (the now useless) castle crashers theme...
I'd much prefer achievement/unlockable accessories.
Let say the 1st ranking person on the leaderboards for X racing games get to have his avatar on a bike. Stuff like that would be cool.
If its regular clothes...then no. I barely spend money on Real Clothes as it is, im not going to buy stuff for a virtual avatar...that'd be all kinds of stupidness.
lame
Except my guy looks more like David Tennant
Aren't there only two suits, anyway?
Is that too much to ask?
Long answer? Fuck, no.
Avatars and Mii's are pretentious little cocks.
I also think that games should offer rewards (themes, gamerpics, outfits) for getting acheivements/beating the game.