
The gift giving bug is out in full force as the shopping season crescendos to its ultimate finale. In this spirit of giving, Bethesda has announced that they will offer free Oblivion Marketplace content starting this Friday, December 22. The offer will run until December 31. Before anyone asks, no, it's not Knights of the Nine. No, the content to be offered will in fact be Mehrune's Razor, which debuted back in June. Normally 250 points, it will be free just in time for the holidays. In case you've forgotten what Mehrune's Razor is all about, check out our previous post, here.
But seriously though, are there any Oblivion owners that haven't already bought this?
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12-21-2006 @ 5:09PM
DannyOB@360insight said...
I haven't. I stopped playing after like 40 hours and have only dipped into Oblivion now and again, so i couldn't justify the price. But, now that it's free, and me being the free-download-whore that i am, i'll definately download it and give it a whirl. Thanks Bethesda and 360Fanboy.
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12-21-2006 @ 5:11PM
GT = stoneNbone420 said...
I haven't bought anything from the marketplace for oblivion yet... not like im very far anyways just got the game like 4 days ago...
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12-21-2006 @ 5:13PM
Tony said...
Lame. I did buy that. It's a pretty significantly sized dungeon add-on, at least.
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12-21-2006 @ 5:40PM
modeps said...
I have not bought anything for Oblivion at all. Pretty cool they are offering it for free. I'll download it!
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12-21-2006 @ 5:48PM
Bennyishere said...
I haven't. The main reason is of course that my disc is damaged beyond repair... It's all my fault though, and it's not hard to see that, so I can forget about exchanging it. I'll probably wait until it becomes a Classic title, or maybe even till they start selling them in "old games no one wants to buy anymore" bins where every game costs like 5 bucks.
I'll definitely download it though, so I can keep it for later use. Freebies rule!
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12-21-2006 @ 6:24PM
Caffeinate said...
I bought it and loved it and don't regret paying for it at all.
This does however raise a thought in the back of my mind; with the GRAW add-on and now Oblivion downloadable content being reduced, what incentive is there for people to pony up (Horse Armor pun intended) the cash when the content comes out? I mean this stuff is not redistributable and you already have a fully featured game. Why not wait 6 months and get a discount?
Just my 2 cents.
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12-21-2006 @ 6:25PM
razer said...
I think Bethesda looked at all the content and found which one was downloaded the most and then offer that one up for free so it doesn't effect their bottom line much. All this is teaching me is to stop buying content because if you wait long enough it will be free. I've been done with this game 5 months ago and there isn't much that's going to bring it back for me.
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12-21-2006 @ 6:48PM
refinedsugar said...
Caffeinate ... with the more multiplayer driven games these DL's are time sensitive ... like your example of GRAW. If you loved GRAW and it's online component you ponied up right away because everyone was playing the new stuff. That's where the hype is. You don't bypass a hyped multiplayer game or map pack because by the time it's free or cheaper everyone is over it. The crowd has moved on. DL's for single player oriented games are a different bag altogether.
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12-21-2006 @ 7:08PM
OS Perry said...
Wow, Bethesda knows how to run class act. They first screwed us for some horse armour, but then realized the error of their ways and put their DLC in a decent price point from there on. I mean the horse armour fiasco was too bad considering there wasn't much of a Marketplace DLC barometer yet on what people were willing to play. Bethesda has come out with DLC for Oblivion regularly and given us genuine content unlike EA willing to nickel and dime at every turn.
Kudos to Bethesda.
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12-21-2006 @ 7:13PM
Peacefuloutrage said...
I haven't, as I haven't finished tha main quest. I'll jump on it
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12-21-2006 @ 7:28PM
UtahRootBeer said...
Instead Of Giving Me Something I Already Bought For Free, Why Dont They Pay Me Back For That Stupid Overpriced Horse Armour?
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12-21-2006 @ 7:45PM
J-Tall said...
Dang. My console picked a perfect time to give me the 3 red lights. Is there any way to flag this download on my gamertag so I can download it free after the 31st?
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12-21-2006 @ 8:18PM
J.Goodwin said...
Bennyishere, send it to Bethesda Softworks, 1370 Piccard Drive, Suite 120, Rockville, MD 20850
Ideally, you would send your proof of purchase too, but I am almost positive that they don't care as long as the disc is authentic.
They WANT you to play their game.
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12-21-2006 @ 8:35PM
Anubis said...
360 Flammer,
I've got a rather quick question for you; are you mentally handicapped to a severe degree? I ask because it has become quite apparent to anyone who posts on this website that you've got an IQ equal to that of a box of matches. Seriously, you must've eaten lead-based paint chips by the bucketful as a kid, had your skull used as a doorstop by your abusive parents, or CJD is slowly eating holes into that pitiful 7 lb gelatinous mass you call a brain. However, if there is no justifiable or clinical reason for your inability to form a thought more complex than "food goes in mouth", you truly are an idiot that deserves neither pity of sympathy; in fact, I'm sure humanity would be grateful if you were removed from the collective human gene pool before you were given a chance to contribute to it.
I'm sure you're one of these mindless sheep that ponied up $600 for a console that a has dated GPU, no analog scaler, developer un-friendly memory set up, and processor that's crap at the math that makes up some 85%-90% of all CPU intensive tasks (integer based math) just because Sony spoon-fed you the, "The next generation doesn't start until we say it does" bullcrap. Oh well, if making every internet user aware that you're about as bright as a black hole allows you to sleep better at night next to your over-priced paperweight, by all means, keep on posting.
I would, however, suggest that you take second grade English; my three year old niece has demonstrated a better understanding and ability to use the language than you have. Throwing some words together while trying to pass it off as a sentence makes you a f*cking joke.
See ya later, Matchbox.
Oh, and another word of advice. I wouldn't use the word gay if I were simply because the last word in you name (which, I'm assuming you meant to spell the word "flamer" but didn't have the brain cells available to do so) implies all kinds of things about your sexual orientation.
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12-21-2006 @ 8:46PM
Anubis said...
Ah...I love typos. I really do. The last paragraph should read: Oh, and a another word of advice. I wouldn't use the word gay if I were you simply because the last word in your name (which, I'm assuming you meant to spell the word flamer but didn't have the brain cells available to do so) implies all kinds of things about your sexual orientation.
Sorry all...after reading some of Matchbook's posts, I couldn't keep myself from laughing long enough to spell check.
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12-21-2006 @ 8:51PM
BklynKid said...
I finished the game in its entirety but I have yet to buy any of the addons. I'm waiting for some kind of combined package that puts all that stuff together for say... $10?
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12-21-2006 @ 8:51PM
BklynKid said...
#15, why feed the troll? And if you must, why use 4 full paragraphs?
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12-21-2006 @ 8:51PM
stinio said...
I haven't bought it, and my 360 is in the shop for the holidays. :(
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12-21-2006 @ 9:00PM
SuicideNinja said...
"hmm WHY IS TEH 360 soo gay?
Posted at 5:21PM on Dec 21st 2006 by 360 flammer"
flam-mer, eh?
I think that alone revokes your right to speak!
Damn, I couldn't help it. ;)
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12-21-2006 @ 9:19PM
Anubis said...
Bklynkid,
Because it's amusing every now and then to openly attack a troll with as much venom as possible. Also, it motivates him to say something that'll most likely get him banned. Case in point, there once was a poster on Joystiq who went by the name of Novacharged. I went after him, he said things that proved to everyone that he had the intellectual capacity of a lobotomized chicken, and was subsequently banned for his behavior. Joystiq's comments section has enjoyed a Novacharged-free atmosphere for a while now largely due to that tactic. If you give a weed too much fertilizer, you will eventually kill it. There is a method to my madness, and although you may not approve of it, it will pay off shortly (that, and I like knocking illiterate Sony-bots down several pegs).
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