The predatory game monetization tactics of today began with Microsoft. After experimenting with paid DLC for its first-party titles on the original Xbox, Microsoft planned to launch the Xbox 360 with a storefront populated by the newfangled "microtransaction." Speaking to WIRED in 2005, Microsoft described the microtransaction system as one that would provide a profitable new revenue stream for publishers - one they would be foolish to skip out on. According to USGamer, Bethesda was the first third-party publisher to accept Microsoft's idea, offering a pack of in-game horse armor for Oblivion players at a $2.50 price point.
Despite the uproar, the Oblivion Horse Armor DLC was popular in sales, performing among the best of Bethesda's add-ons. Microsoft's model worked, and the industry seems to have noticed. Microtransactions didn't quite reach their current level of prominence until mobile games showed just how efficiently they could be implemented, but Bethesda's Horse Armor Pack was an important early example of small purchases' potential profit in big-budget games. Now, players are accustomed to spending even more on cosmetics in triple-A titles, such as $15 for armor skins in Destiny 2's Eververse store.
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The Horse Armor Pack is an official download that allows you to outfit any owned horse with a set of protective armor. Horse armor is purchased from Snak gra-Bura at the Chestnut Handy Stables outside of the Imperial City. Each set of horse armor costs 500 gold, and comes in Elven and Steel varieties. Both visual styles have the same effect, and a horse with one armor style can be outfitted with the other by returning to Snak and paying the fee again. Armor can only be given to horses that you own.
As part of the related quest, the first set of armor can be obtained for free. If you don't own a horse, Snak gra-Bura will offer her Old Nag free of charge, although even with armor the nag is the weakest horse in the game. Putting armor on the horse simply increases the health of the horse rather than applying any kind of protection from damage. For most horses the health doubles, but only to a maximum value of 750. See the Horses page for full information.
The main reason I didn't touch it aside from the fact it's ugly was because I was fairly certain I read in a preview prior to release that horse armor would be in the game straight off the bat.
But then it's released and I find out later they're releasing it as an addon.
Now perhaps I just imagined that whole preview and it was never mentioned that horse armor would be in the base game, but if I'm correct - and I like to think I am - well I'm not fond of paying for things that I was told were meant to be in the game already.
So... Meh. As it turns out it isn't really that big of a deal, because I wind up finding horses in themselves to be pretty damn useless, so even if I did own one I wouldn't like it enough to want to buy armor to protect it when walking is more efficient.
I completed the quest for the mod Lost Paladins of the Divine which gave me a free white horse. However, my Prior Maborel horse is still alive and kicking and is hanging out at the ruins where I left him.
Horse ArmorA horse in Elven Horse ArmorQuest GiverA note from Snak gra-Bura of the Chestnut Handy StablesPrerequisiteInstallation of the Horse Armor Pack plug-inRewardA free set of either Elven Horse Armor or Steel Horse ArmorQuest IDDLCHorseArmorHorse Armor is a quest in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It is added when the Horse Armor Pack plug-in is installed.
Once the Hero of Kvatch receives the note, simply speak to Snak gra-Bura at the Chestnut Handy Stables outside the Imperial City. She will give a free set of either Elven Horse Armor or Steel Horse Armor. Subsequent horse armor may be purchased for 500 .
I've discovered a notice from Snak gra-Bura of the Chestnut Handy stables. She is offering to outfit a horse with armor at no charge to anyone who presents her with a note like the one that I've found. I should bring my horse to her and take advantage of this offer.
Although I had no horse, Snak gra-Bura outfitted her old nag with steel armor and gave it to me free of charge. From now on, she will outfit any legally owned horse that I bring to her with Steel or Elven armor for 500 gold.'
Even 10 years down the road, Bethesda Softworks' first DLC offering for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remains the shorthand of choice to refer to downloadable content whose insignificance is exceeded only by the exorbitant price a publisher is asking for it. The thing is, for all the gnashing of teeth and outrage and mockery Oblivion's Horse Armor attracted, there's fundamentally not that much different about it than the sort of DLC some companies base their entire business models around these days. The price of 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50) isn't entirely out of line for a mostly cosmetic purchase (the armor increased the horse's health, but honestly, frail horses were not exactly a common pain point for players of Oblivion). These days, people spend more money on dumber stuff online all the time.
But in April of 2006, this was practically heresy. This was a time when the idea of a console game requiring a mandatory update to play online after a patch was cause for grave concern (not to mention worthy of an article on GI.biz), a time when players were shocked that publishers would charge extra money for content that developers had finished making prior to the game's release. We've spent a decade holding up "horse armor" as an example of DLC gone wrong, all the while publishers and players alike slowly but surely converged on that model of moderately priced cosmetic upgrades as a mainstay of DLC done right. It's time we put the Horse Armor stigma out to pasture.
Despite player complaints about paying for a purely decorative item, the horse armor content ended up being the best-selling piece of DLC for Oblivion by 2009.[88] Oblivion's horse armor became a model for many games that followed for implementing microtransactions in video games, and is considered the first primary example and often synonymous for microtransactions.[89][90][91]
New releases continued into late 2006. The "Thieves' Den", a 2.27MB download offering the chance to "Uncover a famous pirate's lost ship and claim it for your own", was released on May 22 for the Xbox 360, priced at 150 Marketplace points, "roughly" equivalent to US$1.89.[99] Explaining the add-on, Ashley Cheng stated "Basically, it's Goonies."[100] "Mehrunes' Razor", a quest revolving around a mage in search of the deadly Daedric artifact known as Mehrunes' Razor, was released on June 14. It became the most expensive download yet, at US$2.99 for PC users and 250 Marketplace points, equivalent to US$3.13, for Xbox 360 owners.[101] One 1UP.com reporter took the occasion to reflect on the increasing price of owning the "complete" Oblivion. With all the add-ons included, he calculated, "That's over $80 in game for the complete version of Oblivion, thus far." Foreseeing future problems with the upcoming PS3 release, and a potential bundling of all the software for a lower price, he wondered: "will Xbox 360 and PC users feel slighted? ... Microtransactions are sticky business."[102] Joystiq continued to comment on the "Horse Armor" add-on in their notice of the quest's release. "With a weapon like that, who needs horse armor?"[103] On July 13, "The Vile Lair", sporting a hidden crypt called "Deepscorn Hollow" for players bitten with Oblivion's vampirism bug, was released. Like the "Orrery" and the "Wizard's Tower", Bethesda set "The Vile Lair"'s PC release price at US$1.89, and the Xbox 360 release price at 150 Marketplace points, equivalent to US$1.88.[104] Joystiq responded positively to the new price point. "What a bargain! ... It's good to see the folks at Oblivion have learned their lesson and aren't offering relatively super expensive content not fit to see the light of day."[105]
Today adds one more to the mix. As promised earlier, horse armor for use in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is now available for download. The file adds some protection for characters' mounts, as well as makes them look pimped out like a medieval version of a customized 1975 Impala. The download costs 200 Marketplace points, or $2.50.
Those shocked at the horse armor's sticker price aren't alone. The debate over the pricing of microtransactions has heated up and is in full swing on Internet message boards. While many think that paying for downloadable content is a good idea, gamers are divided by the item's value versus its cost.
"ReverieDLM" finds the price insulting. "This is not a matter of it being expensive in the grand scheme of things. This is not a matter of it being a requirement to buy. It's a matter of basically spitting in the consumer's collective face. Something like horse armor is a trivial addition to the game. Xbox 360 owners already paid more for the game than PC owners, charging [Xbox 360 owners] for something that is then free on the PC is an absolutely disgusting disregard for the consumer. Bethesda should be ashamed of it."
I've found my horse, but he's naked and is vulnerable. I know Oblivion had horse armor (as DLC) and I was wondering if Skyrim had the same. Failing that, is there anything I can do to keep my horse alive?
This mod adds armored horses, replacing each cities buyable player horse with a unique armored horse. This mod is compatible with BETTER HORSES which adds horse STORAGE, horse invulnerability, and horse AI. The normal saddles are still used by NPCs.
This mod will add horse armor to all horses that uses normal saddles, including Shadowmere. In addition, it will make armored horses invincible. These meshes were made entirely from scratch as well as textures with pieces taken from vanilla Ebony armors. This mod features the Ebony style.
In 2006, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion developer Bethesda did what many at the time thought was unthinkable. The company put an in-game item on sale for real-world money, in a full-price game. It was a cosmetic horse armour set for $2.50. 0852c4b9a8
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