I fear they have gone to far

RAIN · 03-12-2009 2:17pm #1

From Major nelson's twitter.

.................... Avatar pets. :eek:

calex71 · 03-12-2009 2:18pm

The tragedy of it all is these pets are not just for xmas

Mr Freeze · 03-12-2009 3:56pm

Coool!!!!, how much are they?

its a joke....1st the avatars, then the marketplace, now this, whats next?

I bet when I go home and check the friends list there will be few boardsies with pets now, there is no shortage of pirates (Yes, I know you look class), cog troops, and stromtroopers on my list, so people obviously don't mind shelling out for these things.

Nearly every one in the mob in 1 v 100 has paid for avatar gear too!

BlitzKrieg · 03-12-2009 4:08pm

ugly pets...

Peteemax · 03-12-2009 4:14pm

I couldnt be bothered spending money to make my avatar look good.

BlitzKrieg · 03-12-2009 4:18pm

besides most of the best stuff can be unlocked for free by playing games...

Mr Freeze · 03-12-2009 4:32pm

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

besides most of the best stuff can be unlocked for free by playing games...

Thats only splosion man and Lips aint it? Halo Waypoint too...

Or is there other games that have avatar awards??

humanji · 03-12-2009 4:49pm

Who the hell would buy a virtual pet goldfish? What do you do with them?

Oafley Jones · 03-12-2009 5:00pm

humanji wrote: »

Who the hell would buy a virtual pet goldfish? What do you do with them?

Why flush it down the Avatar toilet*.

*Avatar toilet available January 2010 for 400 MS points.

RAIN · 03-12-2009 5:15pm

I like my Jump suit and Mass Effect helmet

, I had some points left....No I'm lying I put them on especially

(comes home to find friends and family in sitting room, intervention fail)

Evolute · 03-12-2009 5:25pm

Haha That is too far but there are alot of people who have no problem with wasting good points on them so i suppose if they are gonna make a good few quid

Onearmedbandit · 03-12-2009 6:10pm

RAIN wrote: »

From Major nelson's twitter.

.................... Avatar pets. :eek:

Avatar accessories would be a cool feature if we didnt have to pay for them but because we do its shameless money grabbing. I dont know why MS doesnt just use advertising as the revenue stream for these things i.e get McDonalds to sponsor some avatar clothes associated with A game. Surely it would make it more popular if they were free.

Either way i couldnt give two f*cks whether my avatar has a cat or a lightsaber its not like you use the avater that much anyway.

corcaigh07 · 04-12-2009 12:14am

they went too far when they shamelessly ripped off nintendo for the avatars in the first place.

murpho999 · 04-12-2009 12:46am

corcaigh07 wrote: »

they went too far when they shamelessly ripped off nintendo for the avatars in the first place.

I never knew that Nintendo invented Avatar's, surely they copied someone else too? That's the way the world is.

MS only brought in Avatars as they knew it could bring in revenues with avatar games, on line marketplace and make it more appealing to different markets(chldren and women I assume).

So all you have to do is not fall for it and don't buy any avatar stuff.

Doesn't bother me as that's business and I don't spend anything on my avatar....although I'm sure he'd love a cat or dog!