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First 'Paid' Avatar Items Appear On Xbox Live Marketplace

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Siliconera (via Xbox360Fanboy) has discovered that From Software is selling a premium Ninja Blade bundle for 250 Microsoft Points that includes wallpapers and five ninja-themed avatar parts. Though this is the first instance of this happening, coming as quickly as it did after the NXE update, we're sure it won't be the last. As always, you can use your wallet to tell Microsoft if you think the deal is worth it.
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Published: 394 days 18 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | Gaming
 
 

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tatotiburon - 395 days 4 hours ago
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cool theme but only for japanese store
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JasonXE - 394 days 22 hours ago
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:-( yea i know. It looks so badass.
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elorm9 - 394 days 17 hours ago
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Yeah but... what can you do with your avatar though?
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tatotiburon - 394 days 17 hours ago
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with you avatar you can play arcade games, community games and Primetime
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1.4 LeonSKennedy4Life | 394 days 17 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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jib - 394 days 17 hours ago
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looks cool and all but would never pay for these things
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elorm9 - 394 days 17 hours ago
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1.6 - @tato
I see, I used to think it was just for show. I just wonder how MS is gonna expand on it though.

@Leon

I'll admit, you had me there for a sec until I read that part about GoW3
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1.7 CloudsEnd | 394 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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No Way - 394 days 16 hours ago
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1.8 - @CloudsEnd
Haha. I saw LeonSKennedy4Life and stopped reading. =P
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JsonHenry - 394 days 16 hours ago
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Am I the only person who thinks that Avatars and Miis are a complete waste of time? (and money)
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 394 days 16 hours ago
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1.10 - what?
I made you want to stop reading? Seriously? I have no bias, dude. I think the avatars are a cheap Mii rip-off and that their only purpose is to get would-be HOME fans.

I'm a gamer that loves every good game, no matter what system it's on. What's wrong with that?

Gears of War 2 had a much better campaign than Resistance 2.
Resistance 2 had much better multi-player than Gears of War 2.

What are you talking about?
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No Way - 394 days 13 hours ago
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1.11 - @LeonSKennedy4Life
Haha. I've seen your comments.. No bias? Pshh.

Anyway, there was no need to bring up Home in any of this, & you did, which clearly shows you have some.. biasness.
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prowiew - 394 days 13 hours ago
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im never gonna pay for these things.
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Some_One_Plays - 394 days 3 hours ago
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1.13 - No Way
Bringing up PlayStation Home makes sense because NXE is a 2D representation equivalency of a 3D representation of the PSN on PlayStation 3 with a mix of Nintendo.

Whether LeonSKennedy4Life is bias is another question all in itself, lol.
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badkolo - 394 days 18 hours ago
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dam it, i need this.
i could care less if they charge, eiher buy it or dont, they give us free ones, now of coarse i wish i could create my own for free, but its a business so i dont care, ill buy stuff in HOME as well, dont like it dont buy it right??.

I need to bea ninja, i need this, cant i use my japanese account to acquire this
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gamesmaster - 394 days 16 hours ago
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meh! they still look like M$ employees, ninja suit or not lol
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panasonic23 - 394 days 18 hours ago
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i want this so bad
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3.1 Fallen_Angel | 394 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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running rampid - 394 days 18 hours ago
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a ninja avatar would be kickass!
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ElementX - 394 days 17 hours ago
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5 - "As always, you can use your wallet to tell Microsoft if you think the deal is worth it. "
This isn't MS, it's From Software. MS is releasing FREE clothing packs according to another article

http://n4g.com/xbox360/News...
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badkolo - 394 days 17 hours ago
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CAN WE USE OUR japanese accounts to get this pack, oh crap forget it, then i have to add money to the phony account
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Just passing by - 394 days 17 hours ago
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7 - BEFORE YOU FAN BOYS & FAN GIRLS START MAKING STUPID COMMENTS HERE KNOW THIS.
Costumes (items) created by Xbox Live (Avatar team) its not related to Game Themes (items) created by developers like EPIC, BUNGIE, TECMO, LIONHEAD & STUDIOS etc.
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Covenant - 394 days 17 hours ago
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8 - Like all DLC
Is it worth it? Not? Vote with your wallet.
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Socomer 1979 - 394 days 17 hours ago
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9 - @ leon
don't forget, with homies you can structure your face & body with a deep tool set.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 394 days 16 hours ago
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That was beautiful...

Bubbles.
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redbadger - 394 days 17 hours ago
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10 - What is all of the hype about?
I downloaded the new xbox avatar and i dont understand all of the hype. i cant wait until home.
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XxRoosterxX - 394 days 17 hours ago
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Like we all didn't see this coming

/sarcasm
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No Way - 394 days 16 hours ago
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If it's 250 Microsoft points, then wouldn't the clothes be considered free?
Seeing as how the themes ARE 250 points..
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gta2800 - 394 days 13 hours ago
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Since NXE was an obligation to download I feel 360 users should get everything free when it comes to that. There's a lot of people who are disappointed with the new update. Mostly the hardcore gamers. I have a friend who owned a 360. All he plays is war games and shooting games. He won't play any adventure games or anything that looks like it's made for the general audience. He calls those games "gay" or anything kiddy for that matter. When I showed him home he said it was "gay". After the NXE came out he got mad and sold his 360 haha. I think NXE should have been optional. Just like windows vista is optional, since you have the ability to go back to XP is you chose to.
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ofx360 - 394 days 3 hours ago
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He doesnt even have to use the NXE thing. I'm pretty sure NXE has a way for you to just boot in to the game in the disc tray(like the ps3). Your friend is a fricken dumbass raging homophobe(sorry) if he actually sold his 360 because of NXE.
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Socomer 1979 - 394 days 11 hours ago
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14 - how much is 260 ms points?
didn't you guys pay 250 ms points for the month?
how much is that really? Do you even care?
I don't get why you pay for anything when you have mandatory non-game related ads.
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Thatlalala - 394 days 10 hours ago
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$2.00
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pixelsword - 394 days 6 hours ago
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15 - I like the avatar idea from Microsoft better than the Mii or Home avatar, but...
...those Microsoft avatars look so gay when they stand around; They stand leaning on their hips like runway models. I wish they'd just have them stand like a real man would.

I mean, I like the happy medium of the look, Mii is too cartoony, Home's avatars are realistic to the point that you might be upset if you couldn't get your avatar just right, but they seem like when you see a bunch of those avatars standing around like that, that they're on their way to a show-tune festival.

I know I'm nick-picking, but that's actually my only real gripe about the otherwise very well-done avatar from Microsoft.
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Some_One_Plays - 394 days 3 hours ago
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lol, you're complaining about the stances of the avatars because in your mind they resemble models, lol. Someone has a inner hatred for something.
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pixelsword - 394 days 1 hour ago
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15.2 - Well, I have a two ex-girlfriends who were models
and I hate the model scene, but that has nothing to do with gay-looking Avatars.
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Another One - 394 days 6 hours ago
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16 - The MS avatars are...
better than I expected them to be. Definitely better looking than Mii's, so I don't know how they're a "cheap" rip off of them. I could care less about buying anything for them though. Seems pointless to me.

Free clothes and stuff for them would be worth a look at, but not things Id have to pay for.
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kesvalk - 393 days 21 hours ago
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say, how much time until a master chief suit? or a GeoW suit?

i really think nintendo need to update miis with new parts too
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19 - Sorry to bring up home...
I think Microsoft should use achievements as an advantage you get clothes for achievement, just like Sony are doing for home, it would make me want to get achievements more just like it's going to make me want to get trophy's more.
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