October 8th 2009 11:03 am PT

im sure with players names and numbers, the governing body for the sport own all rights to them, as they own the registrations. i might be wrong, i dont think it would cost anymore to have official players names on the shirts. as with fifa 10 the netherlands governing body finally allowed EA to use the kits and the players names for their country, whereas on 2009 they didnt but the players for the netherlands eg nistelrooy, we’re available for real madrid. microsoft are just tight. get a PS3

What, no helmets??!!! C’mon, MS you’re slackin. I’m sure some sucker will pay 800 pts. for a helmet.

But seriously, you can sell a million jerseys at a buck each or one at a million bucks. Either way you make the same amount of money, but only one way is guaranteed to give you a million happy customers.

Ah, I remember the avatar golden age when, during World Cup season, We all got a free update of our favorite teams colors. How quickly things change.

320 MS points!!?? ROFLcopter. Suckers.

I’ve spent probably $3000 on the Xbox Live Marketplace… Microsoft has really done some things RIGHT. Granted, they’ve tried some things that I didn’t care for… Some of it might have been another publishers fault, but mostly, MS has corrected their mistakes. We aren’t seeing many Live Arcade games over 800 MS points, lately.

That said, I will NOT buy Avatar items. Never. It isn’t going to happen.

It might not be considered a competitor, but look at the PC side. It IS a competitor, because that has started getting my attention, my time, and my money. One of the PC download sites has been offering up full, GOOD games at $5.00 USD. Full of win.

One of the console competitors has free online service, which is only getting better. Fair prices, mostly… Oh, and honest to goodness REAL sale prices. Right now, the Xbox 360 community is the only thing keeping me buying multiplatform games on it.

Now, let’s look at the TOY. With motion control. With downloadable emulator roms… I bought one, at launch. Bought several roms. When the system lost my interest, I sold it. MS got my business, at that point.

Who will get it next, if the money grubbing BS continues? MS has another golden opportunity, with Avatar clothing and such. Another way to add value to the games themselves, a GREAT reason to choose the Xbox 360 version of a game, when you go shopping. Or, the opportunity can be squandered.

I’ve been hoping this nickle and dime virtual accessory purchasing is merely a phase.

It is rather difficult to imagine any frame of mind that could suggest it is logical to spend 4.00 on a shirt for your little avatar guy.
The same goes for all of the other accessories available for sale.
Also the in-game purchasing like EA’s various nickle and dime gimmickry.

The only way it is even remotely makes sense is if it offers you skill increases on games. Even that is rather ridiculous in my opinion….but at least I could see why some people will want to fall victim to it in that case.

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Some DLC is definitely worth it…take Forza 3 and Batman AA (not day one, but week2 DLC)…both are FREE DLC, and both games are packed with content already, so the DLC is actually “extra” not “left out”. As far as the Jerseys go, g/t on the back would be cool, but you don’t really see the back of your Avatar much, so I don’t think it really matters. As for numbers, they are NOT licensed, as you can go to any NFL site and get a “custom” jersey with any name/ number combo (with some restrictions on the names, obviously). I can’t believe how many people are still buying iTunes songs and saying it’s a “deal”…I switched to the Zune Pass over a year ago and am loving it. $14.99 a month, UNLIMITED downloads, and, best of all, 10 song credits a month ($9.99 value). Best of all, all the Zune content streams right to the 360, and once the Fall update goes through the video marketplaces will merge…win-win.

any chance of English Premier League shirts?..Man United please(as long as it is like the usual Manchester United shirts,not fake rip offs,like the England tops)..get Peter Moore on it with the FIFA stuff!!

And 2 things.

1- These jerseys are expensive for a reason. There’s alot of people trying to make money off them. EA, Microsoft, not to mention the NFL. There just isn’t enough pieces of the pie to go around with a $1 or even $2 jersey.

2- I see now why Microsoft went with a points system over cash pricing. 320 points doesn’t sound nearly as bad as $4.

I actually bought a PS3 recently, instead of using my credit on 360 games. From now on I’m going to be buying where my money is better spent. Hopefully Microsoft will notice and realize the idea of added value for XBL instead of trying to nickel and dime every new addition that is added to it. There is absolutely no way that I would ever pay money for 1 vs 100 or this ‘Tower of ROM’ arcade addition I’ve been hearing about. ADDED VALUE for PAYING CUSTOMERS!

NHL Jerseys, please!

I see the PS3 store now have the shirts for $2.99 no additional “points” required and according to the developer “Player named Jerseys will come later”

they should just release some NFL TEAM gamerpics for about 80-100msp

wow major you made it sound like some big awesome new clothin the other day, please don’t do that again, who cares about a couple useless overpriced shirts. & WHERE THE FREHL IS OUR AVATAR AWARDS.

despite the price…if these jerseys actually had player names and numbers on them, i would consider them as a purchase (cutler, hester, urlacher…)…but, i don’t want a jersey with two zeros on it…

I remember when they said avatar clothes will always be free.I also remember a few years back when Xboxlive went down at Christmas time they said they would reward everyone with some free arcade games. Guess what, Im still waiting.

@krisxx
Really? October 19th (a Monday?) – Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode. I’ll check that when I see it, no biggie, but interesting. Zombie Apocalypse and Bass Pro Shops: The Strike will keep me busy until then.

I have to congratulate dgmn for her take on the avatar marketplace content… I used to love the idea of buying things for my avatar but since it’s been out I have been weary of buying anything which I am not entirely sure I want. The part mentioning the Halo Hoodie and it being customisable should realistically be true for most of the content on the marketplace – it would at least make it worth more paying so much for it. I know it’s not MN’s fault and I doubt anything will be done about it at least for now but 320MSP for a T-Shirt is just ridiculous. Another thing, most adults will not want to buy from the avatar marketplace because they will see no point in wasting money on the clothes, most kids will want to but won’t be able to because they don’t have much money and parent’s more than likely pay for it… so lower the prices and adults and children will both see more of a reason to shell out… easy!

MS whats with these prices? who ever pays this for virtual clothes is mad.

I reckon that they should actually be free as they could be sponsored by the team and considered as advertising for them and the co. could put the cost into their ad. budget and make gamers around the world happy.

Avatars are very much useless and spending a few bucks on them is just a waste of money.

When do we get NHL Jerseys?