Now that I've tried Oblivion with OOO, I just can't stand the vanilla version anymore. Hell, I haven't touched my 360 copy of Oblivion in a whole month. I'd love to have mods on consoles, if only to play an awesome version of the game at a decent framerate (my comp svcks, bigtime)

And to the argument of "people would download silly mods that would be cheating and all that it implies", well, it's YOUR responsibility what mods you download. want to cheat? your problem. It's like online play. They have a big, long warning in every game that the game experience might change while going online. All you'd have to do is add a disclaimer, and you're free to go

Also, that wouldn't mean mods would have to go down in quality either. graphics mods won'tb a able to run on consoles anyways, so make them only for PC. And when another mod messes with the performance too much, make a light version or something. You know, just because consoles would be able to use them, doesn't mean people will do mods only for them

I must disagree. Bethesda makes great games, they also have great tools that they provide to PC players. But they focus on the game first. mods are a bonus, a way to give even more 'power to the players' (tm gamestop)

I dont see your point OP.
I'll just leave http://files.redux.com/images/bc4cb2d18aeb36e8e218829d24ed3978/raw with you.

That's just dumb. Any game that is garbage on release will fail before modders even get a crack at fixing it. The game will get destroyed in reviews and first impressions, and no one will buy it.

Consoles should get mods, I disagree with the op.

I was just like that in the first few months when I had the game. Until I discovered mods..... After playing with Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul I never ever wanted to play the vanilla game again. :no:

They should go for the open development route. It is the future, imo. I am OK delighted with the changes in gameplay(limitations finally) and additional features(RS, jobs, yes even marriage) but they cut quantifiable content and actual features which I am not OK with.

on topic: they must even bring mod tools to consoles. I love the idea of hundreds of millions of dirty console peasants(j/k) making mods for me. A unified gaming community!

I totally get what you mean, and I totally dissagree. Bethseda doesn't leave a bug in thinking "oh it's okay the modders will fix it".

Think twice before posting next time, man.

We'd be the ones making the mods for the peasants, I say the members of the glorious PC gaming master race should do no such thing, to even consider the though of the peasants soiling our good mods. A travesty I dare say.

(Edit: Before anyone says flamebait, here is the http://i.imgur.com/2eUv2.jpg)

i personally think the OP is full of [censored]. bethesda makes great games and i have absolutely loved every one i have played. i completely disagree with the OP. Mods would bring new life to console games, but dont get me wrong, i love my copy of oblivion for my 360 and i still play it to this day, but i envy the people who play it on PC's because of all the awesome mods I've seen.

Another thing to keep in mind is that mods are often the first step for many would-be game designers. Editing tools makes game design accessible to the masses. As an industry hopeful, I believe that video games as an industry will diminish the day it becomes "exclusive" to inside members only.

The inclusion of social interaction is happening everywhere and it is making things better...

I see no problem with this

Another brilliant deduction...

i agree with Argonian_Battlemage, and I too hope to get into the game industry in the future and am currently trying to find a Pc copy of Oblivion so i can try out creating my own mods.

the original post is full of baseless assumptions... they want console players to experience a part of their games that we have never been able to experience before, i doubt bethesda is going to do less work on their games just because consoles might get mods someday.

this topic shouldnt even exist, or should've been closed in less than five minutes, because this is only going to stir up trouble. :facepalm:

RPGs started out as a creative hobby
Get your ruleset, write your scenario, run your victims players through it
I'm too lazy to learn how to do anything but the most basic modding but I'm glad it exists because it means that RPGs remain a creative art for non-professionals, not just another form of passive consumerism

edit: and the more people who mod the better so hopefully 1 day there will be a CK that can run on consoles

If it can be implemented, there's no reason why you wouldn't have mods for the console systems.

Your reasoning doesn't really make sense. Bethesda has always worked hard to put out a great release, they could never depend on modders, especially because all of the great mods take a long time to make, and even longer if Bethesda would decide to slack.

The only reason I wouldn't like to see mods brought to consoles is because it would open up such a bigger fan base that we would inevitably see an enormous flood of immature people, and places like TESNexus would be destroyed (not saying that console players are immature, just that the player base is a lot bigger allowing for a bigger amount of immature people among the mature).

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There's an Xbox 360 PC controller available, in wired or wireless

Very true. But I think his main concern is is the game going to be able to use the hot key functions of the console version? They have already stated the HUD for the Pc version will most likely be tiled along an edge of the screen to support a more Pc oriented layout. I believe they are saying that they will have something similar to the HUD of WOW,Everquest or Dragon Age's for the Pc's setup.

You're right....but this thread has brought up some valid points...and I certainly think there is a place here for this conversation.

My life would be complete if mods were available for consoles. I don't have a PC that can run the game (but I love mods) and my roommate has a 360...so no, sorry, I really want mods for consoles.

The Q&A pretty much said the exact opposite didn't it? That the UI would look the same but (obviously) be mapped to keyboard/mouse hot keys.

Most PC players never mind console players don't mod the game, don't spend time on forums, move on to the next game
Modding could only benefit from the fresh talent brought in, bad mods just get ignored

I disagree with anyone who disagrees with your agreement of Dew's disagreement.