ES4: Shivering Isles - 360 Retail Version Announced

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Gamebanshee has posted a press release from Bethesda Softworks announcing plans to a offer a retail disc containing Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine content for the Xbox 360 platform:
September 06, 2007 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that it will release The Elder Scrolls® IV: Shivering Isles™ for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft at retail. Gamers will now be able to play the award-winning expansion to the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion®, without accessing Xbox Live® online entertainment network. The retail disc will also include the downloadable content, The Elder Scrolls® IV: Knights of the Nine™.
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Console RPG polution!
 
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Come again what?
 
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I had no idea they hadn't released the disc & DLC version simultaneously.
 
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I had no idea they hadn't released the disc & DLC version simultaneously.

That one's easy: $$$

What would you rather sell - separate DLC components who's sum cost is far greater than the cost of an expansion disk... or a traditional expansion through the traditional retail route which comes complete with all the usual overheads and people taking their share of the final retail price?

Still, good to see the traditional route is finally getting some attention.
 
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Not only that, you can be sure that MS is pushing (possibly incentivizing) going DLC for a time period.
 
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It's also interesting to note, that they are only sending out review copies of the 360 version. NOTHING is forthcoming for the PC release. Shows where their priorities lie, doesn't it!!
 
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It's also interesting to note, that they are only sending out review copies of the 360 version. NOTHING is forthcoming for the PC release. Shows where their priorities lie, doesn't it!!

But Shivering Isles has been out for a while on the PC!
 
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