Microsoft beta testing Avatar awards

Love the remote control Warthog. It's great that we're finally getting this feature, but I'd rather see more costumes based on the characters, like Master Chiefs armour, rather than just Halo themed t-shirts.

Nice! at least we wont look the same anymore...

I know, I know, we're not being forced to buy anything. But seriously Microsoft, four fucking dollars for an in game remote control car. What the fuck you guys?

Kinda cool, but this stuff needs to be cheaper than 80points for a virtual(!!) shirt, I mean this is horse armor all over again.

Want now.

Did anyone notice Michale Jackson, in between two other celebrities, in the lower left square of the second photo in the gallery?

Yeah... dosen't seem worth it to me. Hopefully theres some free stuff.

so cool imagine some of your video game characters outfits to wear youeself

320 points for a fucking remote control warthog? 80 for a t shirt? Fuck that shit. This is retarded, i cant believe it, even if they had purchasable batman avatar outfits this shit wouldnt be worth it

I would be happy if they'd just let us use the logos of achievements we've unlocked as our user icon.

Meanwhile PS3 users still have the same shitty avatars since it was first released years ago. Fuck, I'm jealous!

Unlockable Avatar clothes=Awesome.

Purchaseable Avatar clothes=Beyond retarded.

I wish they could back post some avatar awards. I'd like to get in on some stuff for older games like Conan.

FFS, talk about ripping off the consumer.
320MS Points for a virtual toy for a virtual representation of yourself - RIP OFF!
Anyone who buys this overpriced content deserves to be shot,
Its only gonna get worse if ppl buy into this.

This is a really cool idea can't wait .

I guess Microsoft figures if you're willing to put up with a yearly subscription fee, 30% console failure, 100 dollar wi-fi and 60 gb HDD, then you'll be willing to pay for a virtual remote-control car. Funny, Playstation home is free and has tons of free games...

I like this addition a lot... at last, all of my friends can recognize my hard work collecting Vault-Tec Bobble Heads.

Can I has horse armor too?

im one of the testers and the stuff is tight but they need to explain all of theis new stuff to us

This is just getting worse all the time, its not like other people can even see the remote control worthog, you only see it in the avatar bit next to starting up the disc, i loves my xbox 360 and the games for it but this is just a joke, sure they should charge for some things like a full suit of master chief armour, stuff like that, but even for that 80msp would be way too much for something thats not used in games (i know some games have your avatar in them but theres only like 3 or 4 of them and thats been a long time avatars have been out). Not only that but theyre coming out with a new advertisement strategy, which i admit is great cus you get free stuff for watching the advertisements happen in a virtual world, or answering quizes. But the ads should pay for the xbox live gold membership. £35 isnt much for a year compared to mmo games like WoW's £10 a month, but come on this is just a joke.

As for the PS3's Home and PSN, they are free because they know themselves that nobody with more brain cells than a sheep would pay to use that pathetic excuse for a community.