Xbox Live Avatar tattoos now available

by Jordan Mallory on Jan 4th 2012 4:00AM

Firearms may have been too suggestive a topic for the Xbox Live Marketplace to broach, but apparently body modification is an A-OK, family friendly activity for everyone to enjoy. Xbox Live customers now have the opportunity to trade real money for virtual tattoos on fake people via the Marketplace. Available designs encompass the whole of "regrettable," from hot-rod flames and meaningless "tribal" scribbles to idealistic kanji symbols for "peace" and "love."

We should point out that the tattoos aren't actually accessories, but rather t-shirts and tank tops with transparent design "sleeves" that replace your existing clothing, meaning that it's impossible to have a tattoo with anything other than a blank shirt. Tattoos are also arm specific, just like in real life, so make sure you're really committed to the placement of your "Mom" heart before dropping the Microsoft points.

[Thanks, Randy.]

Source: Xbox Live Marketplace

Tags: avatar, avatar-marketplace, kinect, microsoft, regret, tattoo, xbox

Reader Comments (71)

Yay, more opportunities to make douchey avatars!

@DreamingDarkly

Oh yes Xbox Live! Remove Weapons from the avatars, but give them tattoos! Makes perfect sense!

@ComedyInK Legitimately makes a lot of sense to me.

@DreamingDarkly I feel the same way when I see people smoking!

@Armor3dSoul; Why'd this guy get down-voted? Hmm... Guess I'd be mad too if I was addicted to death sticks.

@Katheryn79896184 So why dont you go do that instead? She's gotta be making more than you do spamming websites.

Oh.......

@Xero Theory or having a discussion with a spambot.

They take away our right to bare arms but give us the freedom of body modification... Xbox parents will love this!!!

@CleanUndies

You can still have bare arms with a sleeveless t-shirt!

@CleanUndies

I'm shaking my head but I don't know if it's in mild amusement because of a ridiculous pun, or in disappointment because of bad grammar. Please enlighten me.

How many people actually buy anything for their avatar? Hell, who even cares about them in the first place? They have no use!

@Osmium

A lot more people pay for Avatar stuff than you think. Disposable income has that name for a reason.

@Hyperion45

As a wise man(boy) once said, 'Ugh, how do I reach theese keeds?'

@Osmium
They wouldn't be committing resources to making this stuff if there wasn't any profit in it...

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga They're bright enough to not be trolling on an article they apparently care nothing about that involves a service they probably don't use which is more than I can say about one of the two of us...Good day fanboy.

@Osmium Perhaps the same type of person that keeps mobile gaming's "in app" purchases alive... unfortunately.

@Katheryn79896184

Seems legit.

wow just wow...I'm at a lost for words right now

@DudeMX Not true, my neighbor's step-sister makes $81 hourly on the internet having discussions with spambots. She has been fired from work for 10 months but last month her paycheck was $8187 just working on the internet talking to spambots for a few hours.

Wha?

No Halo 2 tattoo?

@2gamers
That's an avatar award tied to the Peter Moore achievement.

Yes, because this sends a positive message to all the kiddies playing games that they're many years too young for, as opposed to the horrors of pretend, unrealistic guns that they already see in all their games anyway.

Damn it, why should this even matter? Avatars aren't even important! No wonder we have economic problems. People waste petty cash on stupid crap like this.

Awlright!! Rockin' tattoos for hardcore types that can't even carry guns!!!

...ha ha. Ahh...can't make this sh!t up.

Tribals and kanji? Seriously? Well, even if this year sucks as much as the last one, at least it'll still be 1995 in my Xbox.

Lame.

@baby sea tuna
My thoughts exactly, who gets those tattoos anymore?

I already spent enough on tattoos, why should I spend more on virtual ones? I guess the same goes for clothes though...

@Uncommon

Right there with you...though can you ever really spend *enough* on tattoos?

@baby sea tuna yeah I know, it's kind of crazy. Once I get my sleeve finished up I'm sure Ill move on to something else, haha.

@Uncommon

Lol. I love you guys. "Hey people of the Internet! I have tattoos too! I'm cool, right!?"

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

That is much better than the "Hey people of the Internet! I'm not interested in this game! I still have [Insert various titles here] to finish. I'm cool, right!?"

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 I don't see how me making a personal comment relating to the story is any different then you talking about how you free run in an infamous 2 story, just saying.

@Uncommon

I figure if I was to spend anything on tattoos with my avatar it would be my avatar figures picture tattooed on my real arm. And I can see that happening just about never.

@Uncommon

I just found what you are talking about. I forgot that I used that old account. Anyways, my comment was a retort to someone else's about a gym bag. Not the same. Either way, my comment was douchey and uncalled for. So I can be man enough to apologize. It's just that to me, the whole concept of tattoos have become so watered down (as evident by this article). When people say "Yeah, dudebro, when my sleeve is finished I'm gonna get all the bitches" (I'm not referring to you, just in general) it is kind of irritating.

@TraceurRyuk Part III No worries, I'm sure I was asking for it by putting something personal on the internetz. I dont believe Im a dudebro. My intent was less about getting bitches and more about "Once my magic the gathering sleeve is done, I think Im going to get a zaku on my leg". I guess out of context is sounds douchy instead of geeky.

@Xero Theory pffft, that's nothing. My neighbor's step-sister makes $81 hourly on the internet having discussions with people having discussions with other people about having discussions with spambots. She has been fired from work for 10 months but last month her paycheck was $8187 just working on the internet talking to people about talking to people about talking to spambots for a few hours.

I guess I'm just not sure who they are targeting with this. People with tats in real life who want their avatars to be as decorated as they are. Or people who wouldn't, in a million years, ever get a tattoo in real life who just want people they will never meet in real life to think that they are tough.

@EvilCartographer I'm not sure either. I understand there has to be people out there who buy this stuff for their avatar or they wouldn't make it, but i just think its weird because I don't know anyone personally who does and there arent many on here that seem to or that will admit it. My guess is these are aimed at the kids who have their parents credit cards memorized.

Unless I can get a full body tattoo like the one of that guy in Prison Break there is no deal.
I want my fat master chief avatar to hold that gold lancer while in his underwear and with a tattoo of the blueprint of some kind of building in disguise.

@(Unverified)

Or maybe I get my fat master chief avatar a tattoo of Cortana. then it should stretch out cuz my avatar is fat making Cortana fat.

YES. Come on Microsoft U needz me moniezzzz

What's scares me is that the tattoos for the avatars are way cooler than the tats thq gave us to use in saints row 3. How shirt is that.

I used to post at a forum for Japanese language questions, and when people would come past asking for advice on tattoos, people would give them the wrong answers just to screw with them.

@Mujokan

Hahaha, that's awesome! XD I can picture it now...

site visitor: "How do you write peace in the world in japanese? I want a tattoo of this across my back!"

frequent poster: *Thinking* hmmm, I could tell them its 世界の平和, but that's no fun... "Here you go! すべての死"

I see that from time to time with people asking questions about spanish, its hilarious!

rar, at least there are no stars. Do like the Kanji though, owo.

@EvilCartographer rar, I make minimum, but spend a bigger amount on JP games and Anime. I wish I had willpower, owo.

I would pay $20 to turn off the avatars.

@eat it

But not before complaining for like 3 years about how expensive it is to turn off avatars.

@baby sea tuna

We'll I certainly wouldn't act like it was a deal.

Awesome!

way to promote bad decision making and tacky lifestyles to the kiddies, microsoft

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