When horse armor first debuted in Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it was priced at $2.50, and it effectively went on to define bad DLC in an age when battle passes didn’t exist yet. To this day, it’s a frequently repeated joke when some other company debuts some lackluster content. However, Bethesda director Todd Howard guested on this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, and he says he doesn’t regret horse armor one bit.
“Horse armor is not bad,” Howard told IGN. “I think horse armor is fine. The price point at the time was the issue. Xbox, they were doing themes. Ringtones were big at the time. Ringtones were just crushing it for Nokia or whoever….We felt, ‘Well it’s probably worth this
Source: IGN.com Todd Howard Doesn’t Regret Elder Scrolls Oblivion's Horse Armor