However, when the question of upgrading comes around, things are a little more murky, and the choices will come down to budget and personal preference. I swore about a month ago when I first picked up a wired Xbox 360 controller to use for Kingdom Come Deliverance on PC which I also tried playing the Fallout series games and TES games with it and Oblivion operated just fine with the controller even in controller options I thought it had Xbox listed in the key mappings but that could be wrong. Gamespot does an excellent job of laying out the differences, and for people who already have the hardware and aren’t considering upgrading to bigger and badder tech, the guide certainly sets expectations for the user experience in various configurations. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Xbox One/Series X/Xbox 360, c. It would have been interesting to see a comparison of the load times on the Xbox 360 with and without the external hard drive, however. GameSpot also compares load times potentially the PC could have better load times, but the Xbox 360 isn’t extremely slow to load. PC users will more than likely have to do some tuning and tweaking to get the best performance out of Oblivion and the graphical experience will likely be for the worse on anything but high-end PCs. The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (2006) Xbox360 xbox 360, The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (2006) Xbox360.
The Xbox 360 version will definitely offer more “tuned” performance for smooth gameplay out of the box, but users will obviously lose access to the significant online mod communities that were built up around previous Elder Scrolls releases. So I guess Im speaking for the GoG version here more then anything (although I guess if there is anything Im looking for itll likely work with the Steam version too) since it does have 'controller support' however its more so a blend of PC and console controls not proper controller support making it janky af. Those people with low to high-end PC configurations and an Xbox 360 can now decide which is the best platform to experience Oblivion. GameSpot has an excellent article breaking down the differences between the Xbox 360 and the PC versions of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.