DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
All hail Sony! They have eliminated microtransactions by converting them into macrotransactions. Genius!!
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Gran Turismo 7’s microtransactions are live, and GT Sports’ $5 cars now cost $40
Loxus
Member
Which is why I said this.
But since it's already there, I hope the high prices discourage people from at least supporting it.
At least that's what I was trying to say but some people (not you) gotta make a joke about every thing.
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TrebleShot
Member
Hang on.
Did I miss something?
Are you required to pay that amount for those cars or can you not unlock them using the regular in game currency?!
I remember in GT2 there were cars you had to grind hours and hours for to have the credits to buy them.
But because they’ve now added in a shortcut that is 100% optional , non forced , people are losing their minds.
It’s not like you have GT Credits then Car credits that require insane amounts of grind for. These are the one and same credits from the game that you earn race on race like you have for decades of GT games but now if you are dumb enough you can buy them direct from the store.
Beggars belief.
Did I miss something?
Are you required to pay that amount for those cars or can you not unlock them using the regular in game currency?!
I remember in GT2 there were cars you had to grind hours and hours for to have the credits to buy them.
But because they’ve now added in a shortcut that is 100% optional , non forced , people are losing their minds.
It’s not like you have GT Credits then Car credits that require insane amounts of grind for. These are the one and same credits from the game that you earn race on race like you have for decades of GT games but now if you are dumb enough you can buy them direct from the store.
Beggars belief.
Inviusx
Member
Of course you can, the system of earning credits via races and buying cars hasn't changed a bit.
If you just play the game like a regular old GT game you'll be swimming in credits.
This thread is mainly just concern posting. I'm not defending the use of buying in game credits with real money but you would have to be a real smooth brained individual to skip the fun part of the game in order to buy cars.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
On a side note, I’d like to thank Netflix for raising their prices. The message is clear: they want to help us break our addiction to TV because they care about our health. Thanks, Netflix!!!
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
FUCKING YIKES!!
I didn't even know this shit was in the game!
WTF, why wasnt this live before reviews went up?
I am noping out of this until it gets sorted.
I didn't even know this shit was in the game!
WTF, why wasnt this live before reviews went up?
I am noping out of this until it gets sorted.
Exactly. The fun of this game is to race and stuff to earn credit to buy cars. From GT1 to GT6 that's why i did. Sport is the only one i didn't play.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This is satire right? you dont actually believe what you have typed?
Why the fuck wouldnt Sony and Polyphony just you know...not have microtransactions if what you say was one percent true.
Loxus
Member
You do know this and Netflix subscription are two different things right.
Netflix you have not other choice, but with GT7 you can completely ignore the micro transactions.
Console wars will never change I guess.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Chukhopops
Member
I really don’t buy the idea that they increased the prices to discourage people from buying MTX. Most likely they realized that people who buy those MTXs buy on impulse and are not price-sensitive so it’s worth having fewer players buying if each buyer spends more.
Also using credits instead of a price in real money is a known technique used in mobile / F2P games to make it more complicated to calculate the actual costs.
And whichever way you see it it’s a bit dodgy to add it once reviews are out.
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Loxus
Member
Loxus
Member
I agree but it also encourage you to grain in most cases anyway.
Most people will just play the game anyway instead.
Yea this is just typical GAF concern posting. I absolutely fucking hate MTX but Gran Turismo games have always been a little grindy for the top end cars, and this game doesn't lower how you earn or anything. If you ignored the MTX in this game you'd never know they were there, to be honest I certainly don't care. The comparison to Forza is nonsensical because you actually have to pay for the DLC/update cars in that game, where in GT Sport and 7 they are just free updates you can earn in game.
Kagey K
Banned
Going to be interesting to see the pricing models of those 10 live service games currently in production.
ethomaz
Banned
Is their F2P or paid games?
I don't like F2P games with paid content that goes against cosmetics because it becomes P2W.
Actually the cosmetic think works for both paid or F2P.
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I guess this is why they are keeping saves server side?
You guys will defend anything lol.
I totally understand that you can earn money in the game by playing regularly, but you are falling into the same trap these guys have been using for years. If only people listened about horse armor dlc. Remember when people were arguing against the $10 game increase? Because we knew the argument about them getting rid of microtransactions was absolute bullshit. They were gonna increase the price and be more aggressive about microtransactions. This is how it starts and you can see in other series when you give them an inch, they take a mile. It only gets worse from here. Which is why the store was unavailable during reviews.
Oh did I forget to mention Sony has been making record setting revenues and profit? Stop defending this crap.
I totally understand that you can earn money in the game by playing regularly, but you are falling into the same trap these guys have been using for years. If only people listened about horse armor dlc. Remember when people were arguing against the $10 game increase? Because we knew the argument about them getting rid of microtransactions was absolute bullshit. They were gonna increase the price and be more aggressive about microtransactions. This is how it starts and you can see in other series when you give them an inch, they take a mile. It only gets worse from here. Which is why the store was unavailable during reviews.
Oh did I forget to mention Sony has been making record setting revenues and profit? Stop defending this crap.
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Trimesh
Banned
Your level of deranged Sony fanboyism is honestly reaching the dimensions of a mental illness.
Soodanim
Member
This. The title/headline is a lie, because while you can spend $40 on 40,000,000cr to cover a purchase of a 3,600,000cr car, the car itself doesn't cost $40. It costs $36 worth of credits, ignoring that if you actually play the game you earn credits. If they've made changes to the system that force you into spending that sort of money, then there's a discussion to be had. But as it stands, fuck off with the lies VGC.
Lying to get clicks doesn't help the cause of fighting MTX.
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If they would have mantain the same prices as before would you have bought those cars with real money or with game currency? Also the $40 is to buy game currency not the car.
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cormack12
Gold Member
GT7 also includes roulette tickets though which GT:S didn't - think Forza Horizon Wheelspins. So the roulette tickets also allow a quicker build up of credits than previous titles. It's just a rebalance of the game economy given the new ways of earning extra credits.
And for scale context, Goodwood is a two lap race that will take about 5-6 minutes and get you 35,000 for winning (52,000 with clean race bonus), whereas GT Lago Maggiore has a 75,000 first place win (112,500 with clean race bonus)
And for scale context, Goodwood is a two lap race that will take about 5-6 minutes and get you 35,000 for winning (52,000 with clean race bonus), whereas GT Lago Maggiore has a 75,000 first place win (112,500 with clean race bonus)
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
i already own all of these cars irl and it was a huge fuckin ripoff that none of them came with online redemption codes
the problem here why people buy high priced Microtransactions in first place ? Single Skin cost more than $10 and people happily buy it.
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Bulletbrain
Member
Soo...if moving players away from MTX is a good thing..and it was why the prices were jacked up...why have MTX in the first place.
I'm not expecting a serious answer btw. Have no power to fight the industrial strength washing machine you seem to be running
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
you can buy an entire humans real skin for less than $10 in crypto
ethomaz
Banned
I don't want MTX in games at allSoo...if moving players away from MTX is a good thing..and it was why the prices were jacked up...why have MTX in the first place.
I'm not expecting a serious answer btw. Have no power to fight the industrial strength washing machine you seem to be running
Sadly people and GAFers thought it was good and so we are here now.
But I totally agree... no MTX should be the best action.
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Trimesh
Banned
Hard to say - I used to be a huge GT fan, but the second I heard that GT7 was being turned into GTS lite I basically lost any interest in it. So it won't make any difference, since I'm not buying the game anyway. Basically the same reason I stopped playing fighting games - the introduction of MTX gives the developers a positive incentive to turn them into grindfests and since I play games to have fun my response to that is "fuck you".
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
The level of deranged dumb clickbaiting is honestly reaching the dimensions of a mental illness.
What people are complaining about can be applied to every car in the game.
This is only a problem if you are a dumb fuck that can't earn the money in-game through natural progression and just want a short cut to purchase whatever you want from the get go.
call it cheating, call it pay to win.
the only problem is the person who even thinks about doing this.
And wouldn't be a thing if you couldn't purchase credits.
nikolino840
Member
Or you can pay Just to support the developers and help Sony to fund the next gt
Crazy but this is the world we live in now & the crazy part is that if they told people that the digital assets was limited editions they would pay even more just to have something that other people don't have even if they don't really have anything lolthe problem here why people buy high priced Microtransactions in first place ? Single Skin cost more than $10 and people happily buy it.
Kagey K
Banned
I'd be willing to bet multiple people already have.
Trimesh
Banned
The level of deranged dumb clickbaiting is honestly reaching the dimensions of a mental illness.
What people are complaining about can be applied to every car in the game.
This is only a problem if you are a dumb fuck that can't earn the money in-game through natural progression and just want a short cut to purchase whatever you want from the get go.
call it cheating, call it pay to win.
the only problem is the person who even thinks about doing this.
And wouldn't be a thing if you couldn't purchase credits.
No, the issue is that Sony are being unbearably greedy cunts and the usual "Sony defense force" retards are coming out and saying "it's not that bad". In my case, it's basically a non-issue - the moment I heard "always online" about this game I noped out and I won't be buying it anyway - which is a pity, since I was always a big GT fan and considered GTS to be a huge lurch in the wrong direction. I was kind of hoping GT7 would be a return to form, but it seems it's more of the same shit.
AutumnLeaves
Member
I hope there is a blowback to this. First the always online to play the FREAKING SINGLE PLAYER and now this.
harry mason 1989
Banned
So is this good or bad