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MGSV - MB Coins pricing spotted on PSN
- Thread starter Love Deterrence
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RoaringMdog
Member
So i have not been following MGSV that much, so im confused. Is this for online, or for the single player motherbase stuff?
Velcro Fly
Member
This is really awful.
Gaming was a cool thing once, before people with psychology degrees figured out how best to milk people of their money like this.
Gaming was a cool thing once, before people with psychology degrees figured out how best to milk people of their money like this.
GatticusFinch
Member
Guess it's pitchfork time now, brother. The rate you earn them in single player is 0.
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The reason MGO does not launch until October is probably to patch in Facebook linking.
This is what I meant. Tried it again. FOBs messing with SP missions.
Jesus.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
There we go. The tweet I linked made it seem weird, but if the community manager is saying we can't earn MB coins without buying them...the dream is dead.
Instead of being Nanomachines this time, it's... Microtransactions. XD
Zombie James
Banned
This is what I meant. Tried it again. FOBs messing with SP missions.
Looks like I'll be returning my copy and getting this used. Unless everyone makes a big stink and Konami does something about this in the next couple of hours... but I doubt it.
What the actual fuck.
Veritigo_X
Member
So they straight up lied about microtransactions. Shouldn't be surprising at this point.
Velcro Fly
Member
i think he already went over this on last week's
TheSlySoul
Member
So pretty much it doesn't change the story missions, but hinders the optional missions if you want to 100% it.This is what I meant. Tried it again. FOBs messing with SP missions.
I gather it is time based lock-outs unless you build more bases via coins which are hard to come by? Sounds like F2P tactics to me.
Only Gamespot mentioned how they couldn't build another FOB and thought to unlock them was by microtransactions. Seems they were wrong in that you need coins.
There you go.
NullPointer
Member
Maybe you can't earn those coins in game but that doesn't matter if the coins are just accelerators for in-game resources you can already aquire at a slower pace.
As always this will be described as completely optional and as a way to offer players more choice or convenience. The usual bullshit justifications. It's always the same.
Reviewers simply didn't try out the FOBs. Offline features only.
Indeed. That is the same exact line that we are fed for free to play games, but at least those are free.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
What are you trying to say?
Zombie James
Banned
Being forced to spend time grinding resources because you haven't payed Konami extra money definitely matters. To me, at least.
fluffydelusions
Member
Wow just wow
I thought the whole point of the FOB's was for multiplayer interaction; so you can assault and defend FOB's. If I don't purchase an FOB I miss out on a pretty big chunk of the game, if i'm reading all this correctly. It matters to me as well.
Welp, I've already got my PS4 and this game coming tomorrow (god willing), but that doesn't mean I have to spend any money on this. I'll play MGS5 until I get bored, and if I start hitting frustrating pay walls - that will probably happen quicker than I would have liked..
I ain't doing this Konami, sorry.
I ain't doing this Konami, sorry.
You start out with one FOB for free.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Konami EU just told me you can get coins in game without spending money :S
DrGonzo615
Banned
I think all this FOB and mother base grinding bullshit just convinced me to cancel my pre-order.
Ill just play Mad Max.
Ill just play Mad Max.
Zombie James
Banned
Check the screenshot above. More FOBs = more troops to deploy = faster resource gathering in the single-player game.
Oh I see. So purchasing MB coins is just allowing you to build additional bases to attack / defend? I guess what is the point of having multiple?
Ahhh got it.
If they're not lying, then chances are very good it's in some Sisyphean freemium way that only exists to taunt you that you haven't bought the coins.
NullPointer
Member
Matters to me too. Just mean to say that I don't think it's a hard paywall - requiring extra purchases to play with FOBs. By making premium accelerators they can always describe the system as optional and unobtrusive - even though we all know they program these obstacles into the game on purpose in the first place.
A Konami executive came out the other day and proclaimed this as being the guaranteed GOTY. And I am saying that it will probably win such awards due to the review boot camp that no doubt tainted such glowing reviews due to the controlled environment and hiding of features such as this. It's easy to see and it's sickening.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Link?
What the fuck is happening.
Ken thought MB coins meant GMP.
The community manager is saying you can't earn it in game.
KonamiUK is saying you can.
Veritigo_X
Member
They should put that on the front cover. "A $25 value, yours FREE!"
From what I read in this thread, you get the main FOB and than another one for playing the story, it's additional after that where you need to spend on these coins since It sounds like there's no free way to earn the coins.
I don't have an issue with the coins being for sale but I have a huge issue with it being the only way to get additional bases and no way to earn bases by playing the game.
Motherbase is not a FOB.
TheSlySoul
Member
Konami has been saying you can get money but apparently two reviewers have never gotten any coins. So apparently I guess you have to beat some optional missions to get them.
God this is funny and nauseating
jakonovski
Member
Uhh, maybe buying this wasn't such a great idea after all...at least there's Steam refund.
TyrantGuardian
Member
Which is why you should never ever trust reviews written in a controlled environment pre-release.
Mr.Monitor
Member
One thing I don't really understand is why they would sell the coins in low increments like 100 or 550 if the cheapest items are over 1000 coins? This would imply that you can earn these coins in game somehow, right? Though I guess I wouldn't put it past Konami to pull something so stupid.