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GTA Online microtransactions made nearly $66.4 million in three months
- Thread starter Nirolak
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From Rockstar or from the industry in general and others have been doing the same for well over a year now?
You're thinking of the correct person.
That's all that needs to be said. Many thanks to those who bought horse armor.
GET HIM!!!!
GreenTornadoX
Member
Pretty much.
They need to release GTA online as a free download sometime in the future, but that's just wishful thinking at this point.
Spring-Loaded
Member
People keep saying this, and all I can say is "good for you." I don't believe that you should be having fun in spite of the game's design, especially one like GTA. GTAV is the most expensive and highest grossing video game to date; there's no good reason that someone can't just turn on GTA:O and hop right into a particular gametype. Millions of concurrent players at some point, yet because of free-aim/soft-lock lobby splits and matchmaking that seemingly can't find other people, you're forced to coordinate with friends, something not everyone is able or willing to do.
My schedule's completely different from most of my friends, and if I want to play that awesome "capture the flag" type mission with the dirty cop's coke with 15 other people, I have to rely on the game to help me do that. Even with adding a ton of people to my friends list, it was next to impossible for me to set that up if those people weren't currently online. And good luck to me if I'm trying to get a bunch of randoms to stay in the game.
All of this microtransaction stuff should've been for cosmetic or legitimately "extra-feeling" content, not in order to buy basic stuff, like a car (in a game centered on stealing cars, no less).
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Yeaup, gamers have no one but themselves to blame for this microtransaction nonsense. I mean, this stuff isn't even content and they've made 66 million on it. Jesus.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
It's because you're a dirty beater.
It's something back for nothing whatsoever. Money towards the marketing budget of the next game for doing bugger all.
Bugger. Oh dear. :-/
MR BLACKMAGIK
Member
This basically kills any hope of micro-transactions being dialed down in the NBA 2K series.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Stop kicking me while I'm down. It's mean.
JetSetRadio
Banned
this is funny
lazybones18
Banned
Proud to be a beater
Zok310
Banned
The grind to get money in GTA5 online is the only reason why they banked in so much off the shark cards.
Me and 3 friend put together and bought the $49 card and split the money 3 ways.
It was a lot better that grinding.
Still playing, having fun waiting for the heist if they ever do launch it.
Me and 3 friend put together and bought the $49 card and split the money 3 ways.
It was a lot better that grinding.
Still playing, having fun waiting for the heist if they ever do launch it.
Agreed, money is money, and if they make more with "free 2 play" on top of the billions they already made for GTA V..
I get it, but man.. GTA V made enough guys. Don't bullshit people with micro transactions on top of it please.
SneakyStephan
Banned
And now other publishers will scream ME TOO and it'll be in every game
yes it has been done before but when it's done with success in such a popular game it's like cod or WoW , suddenly everyone will copy it
ugh
yes it has been done before but when it's done with success in such a popular game it's like cod or WoW , suddenly everyone will copy it
ugh
WickedLaharl
Member
lol suckers. i sold my pimped out orcale until i had 15mil.
Phire Phox
Banned
Which you, or anyone else who isn't interested, can ignore.
And if I remember correctly there was a thread about it and at least the first page had a bunch of people completely failing to read the first post and going "right on, this guy has the right idea" and such.
This devious plan had been a success from the very beginning.
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
They've got to be doing this at Take-Two.
If you don't mind the additional grinding introduced to nudge gamers towards spending more money, of course.
Expect that to go up now they've done things like stopped you being able to 'gift' other players money. They've tightened things up considerably. Even I was tempted to buy $100,000 the other night 240 MS points that's fairly cheap all things considered. In the end I decided against it.
I can only imagine what they have planned for heists you could steal this item but you could also just buy it. And for everyone on here saying they don't play online they lobby's are always packed and I've seen tons of new players joining.
Going to be hella interesting the next few months.
I can only imagine what they have planned for heists you could steal this item but you could also just buy it. And for everyone on here saying they don't play online they lobby's are always packed and I've seen tons of new players joining.
Going to be hella interesting the next few months.
Aspirations26
Member
Lololol...While these people were spending REAL money for GTA cash, I was making millions with that motorcycle money glitch. Too bad gta online was boring as fuck or else I wouldn't of done that shit.
Except that almost without exception gameplay design has been compromised in titles like this to encourage the use of money to avoid unreasonable grinding.
SneakyStephan
Banned
If you'd give that statement more than a few seconds of thought then you wouldn't be making it
We're all screwed.
Who isn't going for it nowadays?
Ploid 3.0
Member
This is embarrassing, well, we're screwed. Madden microtransations a thing yet? If not EA have a reason to make it one now. Every publisher with a very successful franchise will, even to a F2P model that you actually have to pay for like GTAO. Boring grindy crappy reward games that push you to want to pay to advance at a reasonable rate.
And that's the shite thing about it all. Everyone's doing it. :-/
Ploid 3.0
Member
GTAO should have fell flat on it's face. The game is junk and ruined the potential of a awesome online mode for GTA5. Nerfed ok rewards into the ground, broke features to slow people down on top of it, and couldn't make stable online modes with ok match making or such at all. Horrible lobby system, racing is pretty bad with constant bumping taking a person out of the race at times especially when not intending to screw them other.