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Turn 10 Hear the Complaints, Respond with Weekend DLC sale. Buy now!

shandy706

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SEE THE UNDERLINED PART OF THE FIRST QUOTE BEFORE RESPONDING


First up, I’ll say thanks to everyone who has played Forza Motorsport 5. It’s encouraging to see so many having such a great time with our game, and the Forza community rallying around the latest Forza Motorsport experience. It’s also amazing to see all of the feedback coming in about our game. Forza players are among the most passionate fans in the world and it’s awesome to see your passion (be it positive or negative) pour through to us on forums, Tweets, Facebook, and e-mail.



Your Turn 10 team continues to value the input of our Forza community, and we keep a careful eye on in-game data that shows how players progress through our games. Based on the numbers we’ve seen from our first week of FM5, as well as feedback we heard directly from you, we’re in the process of making some changes to the Forza Motorsport 5 economy. But, while we’re putting the final touches on that, we want to make sure everyone continues having a great time with Forza 5. So, the following programs are going into effect this week:

Starting this Friday we’re offering a 50 percent discount (credits & tokens) on every car in the game. This discount is available to all players. Every car, from the 1970 Nissan Datsun 510 to the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO will be 50 percent off, so, if you’ve got your eye on something special on the car list, now’s the time to play and add them to your garage! This discount will be available between 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Friday, Nov. 29 and 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, Dec. 1.

If you are a Forza Motorsport 5 VIP member, you’ll receive the 2013 Lotus E21 grand prix car as a thank you. (Note: You must own Forza Motorsport 5 VIP membership to take advantage of this offer.) In addition to being one of the most radical and expensive cars in FM5, the E21 is also one of the quickest.

Those players who have already purchased the 2013 Lotus E21 as of today (Wednesday, November 27) will also receive the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO as a further thank you.

For those players who have purchased the LaFerrari Car Pack or the Forza Motorsport 5 Car Pass we’ll gift the 2013 LaFerrari directly into your Forza Motorsport 5 garage. No need to purchase the car separately with in-game credits or tokens.

Finally, we’re dramatically increasing the credit payout available to all Forza players in December via Forza Rewards, our ongoing loyalty program that rewards players with credits and cars for playing Forza games. You’ll be able to redeem these rewards in December but here’s a tip: The higher your Tier level reaches before December rolls around, the better the rewards you’ll be able to redeem, so get your play time in now and level up!



Now, a word about tokens in the Forza Motorsport 5 Limited Edition. In our original description for Forza Motorsport 5’s Limited Edition, we told you that Limited Edition owners would get 1,250 in-game tokens, which we mistakenly said would be enough tokens to afford any car in the Forza 5. It isn’t. As a result, a number of you have pointed this out to us – that there are a number of cars in the game that cost more than 1,250 tokens to purchase.



We’re sorry. In order to make up for this discrepancy, we will soon be offering Forza Motorsport 5 Limited Edition owners the chance to download and own the car of their choice in the game. Players will be able to choose from any of the on-disc cars in Forza 5 and will be able redeem this offer on ForzaMotorsport.net via a dedicated page that will be available no later than December 16.



Looking ahead, we’ll continue to make further adjustments to the Forza Motorsport 5 economy when they’re needed and I’ll be sure to keep you informed as these changes are made. For now, take advantage of all the cool stuff coming your way and, as always, thanks for your patience and for being a member of the Forza Motorsport community.

This is a start, and at least they're responding and making some changes. One of the biggest complaints (obviously well outside of tokens/microtransactions) has been that LE buyers did not get enough tokens to actually buy ANY single car of their choice.
 

Bgamer90

Banned
"Starting this Friday we’re offering a 50 percent discount (credits & tokens) on every car in the game."

Edit: *This discount will be available between 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Friday, Nov. 29 and 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, Dec. 1.

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oVerde

Banned
god bless turn 10
Economy Updates = 50 percent discount (credits & tokens)

sounds temporary, not permanent though
 

Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
Quick glance, but 50% discounts to Dec 1 and increased credit payout in December via Forza rewards? That's not good enough

Perm this shit
 

UberTag

Member
"We've listened to you and we'll do the right thing and remove our microtransaction cash grab. But first... please buy as much as you can for 50% off. This weekend only. Act now!"
 

entremet

Member
I don't think Turn 10 has much say here. I think this may be a MS 1st party thing. They may just be along for the ride.
 

synce

Member
This sounds like a temporary sale until they balance things out... A lot of F2P games have these kinds of sales or promo weeks. But it's good they're listening
 

Teddified

Member
At least they're letting people who got the limited version get any car now, since that was kinda false advertising that you could get any car with the small amount of tokens they gave you.

But it still does seem like they missed the bigger picture.
 

Ken

Member
but here’s a tip: The higher your Tier level reaches before December rolls around, the better the rewards you’ll be able to redeem, so get your play time in now and level up!

please don't sell back fonza 5
 

Vashetti

Banned
We know you hate microtransactions, so we're cushioning the blow by making them slightly cheaper.

Give us money for 2kb unlock codes.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
The whole concept of this game just feels dirty as hell.
 

BibiMaghoo

Member
They made it sound like this is a stopgap while they work on the permanent changes.

The method is kind of an encouragement to spend money on things people were pissed about having to spend money on. It is a little ironic, but great they are working on another fix going forward.
 

shandy706

Member
Really? That's their fix?

It should be permanent.

I don't think they realize what the complaints were about.

So basically, a Black Friday sale that lasts through the weekend? Ridiculous.

Guys they can't completely change the entire game in a week
....for crying out loud. At least they're making some changes.

They could just completely ignore complaints....and do nothing. I guess some would prefer that?

Obviously we would love/like the tokens completely removed. That's probably impossible without rebuilding the entire game...but who knows...
 

Brashnir

Member
"Starting this Friday we’re offering a 50 percent discount (credits & tokens) on every car in the game."

Edit: *This discount will be available between 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Friday, Nov. 29 and 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, Dec. 1.

:(

That's kind of like the exact opposite of a solution to the problem.
 
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