Really Rockstar? You just made the most money anyone ever has with a game, and now you're putting in micro transactions? Won't be Pay to Win? Of course it will. You're buy gold which you can use to buy stuff that will give you a clear advantage over everyone else.
GTA5 Online will let you use cash to buy in game currency
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 On 09/26/2013 at 10:39 PM by leeradical42 See More From This User » |
So word is GTA 5 will have in game cash transaction meaning you will be able to pay real cash for ingame cash for the online game, so is this a bad thing in my opinion yes this means people will be able to buy up realastate and cars stock etc with out actually earning it. The game and its economy have been designed and balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash. There is no in-game paywall and nothing that should disrupt the balance of the game. You don't have to spend real money to attain the cars, guns, clothes, flash and style of a high-roller in Los Santos, but can if you wish to get them a little quicker. The economy is balanced differently from the single-player economy, and cash earned in one cannot be taken over to the other. Most players will earn cash much faster online than in story mode.
What Rockstar seems to be saying is that its IAP (in-app purchase) model is not offering the dreaded "pay-to-win" scenario, in which gamers are able to buy their way to success. Weapons are priced more highly in the online mode than they are in single-player, and the suggestion is that just a few hours of play will get you to a position where you can afford the most desirable items of mass destruction.
What Rockstar doesn't want to confront its fans with is the standard grind v gold dynamic offered in many smartphone and free-to-play titles, where players become so bored of the process of earning in-game currency (a process commonly referred to as grinding) that they succumb to an IAP.
Rockstar has also made it clear there are no false barriers in the game, no sections that either explicitly or implicitly require in-game payment. The design team knows this is a key suspicion with F2P titles like Candy Crush Saga, in which certain levels appear almost impossible before an in-game power-up is purchased.
So there you have it but this isn't so bad because if you need cash bad enough to buy in game its your loss me personally I play the stock market the key is invest in amunation and real estate then buy all your characters gun mods etc and buy some real estate and when the stock rises sell your stock and its instant cash.
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