GTA V's Microtransactions - "The Gift That Keeps on Giving," Says CEO

[FiveSpeedf150]

Provided R* actually keeps updating the game, then I can't see a problem with the microtransactions. We're basically helping give them cash flow to increase the service life of the game.

It's on them to hold up their end of the bargain... which they've been kinda-sorta-ish doing.

 

[RealRT]

Ahahahaha, Strauss Zelnick, what a card you are. Openly gloating to people about how successful is the abominable business practice of having microtransactions in a paid game. Fuck you and your family right in the eyesocket.

In the 2 minutes it took you to type out that extremist comment, did the fact that you're hating a guy and (for some reason) his family over virtual dollars that are un-intrusively placed in a game that forces you to level up before you can buy the shit that matters (guns) ever cross your mind? Oh, you conveniently left out the fact that there have been free updates since launch, plus free money due to the issues on day one, but that wouldn't have supported you statement anyway, huh?

I'm no fan of microtransactions, but I draw the line at taking the practice so personally, since I can just, y'know, not use them. The guy is stating a fact, and you and 90% of the users are acting like the guy's somehow bragging about suckering people in with shady business practices, when in truth that's far from the case.

*Siiiiiiighs*

Gamers....

You know, people should really stop calling patches "free updates". For one, they are always free, for two, there's nothing virtuous in making them because they patch up things that the devs fucked up in the first place, for three, it can give publishers bad ideas and God knows they have enough already.

The "you can just not use them, hurr-durr" statement is, of course, stupid. Because they shouldn't be there at all. It's not a matter of using them, it's a matter of having them. The only games that have right to have microtransactions are free to play games. Not AAA big budget 60$ blockbusters.

No, he's not stating a fact. Stating a fact is something along the lines of "Microtransactions has proven to be an effective and profitable business strategy". This is stating a fact. Saying "It's a gift that keeps on giving!" is bragging. And gloating.

 

[Strazdas]

you have just discovered microtransactions, rockstar. welcome to the club. now you can participate by continuing to ruin user experience while swimming in money. Capitalism is so evil, right?

 

[cikame]

Now take that money, and give it to a company who can make a decent PC port.