Nope. Won't play a game with micro transactions. Period.

I think it's gross that it's an option. Microtransactions, in my opinion shouldn't be in retail games period. People are stupid if they utilize this "option". That's how I feel. Maybe that's not the most balanced stance to have but I think it's the most effective. I don't want to have to look at the ethical balance of progression and revenue for a video game. Maybe you're right and the $100 cars are actually very unintrusive and tame compared to Forza or whatever other game but I'm not going to give it the time of day honestly. I will not buy this game.

Microtransactions belong in F2P games and only F2P games.

But you have, which really voids your opinion on the subject.

glad I don’t like racing games, this whole business of per car purchases could get very expensive... and ridiculous

Simple. If it's optional, great. If not, then we have a problem. I say this in general across all games that charge you for a full price up front. There is a difference between F2P and $60 plus micro. Ive been playing Ryse multiplayer. It's a lot like Mass Effect 3 in terms of the micro transactions part. You get gold each match, spend it on packs of random stuff. Or you fast track and pay for gold and then still use it to unlock packs of random stuff. This is fine for me. Something like this isn't gross. It's there for those who want it but it isn't required. Let's hope GT6 gets this right.

I see this generation, at lest in the first couple years, a lot of experimenting. Games figuring out what works and what doesn't.

Ultimately, gamers are the deciding factor. You and your money. If you feel it's done right and want to support it, spend it. If not, put the wallet away.

I'm gonna repeat the same thing I have said before. GT can be a grind. They have added a way for people to get around that if they choose.

I personally like the grind of the early game in the GT series.

What PD is doing now seems more like a paid money cheat, which is fine. I remember using gameshark on GT3 to get tons of money and just buy every car.

Also I should say that these are just my assumptions and opinions as I don't have the game yet but I haven't seen much outrage on the GTplanet forums and I have watched a bunch of videos and money gain seems the same as every GT.

paid money cheat is the devil.

I'm the devil.

@devil240z: Well then it makes sense that you support horrible practices!

Michael Transactions huh? Depends how big an ass he is this time.

If it doesn't affect the progression of the game, which has been indicated as being the case for GT6, I couldn't give less of a shit. You're being ridiculous if you do.

@spraynardtatum: Fair enough but as far as we know there is not even a way to buy these in the game itself nor does it encourage it. The onyl way you can buy this stuff is in the PSN store. I think it is totally fine that way. But I guess that is a matter of taste and acceptance.

As long as the game doesn't make me go through two screens suggesting I buy a coin/XP doubler before a race like Forza 5 I'm okay with it. At least for now. I grinded my way through the previous games, I'll grind my way through this one.

What bugs me about microtransactions is not that someone might unlock cars without winning races, but that if "normal" becomes owning a coin doubler (as the Forza 5 VIP and limited editions have) then they will alter the game to take twice as long if you don't spend more than $60 on the game.

Anyway, the proof is in the pudding. I'll have to see how this game goes before I buy it. I'll be playing Grid 2 and AC4 for a while anyway.

I am really amazed by how many people in the Giantbomb community are completely against micro-transactions. I know it is a skewed group, but I guess I just didn't expect so many people to be against micro-transactions in any form at all.

yeah its kind of a snap reaction for alot of people. Straight up jumping to boycott a game because it had micro-transactions without even knowing how they're implemented.

hey devil howsit goin

Honestly I expect most of them are either tight on money or too young to have a credit card. From what I've read GT6 has the same progression as the other games in the series. I mean since GT1 the high end cars have been super expensive... there's now a shortcut you can take or ignore. Forza 5 sounds like they fucked the core progression for money, GT6 sounds like you can buy what you want or not.

I don't buy cosmetic junk or in-game cash on full price games. But I've bought bux or whatever in a few free-to-play games. Hell I spent $5 on cash in Tiny Tower but feel like I got way more than $5 worth of fun from that game. You can only rip yourself off in the end...

just playing a buttload of gt6.

I'm assuming that they probably are similar to myself in that they don't mind microtransactions in f2p games (I've bought cosmetics and stuff in DotA, and spent money in a couple other f2p games), but find it out of place or unnecessary in full price retail games. It just seems you should get everything when you pay full price already, though it seems what GT is doing is probably fine. But I will admit that I'm pretty old fashioned since I'm still not totally fond of DLC either.