when EA, Activision, UBI make billions yes that's right billions from MT why would they stop. Charge me $70 but give me a complete game and i am not against paid DLC if it's actually worth it but most of these MT are just simply quick money grabs. I remember it started with online passes and now its MT. there were many who were defending these companies saying we aren't being forced to buy

UBI even have them in single player story driven games because they know they make borng games so lets offer XP boosters

Was planning on purchasing a physical copy today. Not anymore.

100,000 credits – $2.49 / £1.99
250,000 credits – $4.99 / £3.99
750,000 credits – $9.99 / £7.99
2,000,000 credits – $19.99 / £15.99

Doesn't it take like 5 mins to get 100,000 credits in one race? Who in their right mind would pay that ?
Never defended MT but Poly and Sony should be called out on this imo as would other companies.

Honestly, it's not really a bad thing from a competitive angle. The more expensive the less likely people will try to pay to win from the jump. Every vehicle can be obtained without spending a dime. This seems like more of a deterrent to me and I'd never buy a vehicle even if it was $5. Just like I'd never buy a new Master Chief suit for $5 in Infinite. I don't like MT's and never will but hey there's plenty of fools that will do it.

I really hate jim ryan.... He is like a Trojan horse
How is trying his best to ruin PlayStation brand

Well shit
It would have been nice to know this before I purchased

I don't like it, but to be honest, it's not hard to make money in GT. This isn't anything new, and honestly, this isn't a huge deal. All you have to do is, you know, play the game and you get money to buy cars? Why would you spend real money, so you don't have to play the game?

All racing games have it. Oh well, Im Happy with my purchase and the millions who will buy it If you decide not to buy it, it's ok I promise it won't hurt the sale one bit. Times have changed. As the npc In destiny 2 would say, the world is changing guardian, we must learn to adapt.

Wow!

This is not good, why such an increase in price?
I wonder if people will give Sony another pass for not being upfront...again. This gen has been Sony misleading or staying silent on things they think will bring bad press, not realizing it's worst to intentionally hide stuff.

Good thing they make stellar games because their word and silent deviation are starting to wear thin.

Forza been selling cars for years, nobody blinked

For gamers that want to buy cars. For the others It's easy getting credits and you even get cards that give you credits... The Max I got from one was 500k! You can get 2k, 5k, 10k, 100k, cars and this but just doing missions... You get a card daily for doing 27 miles... But there are gamers that don't have time... Funny some talking about what they don't know... Anybody that is playing the game knows how easy is to make credits... That's why reviews don't talk about this...

Seems like Sony testing how loyalty their fans are, which can be many.

It is BS move, so I'll just wait for severe price drop, like bargain bin drop. Still have other games to play at the moment.

So there a 2 universes.
1. Sony releases GTA7 for £70, you need to play the game to win credits which you can then spend on new cars etc within the game.

2. Sony releases GTA7 for £70, you need to play the game to win credits which you can then spend on new cars etc within the game.
Also, you can buy in game credits with real money to spend on new cars etc within the game.

We are in the second universe and that is the only difference between the two.

So the game is always online and includes abhorrently priced microtransactions? PS/GT has officially gone full live service game. Congrats.

Companies aren't your buddies, they sell products.
Let's just toggle the switch after the review process & It's at THAT moment you've made the mistake, but it wasn't really a mistake, same with the Horizon game on the psn store (being oblivious) into how they hid the free ps5 upgrade behind the ps4 purchase.

They don't get enough flak for doing obvious anti-consumer crap it's unreal =) don't worry though, It's optional. These people probably have some stash of nft monkey portfolios somewhere over that rainbow of stupidity ^.^

Bought this only to walk in to this terrible news

I was going to play this even though I am not racing fan....They just made it an easy pass for me.

Remove that metacritic score now - Sony are acting like villains

It sucks for people who don't want to put the time in to earn the credits, but earning credits isn't that hard to begin with. So if GT7 wants to milk the players looking for a short-cut, more power to them.

Hard pass. Hate bs like this.

I hate MT with a passion. However, the question i have is, "can we acquire these cars by playing the game?". If yes, then i dont mind MT, as long as it does not gate progress or acquiring an item through regular game play.

You could just play the game for credits!!

All depends on if you can unlock them on your own as well without transactions

This is click bait exaggeration 100%. You can also just play the game and progress naturally and you earn those cars like in old school GT games.

To be honest who really cares if those who want a shortcut have to pay a little more. In a way it adds value to those who earn and progress naturally by winning races.

Honestly, in a polished game like GT7 that was clearly made as a love letter to fans and automotive industry, i couldn't care less.

ooff im glad i was holding off on buying it

If this was on PC I wouldn't buy it, but would get it for free the way I know how. Once you fuck over customers with microtransactions at least for me, my mind is made up and I'll get all said content including all DLC for free.

You can also just play the game and earn the cash in game...

i'm enjoying the game so far, but this was the red flag i raised in another comment section a while back (naturally to disagrees). The thing that concerns me - and this has nothing to do with the quality of the game which is very high, but you pay $70 for the base version of this game, then the in-game currency is structured in such a way that a lot of upgrades are very expensive(for in-game credit earnings). Sometimes things have limited availability which i assume is designed to give you a bit of FOMO, but "conveniently" you can buy with real money in-game credits to help that along. This feels like a "pay to win" mobile game strategy - except we already paid a minimum of $70 to get into the game (at least those of us on ps5).

I hope this gets revisisted. Its the only blemish on an otherwise great game imo.

Not even interested in the series but damn this game is a prime example of how annoying greedy companies have made the hobby.

You can’t even sell the cars you don’t want. If i knew this i wouldn’t have bought it.

Think it's time to find another hobby. Read some books or start painting, cause this whole MTX business is ruining gaming. Keep telling yourselves that they're optional, and keep buying these games cause you're a fan, it'll keep getting worse

This game should just be free to play then. Can’t even play offline.

When they mentioned they were blocking save transfers and you had to be online to play I mentioned it was probably because they are putting in microtransactions. I was downvoted then but look at it now. Sucks they are doing this but I feel vindicated

im pretty confident they left the microtransactions turned off so that the pricing wouldn't affect the reviews negatively. I wonder if anyone will go back and adjust their review scores because of this (prob not cuz it seems ppl only care when ms does it).

I love the game so far, sincerely, but the pricing is not good and upgrade balance pushes you to want to buy credits. the game is already expensive and being able to afford even a tire upgrade with in-game currency is a very slow, process otherwise.

i hope enough people complain, not to hate on the game or review bomb it, but just simply to get them to reconsider the balance. it feels like a pay to win type model almost... but for a game thats expensive to begin with.

The game credit requirements is designed for micro-transactions which results in the credits needed to get cars and other items are very high, a fact which was mentioned in some reviews. They want people to spend more money to 'progress' to other cars, it is that simple, we know that and Sony knows that. I don't like MT, and this disease is infiltrating more games, I wish it would stop.

Play the game and earn credits.

Sorry but the youth today wants everything handed to them on a silver plater.

You get good at something by learning and increasing your skill level.

It's like ppl that use aim bots lmao.

We added rtx on replays that'll be $40 now please. Jk I'm sure this is a error

The game is pretty incredible and a great showcase for what's possible on ps5 however I'm dubious as to why you even need any case as DLC a few days after launch they should be included in the base game.
Six months or a year later I understand new cars come out they should be added over time

So, optional in game purchases are bad but having the same games sold to us repeatedly is good? What's the logic behind that?

1. Stop pre-ordering games. I say this as someone who got absolutely effing burned by BF2042. I’m done with pre-ordering.

2. Once games release and reviewers can show this information don’t buy games that do this crap.

3. These companies, regardless of who they are will stop doing this stuff.

4. Gamers will never do this because they “g0tt@ git it day 1!#$@!”.

We’re our own worst enemy as consumers. Honestly I don’t really care as long as I don’t have to use them but if some bloke wants to blow his money on them, sure whatever, its his money. But with the budgets as big as they are for these games, gamers simply taking an active role in refusing to support this non sense would force some pretty quick change I’d think.

Happy gaming!

No need to buy any of the MT stuff.
All cars are available in the game without paying extra, cars ain't more expensive than in earlier GTs. It will take me the same amount of time buying the most expensive car in this game as in any other Gran Turismo before it.

I don't understand the crying everytime a game offers Microtransactions.

No one force you to buy it.
However, if you're not a single dude with 10hours free time a day, but instead a decent job and got wife and kids, with a few hours available a week. Why take away the oppurtunity for those to buy the best, most expensive cars?

Stop crying like crybabies, don't buy microtransaction if you don't want to, and have the time to grind through the game.
Or buy currency if you don't have the time but do have the money.

Since when did choices become bad?

Five bucks to buy a car you like is abhorrent! 40.00 is just a d@mn insult! I was slightly interested in this game, now I will steer clear of it altogether.

Anyone else not able to launch the game on PS5? Like it just won’t start. I have tried restarting the console, re installing the game. Everything. Only game that won’t launch.

Have any of you actually played the game?

All cars are available with credits earned in game. Credits are easy to earn and you never feel short of them, unless of course you want to buy every/the best cars from day 1. Which seriously depletes the point of progressing through the game.
That scenario is the only reason to complain but it’s also self made. If you want the best cars day 1. You have the option to buy them, if that’s an issue, play the game!!!!

Progressing through a game is a major part of gaming.

Nothing, absolutely nothing is locked behind MTX. That’s a good thing.

They could remove the option to buy credits with real world $$ and would this be ok then? That’s what I don’t get. If the MTX were not there would we complain?

The option is there to buy or play. Complaining is akin to buying a Mario game and Nintendo give you the option to purchase stars (or insert ANY game with progression) with real world $$ then arguing the stars are too expensive.

Sony just being greedy again.

$10 more for their games.
$10 more to upgrade their games.

Now this.

Being able to say "we make great games" and nothing more is starting to show that's not enough anymore.

omg, are you guys serious? guess you guys dont play gran turismo since ps2....

To me the cost of the MTs isn't the point

Whether MTs should even exist in full priced games isn't the point

It's simply the practice of putting these sytems to the side till reviews drop. It's far more disgusting then any potential issues listed above. The race for gaming journalists to be 1st also facilitates these ordinary practices.

Pre-ordering should be a thing of the past but consumers want to be 1st too I guess.

Well...this on top of them ruining Sport mode means I'm gonna sit this one out for a bit...

Again Sony ripping off gamers....sell the game for 70$ then start microtransactions...Wow...just WOW Sony!

I am huge fan of GT serious. But man GT7 is good because GT sport was underwhelming. GT7 didn't developed much. I mean the BS of humadity and other little details adds nothing. Damage modeling is bad, Third View Camera as static as ever, GT auto cleaning is downgrade from GT4, Licence Center didn't change at all and you cant to next immediately!!

Yes there is huge improvement in steering and sounds (at last), but these ain't enough, because it had should been there since GT5 or GT6. I am enjoying the game, but asking $70, means the game went next level. But this GT is just the next GT. And then this?? Expensive DLCs and MTs!!!

If it Jim or not, but this is so anti-consumer.

Holy shit, I did not expect this from Sony. 😵

Well there go buying Gran Turismo 7
Need for Speed probably do the same hide MT until release day. I'm Not buying either one.

Shady stuff like this Is a no-no.

Oh yay, it’s the War-thunder $ model ass-hats again (seedy-hustle-dev style).

Nice vapor-inflation there. This really is not the time to start shaking people down for money particularly with such an obvious greed-grab like this.

Send a message and pass on this one.

Do I feel vindicated about my downvoted comment about their monetization on the IGN review? Yes. Am I slowly losing my mind living in a world where we keep letting companies get away with crap like this? Also yes.

Waiting for the “ IT’S oPTIOnal” ghouls to speak out. Never mind, reading through the comments and they’re already defending this nonsense.

$70 and a shit tonne of microtransactions to boot. Piss poor next gen upgrade system. Half baked software at launch that would brick consoles if they used external HDD's and no way to expand. Like I'm sorry but you can't argue that Sony this gen reeks of the early PS3 arrogance that almost destroyed them as a brand.

Jim Ryan wake the fuck up.

Having a blast reading the comments. People being all angry angry. The best part being their no 40$ car in GT7. It's not like I can buy a car for 40$ straight. Fake news article and fake outcry. LOL at people who downvote since they are angry angry that I'm not angry angry since I have selfcontrol and don't buy for 200$ of microtransaction in every games. LOL

Oh my 😳 I'm sure the game itself is great, haven't played yet as there's just too much to play right now. But wow that's insane. No defense for this offensive. It is interesting to see some people suddenly defend Sony for this after completely lambasting Microsoft over the last couple of generations 🤷

Oof. And for a premium $70 game. Not a good look sony. They also want to make more live service games, this makes me fear for sony's future. Also don't defend the game by saying "Oh but you can still make money by playing the game." For it to be a microtransaction is the problem. Its predatory and casuals will buy it up signaling devs that microtransactions are a good thing for them and will be further implemented.

I really hope these are somewhat easily obtainable through gameplay. I just paid $90 for the anniversary edition. I don’t plan on putting any more money into the game unless it’s some sort of additional DLC

These comments are hilarious. Everyone hates MT but now that it's a playstation game it's not a big deal because they won't buy them anyway. Just every other game with insane priced stuff is the problem.

Don't know why anyone gets so upset by this, it an option. If you're impatient and dont want to earn your money, why shouldn't you have the option to buy a car.

This is very lame!I knew that guy Jim Ryan was a piece of shit,Sony PlayStation is been wreck of all the brand quality since this fellow and there minions got in Control of icon PlayStation brand.Even worst days will come sadly!

Not only they have a lame amount of only 430-450 cars, they want us to pay for them as well hahahahhahaha. How horrible has the game industry turned out to be nowadays... It's amazingly pathetic

I think the “update” with the article misses the point. As in yes, you can save up “in-game” but it is probably such a huge grind without purchasing the credits there are probably some vehicles that would take forever to save up for.

These articles are peaking down the rabbit hole of consumer entitlement. Companies owe us nothing and are trying to make money. Gaming is expensive privileged hobby but it doesn’t have to be. Wait for sale/Speak with your wallet and do not buy things you feel strongly against.

A majority of the new and good vehicles you can buy are 350,000 to 500,000 credits. Only the super cars are more than 1m credits and….I’ve accrued the following Total Time Driven: 1:00:52 (1 Hour), Total Credits Acquired: 252,330. Total Cars Acquired: 11.

This is by only doing the Cafe challenges. If I did GT races you get 60,000+ credits per race for winning. Wherein I’m only accruing 10,000 or so just collecting cars through challenges in the Cafe. This is all dramatic nonsense by people that don’t have the game. Also the “do you want to top off your credits” option isn’t even something you have to skip past by default so it’s not even in the way. People that want to do that have to hit an extra button otherwise you just press X like you normally would to continue through the menu. It’s not in your face. This article is providing misinformation as the N4G update to the article states. I don’t know why these things get approved.

I dont care if you can earn the credits in game they will make it take forever.

Insane, not worth the increase in the price