Stomerboy's topic about DLC and in-game money

[fish61324]

I laughed when I first read it (he asked if we thought we would be able to purchase DLC with in-game money, DLC that costs real life money).... but it raised another question in my head.

 

Let me start off by saying that there isn't anything else to buy in GTAO (at least for the people who were giving millions/billions of dollars and was smart enough to hurry and purchase everything before R* took the money away).

 

When R* came out with the free beach DLC, the vehicles were Free in-game.

How is R* going to work future DLC....they've already showed that free DLC will be free in-game (as mentioned above).

 

And if you BUY DLC (once it's released) (say a car for $0.99 real life money), of course it's going to be free in-game.

 

So what else is there going to be to buy with in-game money? Other than the occasional service or ammo.

 

There will be no purpose to saving big amounts of money.....

 

[Ayylien]

I think there will be paid DLC and free DLC.

 

Free DLC will be stuff like the Beach Bum Pack. Pretty much just an extension of items for free.

Paid DLC will bring in new elements of game-play, new game modes and more stuff to purchase in-game.

 

OR new purchases in-game will just come with an mandatory update.

[GTA-Freak-Vi]

Free upcoming DLC : mission creator, heists, pink slip races, snapmatic extra features(already got them) possibly new hairstyle/clothes(PLEASE R* I'M BEGGING YOU)

 

Paid DLC : casino grand opening which might include gambling

Edited January 23, 2014 by Gta-freak-VI

[G37]

Hence what I said:

 

It's an interesting idea in theory, but it's just too susceptible to bads being bad to do bad things.

 

However, there is a spin you could put on this though:

 

Offer a DLC of say some vehicles in a pack (a super, couple sports, couple sedans, you get the idea). Once downloaded it merely expands your Legendary/SSA website - but you have to work to buy any of the vehicles as they come with a price tag.

 

This is me playing Devil's Advocate here and amusingly enough tackles the idea in a different manner.

 

In my mind this does a few things:

 

- You don't have to spend actual cash

- Cars come with a price so in theory they won't be bad (looking at you mostly Beach Bum)

- Availability to many

 

It's a happy medium between Free (usually junk) and Paid (usually decent) DLCs. It isn't a hand me out either.

 

It's funny how much better and accomplished things feel when you put in a little effort. I know I'm enjoying the game again without the billions.

 

People are always going to take advantage of something or find a way to exploit it, that's unfortunately the nature of games like this. It is what it is.

Edited January 23, 2014 by G37