The reason why you hate sharkcards?

[kat365]

The only one spouting ignorant drivel here is the idiotic american who can't see that other people may have a point of view that is different to theres, glad you ain't got a gun or I bet 10 of us would be wounded by now...

 

Are you stupid ? Then again it's obvious. Unlike you i really do know people have other points of view and there is a valid reason for some people wanting cash shop games. You how ever lack the intelligence to even comprehend what those reasons would be.

 

All of my comments how ever are to expose how damaging cash shop games are to gaming in general because Cash shop games are designed to sell in game items and nothing more ! Subscription based games and games that sell expansions sell actual content and more things for us to do in the game... Get it ?

 

Now again, don't respond to me until you quote any of my comments advocating a pay wall.

[shadowoperative]

I have never hated nor will I ever hate inanimate objects.

[dewtech]

 

The only one spouting ignorant drivel here is the idiotic american who can't see that other people may have a point of view that is different to theres, glad you ain't got a gun or I bet 10 of us would be wounded by now...

 

Are you stupid ? Then again it's obvious. Unlike you i really do know people have other points of view and there is a valid reason for some people wanting cash shop games. You how ever lack the intelligence to even comprehend what those reasons would be.

 

All of my comments how ever are to expose how damaging cash shop games are to gaming in general because Cash shop games are designed to sell in game items and nothing more ! Subscription based games and games that sell expansions sell actual content and more things for us to do in the game... Get it ?

 

Now again, don't respond to me until you quote any of my comments advocating a pay wall.

 

 

Damaging? How has it damaged the game? And don't just re-hash the "because all they've given us is copy and paste items to buy". What would you have added instead, bearing in mind you would have no money as you've not sold anything since the base price of the game...

Edited January 7, 2016 by dewtech_2008

[kat365]

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

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A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is fair. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair and lovable !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

 

The only one spouting ignorant drivel here is the idiotic american who can't see that other people may have a point of view that is different to theres, glad you ain't got a gun or I bet 10 of us would be wounded by now...

 

Are you stupid ? Then again it's obvious. Unlike you i really do know people have other points of view and there is a valid reason for some people wanting cash shop games. You how ever lack the intelligence to even comprehend what those reasons would be.

 

All of my comments how ever are to expose how damaging cash shop games are to gaming in general because Cash shop games are designed to sell in game items and nothing more ! Subscription based games and games that sell expansions sell actual content and more things for us to do in the game... Get it ?

 

Now again, don't respond to me until you quote any of my comments advocating a pay wall.

 

 

Damaging? How has it damaged the game? And don't just re-hash the "because all they've given us is copy and paste items to buy". What would you have added instead, bearing in mind you would have no money as you've not sold anything since the base price of the game...

 

Do not reply to me again with your ignorance until you quote any of my comments advocating a pay wall...

Edited January 7, 2016 by kat365

[Raco49]

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

[kat365]

 

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

 

You can earn it in 5 or 6 hours with 3 people who have have the mental fortitude to be able to Velcro their own shoes.

 

That is not the point and you know it. Again since so many are having trouble comprehending such a simple concept...

 

Cash shop games add things for people to buy , subscription games and games that sell expansions sell things to do in the game. It's really simple.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

I have never hated nor will I ever hate inanimate objects.

This is nothing but the truth!

[Raco49]

 

 

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

 

You can earn it in 5 or 6 hours with 3 people who have have the mental fortitude to be able to Velcro their own shoes.

 

That is not the point and you know it. Again since so many are having trouble comprehending such a simple concept...

 

Cash shop games add things for people to buy , subscription games and games that sell expansions sell things to do in the game. It's really simple.

 

 

In-Game cash is content of the game, so by bying it, isn't it the same as when you pay for expansions? And since you can earn the money in the game just as easily as if you bought it, does it hurt you as a customer at all? I doubt it.

Edited January 7, 2016 by Raca49

[Robaldinio]

They eliminate the possibility of stealing money/assets from each other (i.e. when you die you no longer drop your whole wallet, just in case you cry to daddy after using his credit card to buy Shark Cards and so R* gets bad press). Also removed was the ability to modify a car and give it to another player (seemingly due to potential thefts, as mentioned previously).

[kat365]

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

 

You can earn it in 5 or 6 hours with 3 people who have have the mental fortitude to be able to Velcro their own shoes.

 

That is not the point and you know it. Again since so many are having trouble comprehending such a simple concept...

 

Cash shop games add things for people to buy , subscription games and games that sell expansions sell things to do in the game. It's really simple.

 

 

In-Game cash is content of the game, so by bying it, isn't it the same as when you pay for expansions?

 

Kinda but the point i have made a 1000 times is that the content developed for a cash shop game is stuff for us to buy. The content developed for other types of games is stuff for us to do in the game.

 

Rockstar has no incentive to make more heists for instance because there is no profit for them in heists. There is nothing to sell us. So instead they focus on making new cars for us to buy, new houses, new weapons. Subscription based games or games that sell expansion have to focus more on the game play and things to do in the game as well as improvements to the game in order to get it's customers to purchase the game/ expansion or pay the monthly fee.

 

This is also why games like GTA V are flawed at their core, from a consumers perspective. Rockstar is selling us a yacht that does nothing for $100 real life dollars. That's more than the entire game !!!! And think about what we really get for that $100 or 5 hours - 3 days grinding for money ? A yacht that literally does NOTHING ! And on top of that, the Yachts cost Rockstar next to nothing to develop. Those were probably thrown together in a week and i would expect they made a few $million off people buying shark cards just to get these yachts. It's a scam that only the dumbest people like dewtech_2008 can't see. lol

Edited January 7, 2016 by kat365

[Raco49]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

 

You can earn it in 5 or 6 hours with 3 people who have have the mental fortitude to be able to Velcro their own shoes.

 

That is not the point and you know it. Again since so many are having trouble comprehending such a simple concept...

 

Cash shop games add things for people to buy , subscription games and games that sell expansions sell things to do in the game. It's really simple.

 

 

In-Game cash is content of the game, so by bying it, isn't it the same as when you pay for expansions?

 

Kinda but the point i have made a 1000 times is that the content developed for a cash shop game is stuff for us to buy. The content developed for other types of games is stuff for us to do in the game.

 

Rockstar has no incentive to make more heists for instance because there is no profit for them in heists. There is nothing to sell us. So instead they focus on making new cars for us to buy, new houses, new weapons. Subscription based games or games that sell expansion have to focus more on the game play and things to do in the game as well as improvements to the game in order to get it's customers to purchase the game/ expansion or pay the monthly fee.

 

This is also why games like GTA V are flawed at their core, from a consumers perspective. Rockstar is selling us a yacht that does nothing for $100 real life dollars. That's more than the entire game !!!! And think about what we really get for that $100 or 5 hours - 3 days grinding for money ? A yacht that literally does NOTHING ! And on top of that, the Yachts cost Rockstar next to nothing to develop. Those were probably thrown together in a week and i would expect they made a few $million off people buying shark cards just to get these yachts. It's a scam that only the dumbest people like dewtech_2008 can't see. lol

 

 

Why do you keep repeating yourself lol? Like i said shark cards are optional. You can make alot of money just by investing some time in the game aswell. Rockstar made it even easier for you to make money since the Heists DLC. As they said before it was not easy for them to create them, which i honestly believe them since the heists are really complex, fun and not repetitive. Shark Cards are in the game more for people who can't spend more than 2 hours a day to play the game. Rockstar is not forcing you to use them at all. You get free DLC's for years which you should not expect from many publishers out there.

Edited January 7, 2016 by Raca49

[kat365]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ kat365, have you seen the list of bug fixes Rock Star has made since the game's inception? You will need a few hours to read through all of them.

 

Rock Star is a for profit company. The model they have adopted apparently is what the consumer wants (I don't like name calling, so I'll refrain from it). From the tone of you piece, this apparently isn't the game for you. But, as many have pointed out, there are all kinds of ways to play this game that have nothing to do with buying sh*t. Playing it that way is a choice. I'd argue the main crux of this game is urban warfare PVP, and that requires very little money to do.

 

---------------------------------------------

 

A few hours ? lol ... 15 Minutes Tops !

 

You can defend Rockstar shark cards all you want, Rockstar loves people like you ! More money than brains but sadly not much of either.

 

Cash shop games are a scam and always have been. Like i said before, it's cheaper and easier to add minor things like copy and past apartments, a few copy and past cars with news skins and a new weapon or two than it is to fix the game and add actual content and things for us to do in it. And that's why Rockstar made the decision to add shark cards and not a monthly subscription or to make their money selling expansions to the game.

 

Maybe one day you will wake up and realize how badly the Cash shop / Shark Card / Micro transactions ruin games but by then you will probably be to busy slaving away in what ever dead end job you have to even care about video games anymore.

 

GTA Online has by far more fair microtransactions than every other game from other publishers. If you don't like recieving free DLC's, then go ahead and play other games. Sure Rockstar wants to make money like every other company, but at least they aren't trying to screw you over like many other publishers. Rockstar is my favourite developer/publisher, so yeah i'm gonna defend them

 

 

Right, $100 for a yacht that does nothing is far. You can buy the entire game 3 times for that much money... But those wonder people at Rockstar are so fair !

 

My god, I think i should come out of retirement. If the younger generation is really this stupid i could make a killing ripping you people off.

 

You can earn the money for the yacht in only like 2 weeks, you don't need to own everything as soon as its released you know?

 

You can earn it in 5 or 6 hours with 3 people who have have the mental fortitude to be able to Velcro their own shoes.

 

That is not the point and you know it. Again since so many are having trouble comprehending such a simple concept...

 

Cash shop games add things for people to buy , subscription games and games that sell expansions sell things to do in the game. It's really simple.

 

 

In-Game cash is content of the game, so by bying it, isn't it the same as when you pay for expansions?

 

Kinda but the point i have made a 1000 times is that the content developed for a cash shop game is stuff for us to buy. The content developed for other types of games is stuff for us to do in the game.

 

Rockstar has no incentive to make more heists for instance because there is no profit for them in heists. There is nothing to sell us. So instead they focus on making new cars for us to buy, new houses, new weapons. Subscription based games or games that sell expansion have to focus more on the game play and things to do in the game as well as improvements to the game in order to get it's customers to purchase the game/ expansion or pay the monthly fee.

 

This is also why games like GTA V are flawed at their core, from a consumers perspective. Rockstar is selling us a yacht that does nothing for $100 real life dollars. That's more than the entire game !!!! And think about what we really get for that $100 or 5 hours - 3 days grinding for money ? A yacht that literally does NOTHING ! And on top of that, the Yachts cost Rockstar next to nothing to develop. Those were probably thrown together in a week and i would expect they made a few $million off people buying shark cards just to get these yachts. It's a scam that only the dumbest people like dewtech_2008 can't see. lol

 

 

Why do you keep repeating yourself lol? Like i said shark cards are optional. You can make alot of money just by investing some time in the game aswell. Rockstar made it even easier for you to make money since the Heists DLC. As they said before it was not easy for them to create them, which i honestly believe them since the heists are really complex, fun and not repetitive. Shark Cards are in the game more for people who can't spend more than 2 hours a day to Play the game. Rockstar is not forcing you to use them at all. You get free DLC's for years which you should not expect from many publishers out there.

 

 

First off , no Rockstar did not make it easier when they put in heists. There were no $8,000,000 yachts before heists and how many garages and cars could we have ? And how much did those garages and cars cost ?

 

As for why i keep repeating myself ? It's because every time i point out the reality of cash shop games people like you chime in with the same ignorant drivel. What ever you reply back to me with is irrelevant because the entire point hat i have been making over and over and over again is that ((( Cash shop games develop things for people to buy in the game, that's where the profit is. Subscription based games or games that sell expansions focus on adding more things to do in the game ))).

 

It's a real simple concept but let's be honest, Fan boys like yourself refuse to accept that Rockstar isn't as lovable as you are so delusionally led to believe and the Rockstar shills who hang out here don't what the ignorant little children that they rip off to know any better or realize that they are getting scammed.

Edited January 7, 2016 by kat365

[Ziggy_Ivanhoe]

Would you anti cash card people rather pay a yearly or monthly subscription fee then? I would probably shelve the game if that happened, because there wouldn't be enough incentive to play the game for all "useless" crap on offer as some have stated. If all this new content is useless then why complain about it being overpriced? You're not gonna bother buying it anyway. I don't see the logic of that argument. On the other hand, someone who wants that dumb yacht or whatever else can blow their gta bucks to no one else's detriment. It doesn't affect me. I chose to blow money on a new 10 car property so I can blow more money on "useless" cars, ahaha, I have close to 45 vehicles. And to say that Rockstar has not developed anything new for the game is also disingenuous. The new free mode expansions and VIP modes have breathed new life into the game, and that's what people were clamoring for the most. They wanted more free mode events and now here they are. They could have bundled that as a 10 dollar or 15 dollar DLC "expansion" which would force people to buy it, but instead here it is for free.

[zoso80]

Yes you can if your innovative. People complain that don't see themselves as having any other options other than grinding and microtransactions.

 

 

People try to claim that they're forced to buy them, but in reality they aren't. They can absolutely get everything they want in GTA online without buying shark cards. But complainers will complain.

 

Peasant logic. Jealousy has nothing to do with it in most cases.

 

The reason is simple. Jealousy. I can buy multiple megladon shark cards without thinking twice. I'm not even wealthy, I'm currently a resident and work tons of hours for a meager salary. I suspect that the majority of people that hate them are children or unemployed adults.

 

Indeed. That people think microtransactions enhance the experience is just such a reach of thought, I don't know what to do with it. If anything it gives devs carte blanche to center the game less around, say being a game, but instead a means to make money. Ergo, the game itself suffers because the dev would rather pick your pocket. I'm not against businesses making money, but when the game is centered around continued microtransactions the whole reason for it's existence is not being a well made game, it's to pick your pocket.

 

Some people buy into it for convienence, others because they don't have the time to grind I get that. The dark side of microtransactions is however buy buying those cards you are re-enforcing that it's not about the game. Instead, it's about the continued way to bilk the consumer.

 

 

Unfortunately, these sort of things are becoming a norm. People are rolling their eyes and saying "that's just the games industry" more often. People are actually accepting it more often. Some people even like things like shark cards, in some hilarious feat of ignorance.

...

 

I'm glad people are still talking about it instead of blindly allowing it to exist.

 

Or, people create a third option. Some get a little uptight verkelmptness going on at the mere suggestion on it, especially the pious types. However, resisting the trend in gaming to steadily pick pocket you requires some resistance. That's a price many gladly pay.

Edited January 7, 2016 by zoso80

[blingdiablo]

I used to hate them and everything they stood for, then I did some math...

 

The grind works out to be about at an hourly wage of something like $3/hour if I remember correctly, using the highest real money to GTA money ratio with the Mega shark card, and doing the highest paying/quickest missions... so the greatest value of your time. Playing "legit" of course.

 

SO, best case scenario is you're making about $3/hour in in-game value, and playing the same sh*t over and over and over and over and over and over again ...and it will take a little over 33 hours to reach that $100/$8mil point.

 

33 hours. If you have that time free and think it's worth $3 an hour, good for you.

 

Me? Hell no. I value my time far higher than $3 an hour. Plus since I only play video games about 8 hours a week at best, it'd take me a little over a month to do. A month of the same missions, the same grind, the same sh*t, hour after hour after hour.

 

Fortunately (or not) I'm an adult with a job, so I can drop $100 on a shark card if I feel it's absolutely necessary (it hasn't been yet).

 

Basically that's all to say I've stopped playing GTA all together because I want to neither grind, nor buy shark cards... so, I moved on to another game.

 

I'll see myself out now.

[You-MaaD-Bro695]

There is far to much grinding in GTAO just to make a mill could take you nearly 2 full days depending on what you do inbetween your times and what your method of grinding is, but not everyone can sit and do that. So thats why shark cards exist, but thats why its so hard to grind for cash. I honestly do think they should up the prices on missions to atleast 18k most 35k make them less of a grind, make them more of a challenge aswell do something but make grinding a bit lighter cause it is f*cking ridiculous.

[~TKP~]

I don't OP, I really don't. It is what it is.

[budcat]

There's only one reason to hate them, they suppress the in-game economy. Payouts are kept low and prices are kept high to encourage purchases.

 

But there's a flip side. There are reasons to love them. As a long-term provider of income for R*, shark cards encourage upkeep of the product and ensure interest from shareholders and from within R* to keep it fresh.