Has Rockstar Gotten Greedy with GTA Online?

GTA Online is making money hand over fist with a never ending stream of microtransactions. It seems like every time we turn around, a new update is ready that introduces an even more expensive item . Which has us wondering...is Rockstar Games getting a little greedy?

[lptmg]

I blame Take Two and their numpty of a CEO, not exactly Rockstar

[Antifan]

I blame the gamers who are actually buying these shark cards in masses. They're definitely nothing but little kids using their mothers and fathers credit card.

[lptmg]

well, that too

[Cyro]

I'm sure there's a lot more who aren't kids. The in-game prices for vehicles, clothing, weapons, and properties are insanely high. Unless you some how have the time to grind for hours on end, it's really hard to get any of the new stuff from updates.

[JackBNimble]

The gamers who but the sharkcards are the reason the dlc is free. Just learn how to make money in the game .

[GamesMaster1982]

Was about to comment saying the exact thing. GTA online is full of kids who shouldn't even be playing the game, COD aswell.

[gtxgamer2]

How about don't buy microtransactions and enjoy the free multiplayer content rockstar has been pumping out... I still do want SP dlc though.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Kind of hard to do outside of the multiplayer mods since everything costs a f*ckton in-game dollars as well as every mission paying so little.

[cfc83]

If people buy, why not sell ? i now wouldn't be suprised if RDR2 get another delay.

[seanpitt23]

Of course red dead 2 is going to get another delay that game is coming q4 2018

[KyRo]

I can't help but feel you watched the gameranx video the other days before you penned this... I'd love to know peoples log time of being in load screens and lobbies Vs actually playing on GTAO. I cannot play it because it feels like you do just as much waiting as playing.

[InTheZoneAC]

You don't always have to be doing side missions/activities. There's enough to do in the open world.......... but you sound like those people who cry about being killed while not in passive mode

[4U2NV]

Think he was on about the unstable servers and having to wait ages to join a lobby or activity and being stuck in the loading clouds for ages. Either way that was a douchey reply.

[rlow1]

Hey, if people keep buying this stuff then why not. The problem isn't the company but those that buy it.

[4U2NV]

No the game is being made to FORCE you to buy shark cards. To earn the amount of money you need to purchase everything in game requires you to either grind for hours or pay for shark cards. However grinding and earning money the way the game should be played is horrendous infact itnis unplayable as making money in game is made harder due to idiots being told to destroy others players hard earned money wasting their time spent grinding to earn it. The only way around that is solo lobbies which requires changing internet settings to get a solo lobby which is another thing rockstar is preventing players from doing. So yes the game is a cash grab greed fest regardless of the 'free' dlc once every 6 months.

[4U2NV]

@thunderbird

i dont u cock well not the way its meant to be played anyway i set solo lobby and make money but thats not how the game is supposed to be played you donut.

[4U2NV]

And where did i say i hated the game u daft cunt? I like the game i just dont like how rockstar are treating their customers. Like i said ive made money on the game but that required me to solo grind im a solo lobby to earn it, not by playing the game as rockstar wants you to as its impossible to do so. That explain enough for u dipshit?

[Joe913]

Completely false I have never bought a shark card and I have not had any problems buying what I want.

[4U2NV]

@joe wowwee good for you. Have i said ive even bought a sharkcard? No. I have over 50 million on gta u idiots im not on about me specifically im on about people who do not have as much or who have not played in a while and want all the new things. Just because you wasted half your life in your fake virtul world glitching away to get everthing you want does not mean everyone else does. So your telling me everthing you have bought is from solely playing the game legit in public lobbies? Bullshit get on now in a public lobby and go do a full cargo sell mission and watch me blow your ass out the sky to prove my point.

[TheColbertinator]

The people keep buying and Rockstar knows it.

[rpvenom]

are you guys serious? have any of you even played GTAO? Have you seen how much content Rockstar has pumped out FOR FREE where without a doubt any other company would have charged you $10-$40 for each DLC. You're complaining about in game $1000.. for insurance.. GTFO

[UnSelf]

gamers are just a bunch of whiny bitches

[4U2NV]

No just the muppets on this site are

[meka2611]

Well not all gamers care about the fluff content they give out, and that's mostly all it is, it's just new cars, apartments, and weapons. I'd rather be able to unlock shit in the full game before I get some dlc, so no I don't give a shit about free dlc that is just padding. To tell the truth I'm not a big fan of dlc at all nowadays, usually adds nothing of substance to the game.

[rpvenom]

https://www.gta5cheats.com/...

if you consider all this fluff content, you don't know what you're talking about. yes a lot of it is clothes, tattoos, guns, cars, apartments, garages, helicopters, airplanes, boats and military vehicles, etc but a lot of it is story driven missions and new modes. go check out watch dogs for instance.. you want a new gun they just provided as DLC? pay $2.00, you want this new outfit, pay $3.00.. and same goes for almost every other company out there. they gave all this content without charging you a dime. so don't bash it until you actually have played through and seen how much content there really is that they've given at no cost whatsoever

[4U2NV]

@venom well no because those guns and cars in gta still cost money for a gun that keeps up with online players - the modded combat mg costs 300000 gta cash thats the equivalent of £6 - thats not even including the bunker cost needed to mod the weapon which costs 1.2million gta cash £11 real money then a mobile op center at 115000 gta cash so no its not free is it and thats the authors point.

[Cyro]

"free"

All the new content costs an absurd amount of in-game money so you either grind for hours the same boring hiests/delievery missions, buy shark cards, or cheat.

[OoglyBoogly]

They've BEEN greedy since it came out.

GTA Online was created specifically with the thought of making money.

[InTheZoneAC]

Yet it's free to play seeing how the $60 went to the expensive but worth it campaign

[meka2611]

Nah when it first came out the game was good for grinding money. I had enough money to buy an apartment and a car after a couple hours of grinding, but then the shark cards came out and they gimped all of the rewards from missions. But like you said, it's all about the money, I curse EA for starting this whole microtransaction bs.

[Lon3wolf]

If people keep buying them they keep making them, greedy only in such it is normal business practice for any company to keep making/selling what people are buying. So no not pure greed.

[strayanalog]

Nah, not greedy. There is simply too many dumb people out there.

[quent]

Rockstar and take2 both reap the free money rewards of mt's, both are scumbags

[FlameWater]

Please show us your 50+ million game that sold without MT, you are in no position to call anyone a scumbag.

[quent]

I can point out greed without having millions in the bank, mkay buddy

[Skankinruby]

Of course they have, people won't stop buying this stupid game so they know they can get away with it

[rbailey]

Who really cares about this? People forget GTA Online is free and the microtransactions are optional, not mandatory. With all these companies abusing season pass DLC practices that are far worse, how can anyone complain about this?

[Sgt_Slaughter]

The amount of missions you have to complete/how many hours you have to grind to get the money required for the content, that's why people complain. You're essentially forced to pay for a card if you ever want to experience every multiplayer pack. They even took away a bit of money from some missions/races towards the beginning of GTAO's start.

[subtenko]

Free dlc left and right...greedy? :| yall keep this up and future dlc will be paid like every other game :|

[InTheZoneAC]

Why isn't this about dlc for shooters/Cod and fighting games? People crying about free to play GTA v can go cry themselves to sleep

[BuildTheWall]

Blame those that keep supporting / buying credit for GTA Online.

[FlameWater]

Blame people for spending money on a game so the rest can play dlc for free?

[Dfooster]

Rockstar were awesome until they sold out to the call of duty crowd. Not everyone wants to sit in a lobby waiting to play online games all day. I feel as though gta online has taken over the franchise. No single player dlc proves my point

[gammaray13]

GTA is the most over rated game in history, there i said it and i dont care if anyone agrees with me

[Mikey Mike]

No, they hit a gold mine. I think its awesome when a soon to be four year old game is still killing it chart wise. More power to them. I wish I could have had a single player dlc, but Red Dead is dropping soon....

[TargusX]

Yes. As virtually all of the new content is online only, once the servers die out in a few years, peoples monies will be wasted as they will no longer be able to play it. Should of been playable locally - think of all the extra SPs they could of had buying their DLC too.

[chris235]

just because they are making ton loads of money with a game that was released years ago?
here is food for thought: have they become greedy or did their customers shout "we want more of this" every time they released another cash grab dlc and the fans were swallowing it up. I mean,... they have literally begged them to release this kind of stuff. otherwise they wouldn't have bothered. so, the real question must be "have the gamers become way too indifferent?".

[Nacho_Z]

Yes as time goes by they are getting overtly greedy. However there's no reason that you need to own every item in the game and saving up for things gives you a reason to play the game.

[DONTB]

Yeah, like 12 years ago when it released.

[EDKICK]

Yes