Sony just shot themselves in the face.

[Valkysas]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153775

Famitsu doesnt make **** up, so no "Oh, this isnt true" BS, please.

This is without a doubt, the STUPIDEST thing they could have done. Gran Turismo is one of their best sellers, and they just KILLED it.

Wii60 FTW.

[The Dark Jester]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

I remember reading about this....long ago.. less than a year maybe.

but now its confirmed.

Micro transactions to unlock necessary game content is a terrible idea.

added content yah.

but stuff thats trivial or that gives people an edge in online head2head is bullnuts.

[Valkysas]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

check out the price they figure for the entire game. 426 - 975 dollars.

[Smurvis]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Not to be difficult, but 1up articles NEVER load for me. Can you do the quote thing and post the article as well?

(Edit)
Nevermind, my IE Pop-up Blocker is what always stops the site. Just disabled it and could read it just fine. That is the STUPIDEST thing I've ever heard. Between $426 and $975? WTF is their problem?

[Jamos' Old Account]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

I have the same prob as Smurvis. Dammit, 1up!

[Goufunaki]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

A complete copy of the game will cost gamers somewhere between $426.50 and $975, and that's without factoring in whatever Sony decides to charge for the menus (since that's all you'll get with GT HD: Classic).

That's just retarded what they plan on doing.

[Caciss]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Haha, **** this. I never liked GT anyways, but damn.

[Valkysas]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Gran Turismo HD: Two Versions, Tons Microtransactions
Famitsu reports a brand new model for Gran Turismo on PS3.
by Luke Smith, 09/20/2006

There's horse armor and then there's the kind of microtransactions that Famitsu is reporting (via: Beyond3D and the vitriolic NeoGAF). According to the Famitsu inteview with Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo HD will have two SKUs on the PS3. One of these games will ship with no cars, all of them will be purchased via microtransactions.
The other, Gran Turismo HD: Premium, will ship with two courses and 30 cars, with an additional 30 cars and an additional two courses online at a later date. The Premium game is being considered a prologue to the PS3's eventual Gran Turismo 5.

The microtransaction-focused game, Gran Turismo HD: Classic will be the online-focused entrant into the GT-series. In this game, players will (reportedly) start with no cars or courses available to them. Instead, they will need to purchase their stable of cars and courses to race on. The pricing reported in the Famitsu piece indicated that cars would cost between 50-100 yen ($0.43-$0.85) and courses between 200-500 yen ($1.71-$4.26). There are approximiately 750 cars and 50 tracks available for purchase in the GT: HD Classic. Let's do the math:


750 cars for $0.50-$1.00 (Sony will round-up, don't you think?)
50 tracks for $1.50-$4.50
A complete copy of the game will cost gamers somewhere between $426.50 and $975, and that's without factoring in whatever Sony decides to charge for the menus (since that's all you'll get with GT HD: Classic).

Does this sound a little familiar? It should. Phil Harrison alluded to a possible future like this one last June in OPM.

I'll give you an example; Kazunori [Yamauchi, producer of the Gran Turismo series] would kill me for this: Imagine Gran Turismo shipping on a disc with one car and one track. And then you can browse, online, a dynamic circuit of vehicles that's growing every day because either the car manufacturers are adding new vehicles or we're adding new vehicles. And you can see a specific-type car that's being called up and say, "I think I'll play with that one. Let me download and play it." Maybe the business model allows you to play it for a day; maybe the business model allows you to own it forever. But that content is now yours on your hard drive. Or [maybe you could download] new tracks, new music, whole games.

Now, is it possible that the game will be a full-priced title with a built-in download system that allows users to download cars and tracks equal to the number of the game's retail price? We hope the model ends up similar to this. However, right now, details are extremely sparse, and Sony has to have an answer to these questions -- most of the people who can answer are over in Tokyo, we'll update if we hear back.

Welcome to next-gen

there you go

[Drazus]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

They're making it so you have to actually purchase cars, costing about 43 cents to about a dollar. Tracks will cost anywhere from 1 dollar to 5 dollars. To unlock everything, it'll cost hundreds of dollars.

[The_Real_Crunk]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

This just in!

Amored Core 4 parts now cost real money!

[Valkysas]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

I can see From Software releasing additional parts via microtransactions, but I doubt you'd have to buy every single part of the game seperately like this retarded ****.

[Armored]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

If you want Aeris to live in the remake of FFVII, just shell out $200!

[Jamos' Old Account]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Nope, they shoved a damn shotgun up their ass and pulled the trigger. I never was a big fan of the series, but this has got to be the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Its official, all of Sony has serious brain damage.

[The_Real_Crunk]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

Chrome Hounds already has parts out that you can buy for about a dollar each. So far non of them are that great according to the people online. But the point is that they are extra. Theya re not required to play the game and have fun.

[Smurvis]

Re: Sony just shot themselves in the face.

I remember having to buy Halo 2 maps, and MechAssault mechs for small amounts... but that's just ridiculous.