Sony - Micropayments for GT:HD
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Sony - Micropayments for GT:HD
Because of this article, I am in no danger of buying a PS3 or Gran Turismo HD.
Its the tracks that gets me the most. If you buy the Platinum edition, you only get 2 tracks? With the option to purchase 2 more? That game better be like $10.
And of course there are the cars. Half the fun of the Gran Turismo games is to collect these rare cars. Now, its going to cost me a couple hundred to do that? Even with the small subset that I'd actually keep around.
I dunno about this...
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153775
Its the tracks that gets me the most. If you buy the Platinum edition, you only get 2 tracks? With the option to purchase 2 more? That game better be like $10.
And of course there are the cars. Half the fun of the Gran Turismo games is to collect these rare cars. Now, its going to cost me a couple hundred to do that? Even with the small subset that I'd actually keep around.
I dunno about this...
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153775
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).
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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).
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
*goes and hugs my xbox 360*
*looks at forza2 previews*
BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH @ Sony PS3 trying to go outa business!!!
*looks at forza2 previews*
BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH @ Sony PS3 trying to go outa business!!!
Seriously. And the upcoming xbox 360 games are looking much better anyway.
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Originally Posted by nKoan
Seriously. And the upcoming xbox 360 games are looking much better anyway.
apparently on release they said the current games(and games in the making) are only touching 25% of what the 360 is capable of doing.
with games like
Test Drive Unlimited
Gears of War
Turok
Halo 3
Forza 2
and many others, I really have no urge to buy PS3 for literally ONLY Grand Turismo, because frankly that would be the only reason i bought playstation
Hell, even world of warcraft is about to come out for 360!
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
Hell, even world of warcraft is about to come out for 360!
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
apparently on release they said the current games(and games in the making) are only touching 25% of what the 360 is capable of doing.
with games like
Test Drive Unlimited
Gears of War
Turok
Halo 3
Forza 2
and many others, I really have no urge to buy PS3 for literally ONLY Grand Turismo, because frankly that would be the only reason i bought playstation
Hell, even world of warcraft is about to come out for 360!
with games like
Test Drive Unlimited
Gears of War
Turok
Halo 3
Forza 2
and many others, I really have no urge to buy PS3 for literally ONLY Grand Turismo, because frankly that would be the only reason i bought playstation
Hell, even world of warcraft is about to come out for 360!
amen!!! the 360 is capable of so much more. i cant WAIT to see what things will look like later on. i mean look at GT 4 compared to other things on PS2. the graphics were a lot better. xbox can top that! i hope forza looks good
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Originally Posted by Double Phister
me hopes nick is fibbing.
I thinks me not be getting PS3.
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Originally Posted by T-Will
I wouldn't put it past Sony to pull a DUMBASS move like this...
I thinks me not be getting PS3.
I thinks me not be getting PS3.
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Originally Posted by Double Phister
yes. you should get a 360 instead.
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**** SONY IN THEIR STUPID ***, **** THEM HARD TILL THEY BLEED AND THE TRUE GAMERS SEVER HEADS AND POST THEM ON POLES TO DISPLAY IN THE TOWN CENTER WHILE THEY ARE ON FIRE AND WE ALL DANCE AROUND WHILE CURSING THE DEVELOPERS WHO NEED TO DIE IN A FIRE SLOWLY WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEAS. **** THEM ALL I HOPE THEY ALL DIE.. NO SERIOUS.. DIE IN A FIRE.. A VERY HOT FIRE WITH NO WATER AROUND.. SLOWLY... AND IT BETTER BE PAINFULL.. WITH NO PAIN KILLERS OR TOPICAL CREAM TO HELP WITH THE WOUNDS
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I think this is just a ruse by Nick, This way a lot of people that origanlly were waiting for the PS3, will not be waiting in line when it first comes out and Nick will be the first person in line....
good trick Nick, I wish I would have thought of that!
good trick Nick, I wish I would have thought of that!