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MGSV - MB Coins pricing spotted on PSN
- Thread starter Love Deterrence
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Give the industry time. We came here from horse armor. Sky's the limit.
scoobidoo112
Member
It's their funeral.
"No. It's ours."
Krappadizzle
Member
That is exactly where I'm falling in line with this. Just gonna cheat engine all that shit and not worry. Those prices are crazy high.
TheSlySoul
Member
Give it time, EA/Activision will probably find a way.
scoobidoo112
Member
“From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be industry that was broken,
The developers again shall be king.”
I remember listening to a talk John Ritticiello gave back when he was CEO of EA. He was talking about the ideal future, where people are charged a dollar every time they reload a gun.
Some indie games will basically be seen as free because they only charge you once.
CopperPuppy
Member
Ha, it's kind of
funny that the price per MB coin actually increases between the $15.95 (1150 coins) tier and the $48.95 (3500 coins) tier, however negligible the difference may be.
As one might assume, the price per coin drops ever so slightly as you move up to more expensive tiers. Like with anything else (think Costco), this makes sense: price per unit drops in bulk. Not so between the $15.95 and $48.95 tiers, where the price raises by about two one-hundredths of a cent. Again, a completely negligible difference, but still funny given the already brazen "fuck you" presented to us by this pricing structure.
not really
As one might assume, the price per coin drops ever so slightly as you move up to more expensive tiers. Like with anything else (think Costco), this makes sense: price per unit drops in bulk. Not so between the $15.95 and $48.95 tiers, where the price raises by about two one-hundredths of a cent. Again, a completely negligible difference, but still funny given the already brazen "fuck you" presented to us by this pricing structure.
BouncyFrag
Member
During that hour you are also locked out of playing your other games as well.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Somebody with elite gif skills will make a mother base pull the lever segment. I hope.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Way to kill MGO, Konami. Fucktards.
Are the GamesCom prices still the same now? Seems a "little" excessive.
Press F to pay respects?
Press F to pay respects?
Yeah, seriously.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Because Metal Gear.
Because some of that money goes to Kojima and his team, and that deserves support. Past that, I don't think people will have anything to do with Konami ever again unless they're PES-heads.
They're for building FOBs.
We'll see how that changes gameplay once we can connect to Konami servers, and if there's some kind of day one patch to gimp GMP production.
MiamiWesker
Member
We don't know but it seems to be a totally different currency that can't be exchanged
Opinionatedfish
Member
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LookAtMeGo
Member
Pretty much. As much as I'm sure Kojima is sour towards Konami, I'm sure he wants everyone to play and enjoy the game he created even though Konami is trying their best to tarnish that enjoyment for some. I would have bought this game regardless of any online play.
PreFire
Member
I thought this was for MP oriented stuff, so presumably won't work offline.
FOBs affect your GMP production. That's absolutely bleeding over into SP.
LookAtMeGo
Member
To what extent though? If the grind is too much, I will be livid.
Won't know for sure until release. All anyone can say is that it's not isolated.
LookAtMeGo
Member
My hype has taken an arrow to the knee. Still pretty excited though. Keeping my fingers crossed its not too bad.
I meant the FOB spending might not be SP based, but MP based. So your FOB status is on a server, and will be tough to hack locally with Cheat Engine.
You might feel it if you're trying to 100% the game. I watched a stream over the last few days where the guy beat the whole game. No microtransactions for him, and he seemed to unlock quite a bit of stuff without much real grinding.
For the vast majority of people, none of this will be an issue.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Thats good to hear. I doubt I will 100% it. I rarely do that with any game.
What I'm wondering is if they check GMP with the server as well, and if there's an inconsistency it sends up a red flag.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
That's crazy, it is August 31st 2015 at 2:23 PM and you saw someone beat the game already on a stream with no microtransactions.
I was thinking about giving it a shot to maybe make things feel a bit more comfortable, but I've done good in the last 20 or so years doing things the traditional way. If I want something done or I get to know more about the benefits then maybe, maybe I'll buy one.
I just need one thing to happen first and that's actually having a playable copy of the game.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I think some might not even have any more money than the average person. Sometimes it's just an addiction
Same as the slot machine zombies you see in Vegas, I suppose.
Buy the game, but don't buy MB Coins. Support Kojima, not the scam that Konami forced on him. Enjoy the singleplayer it's gonna be the best. That MB Coins shit...who cares I don't plan to play the multiplayer.
LookAtMeGo
Member
My friend spent over $300 on Warframe.
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
MGO and FOB are two different modes.
Krappadizzle
Member
Unless you need to buy FOBs to upgrade at any reasonable rate. Then it's war lol
Exploratory
Banned
Just fucking relax. TThis could be the worst thing ever or fucking nothing. Let's wait instead of calling for blood and freaking the fuck out.
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
I'll pick up some ahead of time. My time is at a premium but my money isn't, and I'd like to support Konami for getting this game made so hopefully they realize the demand is there. Good stuff!
What purpose does this serve? If people are angry, they'll be angry. Not like they're going to change Konami's minds, they're bailing out of the business anyway to pursue gambling.
They won't bypass it for long if Konami's gung ho about protecting the revenue stream. And they probably will be. They'll pursue cheaters before they pursue patching the game.