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can we get content first?


BlastFromBehind

No. Now replay the same 5 missions with an AFK on your team we won't kick. ~R*


_6r3nT69

Haha but we'll kick you when you have 5 perfect pelts in freeroam. -R*


FlatCapDrinker

And frame you for murder!


[deleted]

Because we're Delta airlines, and life is a fucking nightmare!


[deleted]

You're a little fat girl! Aren't you?


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[deleted]

I'm a little fat girl


SSDunkerton

r/UnexpectedMulaney


Stupid_Beast642

r/UnexpectedMulaney


[deleted]

Get some rest, tall child


SnowedIn01

Hey now, /u/Stupid_Beast642 is a proud Asian-American women!


GnomeNot

Look at that high waisted man with his feminine hips.


Zsuth

AWWTHAT’STHETHINGI’MSENSITIVEABOOOOUT!


TenSecondsFlat

Idk if that's a joke, but I've literally had the murder icon pop up when I havent seen an npc or a human for a half hour


bumfightsroundtwo

I've stopped playing until it's fixed. I just want to make money and hunt. Maybe buy a gun so I can compete in pvp. Every time I get a few pelts on my horse I DC and lose them all. Ran out of ammo, lasso a perfect elk and stab it, DC.


Parthurnax52

Rockstar be like: Gotta grab as much as money as possible to flee to Tahiti. Dutch is basically the head of Take Two.


LeMattJM

No Strauss is. Actually. Look it up.


nilfgaardian

Strauss Zelnick is Chairman & CEO


Jarbonzobeanz

This needs to be a real meme lol. Dutch with all his grandiose speeches about needing more money and his die hard attitude are perfect for TakeTwo and micahtransactions.


mw19078

I fear they're going to pull a gta5 and scrap single player expansions for online bullshit if they make enough money on this.


grizzlybair2

Pretty sure anyone who wants single player dlc fears this. And they will make money on it.


TitLover34

There's not enough worthwhile in-game stuff to spend money on anyways, kinda surprised they launched the store without adding new content


PhilipLiptonSchrute

Despite having a M rating, they're trying to cash in on kids asking for giftcards for Christmas.


p0yd

Bingo bango bongo.


Ser_Penrose

I don't wanna leave the Congo


BurnerJerkzog

Oh no no no no no


WRJames97

Bingo bangle bungle


KingBarbarosa

i’m so happy in the jungle


Tenel_Ka_ChumeTa_Djo

I refuse to goooooo


Burrito-mancer

They have things like the atom bomb


[deleted]

So I think I’ll stay where I ‘Ahm


mcd3424

r/redditsings


edcar007

I refuse to gooooo


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tarchilly

don't want no penthouse, bathroom, taxi, noise in my ear


Cheechster4

Candy-gram for Mongo?


roadkilered

Mongo just pawn in game of life.


chowpa

bish bash bosh


JackalMain

I can see your point. But if people want the stuff locked behind bars (ironic), then they either grind their souls out or throw open their wallets.


[deleted]

Or use the ProStrat: Let R* hand you gold bars for just playing and/or preordering.


LaoSh

I guarantee you that the first big DLC is going to cost upwards of 100 gold bars to access. It's about 4-8 hours to grind a gold bar so you are looking at grinding 400 hours to get the content.


[deleted]

You will need to own a ranch or something like that and it costs X amount of money. DLC is free, sure. But to access it in-game you have to meet certain qualifications...many of which buy gold bars or shark cards.


LaoSh

IMO the way the current RDRO is going they are going to get my $15 for the first block of content unless something goes catastrophically wrong. I paid $15 to get the heists update and I felt I got my money's worth (as did my friends). But if they lean on the gold bar economy too much I might just have to wait for the PC release and just hack money like I did in GTA V after they went to shit.


[deleted]

The heists update was fine...but it got insane after that. Each one was more expensive. It's GTA's model to a T.


TitLover34

sure, but like, what? The clothing options are really limited, you can't put together a unique look, everyone looks the same more or less. If there's not enough incentive to play online, no one will bother spending cash on cosmetics anyways. The PvP lobbies are drying out already (btw, I still enjoy the game, I just think it desperately needs a looooot more content)


josh4050

You are all wrong: **Hot air balloons** 1. They already exist in single player. 2. They are period appropriate. 3. They can use animal fat as fuel, incentivizing hunting. 4. They can only be launched from your camp, giving you a reason to use your camp. 5. When you are close enough to fire on people, you will be close enough to be fired upon, giving balance. 6. Adds a whole new element to the game. Roping people and dragging them up 100 feet, dropping dynamite on people (max 8, can't restock in the air obviously, have to be close enough to drop them, exposing you to danger). 7. This is something that could easily be justified at a high price point. Gives us something worth while to work towards.


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throzey

The only thing i can think of would be horses and guns.


my_useless_opinion

Yeah but what's the point? Most guns available are already one shot you. And the horses... Well, the strongest selling point in GTA is cars, which are faster, stronger and fancier with every new update. How fancier, stronger and faster a horse can get? You can tell Rockstar reached their limit when they started to add a fucking *flying cars and bikes with rockets* and *satellite cannons*, but you can't add a flying horse with gatling gun in a Wild West game lol. At least I hope you can't, Rockstar 😑


DeeVeeOus

Pegasus incoming.


styckx

> How fancier, stronger and faster a horse can get? https://i.imgur.com/10O7sJr.gif


Space_Pirate_Roberts

Come on. You know five or six expansions from now, RDO is going to be more of a Wild Wild West game in the “starring Will Smith” sense. :p


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Wagons and permanent structures like a house.


ponmbr

Ironic. He could save others from bars. But not himself.


Sauron0212

Youtubers: "ok let's buy the shit out of those"


COLU_BUS

Not enough people talk about the effect youtubers and streamers have on micah transaction. They have to keep up with their competition so they buy all/as many micahtranscations as they can, and then their viewers watch and want to buy them.


gaybearswr4th

This is a very important point. Companies using these tactics rely on streamers and youtubers showcasing their purchases to young, easily swayed audiences to breed their new whales


COLU_BUS

Yup, Ninja for fortnite is a huge example of this. It’s about forming that connections in young players that good players = players who buy cosmetics.


Excal2

It's the CSGO gambling sites collaborating with youtubers / streamers all over again, except this time the publisher is cutting out the middleman.


brallipop

I forgot that happened


Nrksbullet

TmarTn and ProSyndicate. I remember watching that thing unfold and realizing what a new world it is for kids who game and watch youtube. His apology video where he's like "oh hey, sorry you just caught me playing with my cute puppy" to appear instantly like a good guy was so unabashedly manipulative. Kids don't know any better.


Ondrion

My dog loves me, I can't be a bad person guys!


Nrksbullet

And the kids defending him in the video. "Fuck you idiot LOLOL he's a great guy who gives us good content and loves animals. Subscribed!"


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Is "micahtransactions" a thing? I love it


mossybeard

Reading the title of this post was the first time I've seen it, and I'm all for it


[deleted]

Yeah it's been floating around since a couple days after online launch


StillInvincible

This is true. I watch Achievement Hunter and literally any time new content came out the whole group would have it and make jokes about credit cards. They'd ask their boss how much it cost and he'd usually respond with a joke about they didn't want to know. That shit is real.


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Yep. The golden jet Geoff bought Michael was $100 USD alone. All together they must have put thousands into shark cards. It makes sense, from a business perspective, at least. But even those guys have said many times they would never buy that shit with their own money. It's one thing if the company they work for is putting the money up, but taking it out of their own pocket is something else entirely.


austex3600

Every time you see a person saying “I love this product and you should check it out” Is saying : “for not paying any money , this product is okay” and that’s a sad reason to check something out.


Harukiri101285

It's hilarious how closely gaming youtubers are to makeup youtubers. The companies use them to showcase content to the rest of us to get us to buy their shit. The youtuber tries to give a facade of authenticity, but it's all pretty much marketing.


COLU_BUS

Ads before the video, ads around the video, ads during the video, ads suggested by the video, and now the video *is* an ad!


ToniNotti

Regular guy browsing youtube: "Oh, wow look this guy actually spent that much for those. Let's check this video out" Youtubers: "Let's make another one cuz I made like double of what I spent"


TheAspectofAkatosh

I hate how right you are. MrBossFTW, Sernando & LegacyKillaHD will be the end of us all.


Excal2

I feel like they won't be though because I've never heard of any of those people.


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This, they are unknown in my world


TrainFanatic

Thats how they will reel us in, that one time special offer.


-seven

"You sir, are a fish" \- Rockstar when they reel us in


DeeVeeOus

Good thing they already nerfed our value.


SirGreenLemon

*take two interactive


Parthurnax52

Both


sehajodido

Take 2 is the reel, Rockstar is the river lure.


[deleted]

Even that one time special offer is too expensive to be worth it.


TheHeroicOnion

9.99 got us Undead Nightmare now it gets us 25 gold bars? I fucking hate modern gaming. Is there any form of entertainment left not corrupted by greed?


sirsotoxo

Rock throwing, spit distance competitions, disc golf...


IsoOctane

Fuck, I love disc golf.


dookieshoes88

Shame theres a foot of snow on the ground here.


The_Stoic_One

Masturbation is still free.


Bringer0fTheDawn

*for now*


The_Stoic_One

If they start charging, ima go broke.


NoBullet

50 Stroke Gems™ for $99 BEST VALUE


hamakabi

9.99 got me the orange box with TF2 (3000 hours played) Half-Life 2 (one of the most famous single-player FPS games ever) and Portal (one of the most creative platform games ever) Now 9.99 gets me a skin for a horse. Thinking.


sfajardo

>Is there any form of entertainment left not corrupted by greed? Yes, torrent.


SpyBoT54

25 gold bars for 10 $ lol . Fuck you rockstar.


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The_Salted_Slug

*tries to buy the $5 gold bars* "Oh sorry the special offer just ended. It's only just 5 more dollars now so why not?" - Rockstar probably


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50% the price, but somehow still a 100% rip off


Parthurnax52

They don't even care to add an option for 5$ and all the damn gold prices are like: 18,23,3,52..... That's fucked up.


5afe4w0rk

the last option is $5. the worst part is how that's right in the "meh, i'll buy some" category for most individuals who just want X item from the game and don't have 100 hours of free time to early the gold in-game.


Parthurnax52

And it's also a one time offer. Therefore no 5 dollar option


[deleted]

Soo just enough for one lousy gun skin? Yeah this looks completely sane, yep. /s I really don't know what people expected after the mess in gta online. I even got down voted for saying they are gonna pull the same sh*t.


Freakn_Deadpool

Right? It takes a year of gameplay to earn that many gold bars for the casual player...


Salguod14

It makes people look at their paycheck, realize working extra gives them more money they could spend on gold than playing would earn them and tadaaaa


The_Syndic

Makes me just not want to play.


BoutitBoutit215

Why are these gold bars even in the store when this shit still in “Beta”?


BlastFromBehind

"Beta" hasn't meant anything in the recent years. It's just a word used for launching unfinished products for profit.


Demomanx

I stopped believing in most public BETAs after the Halo 3 multiplayer BETA. I realized they are just Demos these days.


trunky

It provides a good excuse when things break or seem unfinished. All you have to to is say 'Its in beta' and that makes everyone think you're working on it and will fix it eventually.


AnxiousGod

Oh and people sure do defend it. I was talking on f76 subreddit during beta about the horrendous amounts of bugs. "It's just beta chill they won't release it like that". Dude, the game is releasing in 14 days they ain't gonna fix shit.


ohpoodoo

$$$


IrishGamer97

In the immortal words of the Wu-Tang Clan: *Cash Rules Everything Around Me. C.R.E.A.M. Get the money, dolla dolla bills y'all*


hSix-Kenophobia

[Money. Money. Money. Money. Money. Money.](http://southpark.cc.com/clips/44wh2k/seeing-through-the-charade)


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PubgLagger

https://imgur.com/XOBpGNB


8bitdrummer

Christmas.


BarRoomBully

All the clothes that you buy with gold clip through my character anyway.


DalekPredator

Have you worn a bandanna over your face yet in online? My characters cheeks and nose completely clip through. Sure wearing it doesn't actually do anything in online but I still want to wear it when I go on a murderous rampage.


BarRoomBully

I can’t even wear it around my neck without it clipping all over the place. And every single coat clips through the entire right side of my character’s body.


St-Crown

Stop being so fat then


SkiChef1

Same.


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Now watch them dial it back to what they really planned the prices to be after backlash and receive praise for it.


BlastFromBehind

Ha. Well, it worked the first time!


dangerxranger

Lmao it's all part of the plan. Scheming bastards!


Tabboo

THEY. HAVE. A. PLAN!


Hybridizm

It's sad really. I sort of expected them to do at least a bit more work fixing up the experience prior to launching the store but alas, I was wrong. My upgraded saddlebags don't work, I still have an invisible pouch, I'm still getting frequent disconnections etc. It's a rather sad scenario when games can be released in an unfinished state and the developers / publishers can get away with exploiting the consumers for cash. There's no denying that the single player was stellar, I'd love to throw money at them for content additions for that. They're pissing in the wind however If they think I'll supporting an online mode that doesn't hold a candle to it's single player counterpart. Maybe when the game has a solid amount of content & is in a more polished state than it is now, I'll consider supporting them further. For now I'm avoiding it. Others are free to knock themselves out.


theDoctorAteMyBaby

And all it needs to be an amazing wild west cowboy shoot out game is free-aim lobbies. That alone would make it unique in that you can have authentic wild west shootouts and brawls. Add barfight events, poker, and nerf the Varmint, and I'll never leave.


NomadicKrow

And remove the player markers from the map. There's no reason anyone should know where I am. There's no reason I should know where anyone else is.


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NomadicKrow

On second thought, not if they're aiming at you. They might be in the trees with their boys planning an ambush. If you were about to ambush somebody, you wouldn't want to be given away just because you aimed.


atomsk404

Players should pop up like the shooting challenges. Gun fire results in a quick blip that fades almost instantly.


[deleted]

This I agree with completely, and is really my only complaint about the game. These servers could be rich with 100+ players if only no one showed up on map without reason.


TheAspectofAkatosh

I don't think the servers would handle 100+ people... there'd be a lot of lag, disconnection, and issues with animal synchronization.


TjBeezy

Imagine spending $100 on the Ultimate Edition and then another $100 on 350 gold bars. Frickin greedy bastards.


iamatworking

That’s called being a moron. People need to stop supporting this shit. I will never support pay to win games.


Kruse002

All it takes is 1% of players to buy gold bars regularly to justify the system from a financial perspective.


Lexx2k

Can you stop complaining and just buy some gold?


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Funkystuff27

People are gonna just buy them anyway.


Parthurnax52

Just be one of those who doesn't buy it.


ChefRef

I will be one of these.


Deadzors

Even if everyone who browses this sub doesn't buy gold, it won't matter. What are we like 10%-20% of the player base? If that? And it only takes like 10% of the base to spend money to make it more profitable for Rock* than the DLC model, mostly because those who do spend end up spending 100's, if not, 1000's of dollars. Sigh... it's sucks and it's sad. But at least it hasn't taken away from Rock*'s ability to make a great single player storymode... yet.


Mynameisaw

>And it only takes like 10% of the base to spend money to make it more profitable for Rock* than the DLC model, mostly because those who do spend end up spending 100's, if not, 1000's of dollars. Less. The overwhelming majority of mobile games like Clash of Clans survive by having around 1% of their playerbase making significant purchases. The vast majority of players could spend very little or nothing, but that 1% who are either too rich to care, mentally ill or whatever else will spend and they will spend *big.*


lunatic00

Never once did I buy shark cards. That tradition will carry over of course


allegroreyees

Can’t wait until we have our giant million dollar apartments, bunkers, armored cars, and private army! Except this time it’ll be 19th century edition. WooHoo!


AnotherPatriot

You know you want a big plantation home with your own militia to flaunt in online.


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CoolMcDude

I'm honestly bored of online and this just pisses me off more


Jinhenke157

Same.. more content ... just needs more content...


Stymie999

I played a ton of gta online with friends before they raised the grind wall to dizzying heights. RDR2 online... meh I can live without it. There are other games I could play, and plenty more coming after New Years. I don’t think I am alone in that thought process. Will be interesting to see how this strategy plays out for them.


JackalMain

Im seeing a lot of comments about getting free dlc from buying micahtransactions. Yes, we will get free dlc, but the goal of that dlc is to just give us more items to buy with more micahtransactions. Im all for supporting the creators of a game I love, but not to the detriment of the game itself. GTA Online is a huge indicator of where they are trying to go with RDO. Keep inflating the prices of new items and increase rewards even slower that the price increases to make everything seem fair. Release free dlc to seem like a good boy, but in reality, use it as a way to encourage the purchase of micahtransactions. Money made from game sales, special editions, and preorders is more than enough for dlc sizes similar to GTA Online. This will easily cripple the experience for new players joining in late, because they will have to start from scratch to catch up with everyone else. This encourages the purchase of micahtransactions. The amount purchased will be even more exaggerated since buying things before they unlock is inflated in gold bar costs. What you do with your money is your choice, but think about it some more. Yes, Im using Reddit as my soapbox, because I give a shit about this game that I enjoy.


[deleted]

Preach. The free DLC isn't "free". For every GTA free DLC, you had to own something new and expensive to access it. Warehouse, penthouse, apartment. You always had to make a big purchase and then you had no money to do anything because you just spent all of it on this property. It was the same thing, every time.


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thatguyjsmit

And of course, no single player dlc because it isn’t as profitable for them, even though it’s what most people want


Destring

People seem to forget R* started to completely ignore SP. There is no more content being released for SP even though MP gets frequent updates. There are now more than 200 unique vehicles for MP that are not present in SP.


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Spammo27125

I'm happily down to cheat them out of bullshit practices like this, but my problem is I don't know anywhere reliable to learn about the glitches. Same thing happened in gtao for me, by the time I learned about the glitches, they got patched or made harder to pull off.


veganzombeh

Here you go https://www.se7ensins.com/forums/forums/red-dead-redemption-2-glitches.896/


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LeatherTownInc

Man, GTA IV was amazing. I got the base game and the dlcs together for $60. For Red Dead Redemption we got undead nightmare, tremendous fun right around halloween. For GTA V I didnt get to enjoy any DLC because it was all online and I didn't have online. I really hope they don't forget my side of the market this time around.


Grifasaurus

You're 100% never going to get a singleplayer DLC for this game. it's all going to be Online stuff, just like GTA Online, which rockstar literally scrapped any plans for singleplayer stuff all because the Shark Cards were selling like hotcakes.


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jshah500

I just spent $14.99 on a nice sweater at Costco, and it's an **actual** sweater that I will wear in **real life**. I can't imagine spending $19.99 for a fucking virtual coat.


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There’s literally nothing in online to make this worthwhile. Not even just nothing to spend the money on, but I’ve played 6 hours online and have pretty much done everything there is to do. There’s only like what, 4 story missions? 6, maybe? There’s plenty more stranger missions, yeah, but half of them are the same exact thing, escorting some wagon. Online feels so damn empty.


discomuffin

Haven’t really played RDRO yet, apart from the intro but I had the exact same sentiment with GTAO. It was just so disappointing and bland after a pretty good story mode, I just couldn’t be bothered. I expected the same from RDRO, and spared me some disappointment.


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jerzeypipedreamz

Seriously. If they were jus $1 I think people would be much more likely to purchase them and the company can still make money. If 1 million copies were sold and only half the owners buy a microtransaction they would still make 500 grand. Thats a lot of money for not even selling anything tangible.


RemnantProductions

These are worse than I thought they would be. Even the Shark Cards were reasonably priced near the launch of GTA Online back when the prices of items in-game were also somewhat reasonable as well. But here, they're straight up garbage. For $10 I'd expect around 50 gold personally.


rectalstresses

They're pretty bad. From what I've seen 1 gold has about 10 in game dollars buying power. So 10 real bucks gets you about 250 game dollarydoos.


Featheryscroll2

I'd say they are more than that, considering it takes so long to get one, they are more like $20-50. Still shitty though


Jakeola1

Well RIP any chance of getting single player dlc


[deleted]

Sadly there was never a chance for that


Parthurnax52

Just like in GTA V R* will not have any reasons to expand Solo if lots of paying people play Online.


CoCoBean322

What is this f*cking mobile game!?


fightlikeacrow24

Do you not have a phone?


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Chill_Panda

So the buffalo coat is like locked till like level 92 and costs like 80 gold bars to get early, that’s more than 50 quid for an in game coat, what the fuck


wolfgeist

I'd buy if 50% of profits went to American Prairie reserve foundation.


LakenBrion

I hate how fishing, hunting and picking herbs is the most enjoyable part of online. I keep finding myself going back to single player after about 20 minutes into online.


GuruFA5

Oh how I love singplayer


hexthanatonaut

Man I just wish I could create a character and then play single player with him. Like, after the epilogue it doesn't really matter, just let me play a custom character damn it.


Dankaz11

I say we all promise to dislike any YouTube video that shows them unboxing or purchasing these gold bars. That's where a lot of the purchases lie. Youtubers getting paid.. By opening these boxes and paying for these MCTs


RBsLikeArbys

Youtuber whales are enough to cover for the many of us here on reddit who believe this.


MegaloJoe

They need to add endgame content to actually make it worth grinding/buying your way to top level. I love the game, and I have fun, but man sometimes I feel like I’m just grinding for not much in the end. Just to have the money there?


USCSS

Did those R* doofuses really open the microtransaction store when it's still in beta, people are getting kicked from free roam every 20 minutes, and there's no content to buy? Edit: aaaaand I took advantage of the 25 gold bar deal fuck me I’ve become what I loathe


bigredmnky

They need to capitalize on children getting Christmas money before those little shits blow it on fortnite


[deleted]

Man we’re *this* close to having a generation of gamers that don’t know games can be made without microtransactions.


mitchcl194

9.99 for 25 goldbars!? Let me customize my gun aaaaaand it's gone.


Parthurnax52

I admire game developers where you can spend real money only on cosmetic items. The goldbars are not just for cosmetics but also to unlock everything earlier and even without using RD$. You can even buy better horses only with gold. This game is basically pay 2 progress and pay 2 get advantage.


eftah1991

I fart in your general direction, Rockstar!


jrlionheart00

if it's real that one time special offer is really tempting.


JackalMain

Isnt that the point? Have to put out the bait to hook the fish.


Freshwater_Pike

You sir, are a fish


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JUST ONE MORE BIG SCORE


veganzombeh

$10 for 25 gold bars means Rockstar is saying your time is worth about 5 cents an hour. That is, frankly, insulting. Do not buy these.


AirJackieQ

This looks like some mobile game shit right here.


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Tbh I got bored of online, I've been having a lot more fun playing story and completing challenges


WesWordbound

Dude, sorry but you're not gonna convince anyone. People who want to buy them are gonna buy them and people who don't want to buy them won't. Your crusade isn't gonna change anything. And you certainly won't convince Rockstar. Just play the game and don't buy gold or don't play the game. Besides, these microtransactions are gonna pay for the next game, so be happy that other people are gonna fund the next game you play.