GTA 5's Christmas Update Out Now, Here's What It Brings [Update]

@ltjohnnyrico: I understand that but personally I think it's a shame and quite disrespectful on the behalf of the developer not to supply a product that they were well known for when there is huge demand for it.

I don't buy the "I wouldn't have bought the game if I'd known they weren't gonna do single player dlc" that I see from a lot of internet turds, the game is very good on its own.

For me the situation points to a larger problem with the industry: wanting maximum profit for very 'little' effort.

I know that profit for effort or value for money isn't how most industries work any more but gaming used to be about pleasing the consumer and making a profit from selling games that people adored, since mobile gaming showed that milking the naive/rich/parents who can't be bothered to entertain their children was a viable method of generating profit for minimal effort it seems like proper gaming developers (no, I don't consider many mobile games to be worthy of being held in the same esteem as console/pc games. Some are good games but their number is insignificant in comparison to the chaff imo) have become enamored with forcing the same constructs into main stream games, it's become a race to see who can force the most regressive system into their game while still making money and it can't be healthy for the industry if the trend continues on its downward slide.

The only reason that there hasn't been a backlash already (in my opinion obviously) is because young people have never known anything different and their parents just want to keep them quiet/happy so throw money at them.

I didn't have such a big issue with GTA online when it first came out, money could be made easily enough and while it's supposed to be fairly easy still (from what I've been reading, I haven't played in a while) I see more and more people complaining that Rockstar are making in game cash harder to earn and/or worth less as to 'promote' the buying of the money cards.... those cards are from where my problem with GTA online stems, GTA5 was a full priced AAA game it isn't a free mobile game but the purchasable in game credits are priced at about the same value as mobile game credits. I feel that the game should either be provided for free or the in game cash should be far cheaper to buy and easier to earn as it has no real value, it takes nothing to produce.

I would also like to see Rockstar provide content for the people that helped build the company as well as for the younger generation that doesn't know how greedy the industry has become since my youth.

I guess my biggest problem is that I'm fairly old compared to the target audience, I'm old enough to remember a better way of doing things.

I'm a relic lol

Please excuse me if my comment seems a bit scatty, I'm on really strong pain killers so my thoughts are fragmented.

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I just realised what day it is. Have a merry Christmas for tomorrow roughneck ;-)