Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Microtransaction Pricing Revealed [Update]

Danny is the truth!

The fact that it has microtransactions, for a game you're already paying 60 for, automatically make this game a 7/10 for me. Stupid, stupid Konami.

unless those coins make snakes mother come... no gain, no pain

You can earn these coins in-game according to multiple sources. I love how people freak out without knowing exactly what the situation. Then again: there are a LOT of people that..... lets say.... are really, really dumb. Also: for those of you saying that microtransactions are the company being greedy and that it always backfires.... there is something called the 90-10 rule that can be applied to a lot of things in life. 10% of people earn 90% of the money, 10% of people do 90% of the work..... 10% of people will buy 90% of the microtransactions. While many people hate microtransactions: they wouldn't offer them if people didn't buy a lot of them. I've personally spent maybe $20 in my life on microtransactions..... 2 bucks on Dead Space, maybe a buck on Dead Space 3, 10 bucks on Dust 514 (which was to support the game since it's a f2p) and the rest to support Path of Exile.... however my 12 y/o nephew has spent a couple hundred bucks of his mom's cash on GTAV Online in-game money. If the 90/10 rule applies here and that 10% averages $60 in extra spending- that's an extra 10% profit without any overhead. THAT is who they are targeting.

ps It's fun to play around with the 90-10 rule.... it fits in a LOT of different situations.

Business is business...it's like the old stock market saying, "If you're not up, your down".

I wish there was a way to make this portion just a mobile app game instead of part of the whole game. Microtransactions are indeed the worst.

Oh noes! Not MGS too...

I don't play this series for the multiplayer.

Oh, and got the game half off on G2A. :)

No microtransactions in Witcher series ;-)

This sucks... This is from KONAMI, the company who decided to focus on Pachinko machines instead of video games.

This is a last minute tack on from konami just trying to ruin Kojimas final MGS.

Well F*** them didnt work did it

I could not see any video only thing on my screen was a black screen. The microtransactions sound like how they work in cell phone games it sounds terrible sounds like it would take forever just to build new struts for your FOB where if you pay it will happen instantly. This will probably lead to certain players buying the Mother base points and upgrading there FOB quickly and having access to more equipment and resources while players who aren't willing to buy Mother Base points will likely behave a tougher time against there enemies.

What is the issue?

Buying used. Absolutely will not give konami 1 cent for this game.

This is what happens when marketting and advertising jerks get ahold of our entertainment. Sleazeball business suits trying to suck every dollar out of you. Day 1 there will be rich skill-less punks mopping FOB up and collecting whatever it is they collect.

Pay2win.

Pay to win multiplayer... gross.

Nice dirty little trick also.. releasing a locked version of the game for review and then the day before release (after everyone has already preordered for delivery) releasing the truth that is does in fact have a pay wall in place.

Dosent matter how subtle it is, it's still a pay wall and an advantage however 'irrelevant' some may claim, to the game it self.

There is some of the game, on your $60 disc, that YOU cannot access unless you pay more money. If you do not think that is wrong, you are everything that is wrong in gaming.

We are the guinea pigs for Konami as they want to shift to the mobile market and make games that have these microtransactions in them. This is basically them probably test running it to see how well it does. I hate it personally and can't stand Pay to Win games honestly.

''Konami producer Kenichiro Imaizumi has also taken to Twitter to clarify MB Coins, the currency driving the gameplay of the F.O.B. multiplayer mode, can be earned in ways other than paying real world money for them.''

I feel sick just reading this... Throwing what is essentially a mobile game on a full $60 game experience that has no use for it what so ever is sickening. The mere fact that it exists at all in the game should be a detriment, and should make the game at least lose one whole point. I wouldn't even be surprised that when this was first brought up in development Kojima thought it was stupid, which set him on a path that caused friction with the idiots at Konami, which lead to him leaving the company.

So... like Jim Sterling says... F___ Konami!

Big surprise, the game is designed around the micro-transactions. This shit is starting to get ridiculous. I have been just as excited as anybody for this game but, this is inexcusable! If you are defending this shit saying "it's not pay to win and doesn't affect how you play the game" then you're a damn fool. I don't care if I can unlock everything in the game without these micro-transactions. The game is designed around them and their presence is inexcusable in a game I've already paid $60 for!

"new platforms on your base can take an hour or so to generate. But using the coins lets you accelerate that process."

So just like any typical, cheap mobile game?