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

Eh? A single package of DLC that's more expensive then the core game itself? A classic, terrible Clash of Clan milking method incorporated into a fully paid game...... No wonder why Kojima left Konami. This horrible company is heading toward creating and selling swallow contents for quick cash instead of masterpieces that would be remembered for many years to come. Good luck selling your chinkos...., eh, I mean pachinkos.

Just brutal... ...and they'll make a killing on it. Parents, watch those credit cards!

I can't believe people are this stupid to spend any kind of money in this microtransactions crap

I don't have a problem with this. I sure as hell will never pay (additional) $80 for a full price game, but that's just me. Some people have very little time to play games (weird, right?), so if they want to pay for a boost and speed up the game (without having to grind for everything) then that's fine by me.

when they say the game have microtransactions they really mean MACROTRANSACTIONS

These micro transactions that speed up tedious/laborious or grinding aspects of games are sly ways of upping the cost of a game. It would be very similar if movie theaters put in more ads before movies and during them and charge you extra if you want to watch a version without the ads.

People already have to pay $60 up front, is that really not enough? Do you NEED micro transactions to keep this game afloat? No. It's not freaking FTP geez. What does it cost Konami to put imaginary content like micro transactions in? NOTHING. They aren't selling you content, they're limiting the vision of the game by restricting a game mode to a grind fest because they're greedy. **** this practice.

A lot games are like this

THIS IS BULLSHIT THIS IS BULLSHIT

I ALREADY SPENT 60 DOLLARS ON MGSV

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

$80 micro transactions = Oxymoron

I'll play it...but I won't be buying a god damn thing with my extra cash

Nothing like paying full price and still have this crap. But cause its Kojima we look away, but if it was ea or Activision we'd be raising pitchforks.

This micro transaction shits gotta stop... really...

Just thinking, if 6000MB is priced at $80, then earning MB in game is going to be a lot harder than I initially thought. I would go as far as assuming that there is a cap on the amount you can earn in a day. MB specific mission might give you between 5-10 MB. I doubt they have it set up so that every mission gives MB, and I think it's safe to assume that any story relevant mission will not provide MB to the player. Look at other free to play models in recent games. I think it's safe to assume that konami followed similar guides or worse. I might not even play this mode it's that fact that micro transactions don't belong in a $60 game and the price of the micro transactions shouldn't come close to the price of the game let alone exceed it by $20. This is a disservice to a great series and all of the fans.

The question isn't the price, the question is how hard is it to get things in the game? Do you need to spend a month grinding to get whatever the 80 dollars gives you? If so, it's a rip off. On the flip side if you only have to spend a few days grinding, then who cares, it's only for people stupid enough to waste that money.

Either way this is funding Konami so I won't even look at it. I'm sure no matter what this system will grow with the next installment with even more "micro"transactions implemented in it. Konami is going to milk MGS to death and we all know it.

Listen, guys, you don't have to defend this. Kojima probably didn't want microtransactions in his game and was given no choice. This is a Konami thing and as we all know, "**** Konami." Protest buy not buying into this hot garbage. That money is going to Konami, not Kojima.

You can't really call them microtransactions if they include $80 purchases.

Why is the pricing MORE than the MB points you get?

Rip Off.

Nobody buy this shit. Everyone grind their FOB's. DOn't give in to the "speed" argument EARN THAT SHIT. It will slap konami right into next year. Learn them for disrespecting the great Hideo Kojima.

i wonder what its the excuse for this ? .. i know they want money but they wont say that.. what is the excuse they say to the public about a game thats 60 and puting this on top of it. dont say faster things because i play to have fun not to have things be done faster .