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

@Moonco: Do I just point my old NES controller at the screen and do that?

@crushbrain: like :P

@AQWBlaZer91: that's a nice notion, but wait until you get invaded by that jerk that spent tons of money to build a base fast and they easily out muscle you bc they paid to unlock everything fast instead of working for it. This is so stupid and goes to show how making games accessible via this method waters down the experience overall.

@nerdgazumgaming: Saving time? You know that developers make it intentionally so that everything takes forever so you're either forced to sit through it and grind it out or spend money? There would be no need to be saving time if there were no microtransactions involved.

You're basically only paying for the devs to make everything a grind so that you can then overcome those barriers with your money. All you do is contribute to this messed up behavior so devs keep doing it, which leads to you having to spend more and more money in games in the future. Good job on shooting yourself in the knees.

@nerdgazumgaming: Have you played MG Peacewalker? Bc if you have you'd know that building your base gives you access to better gear and weapons similar to what's being planned for Phantom Pain. If you're paying money to access that stuff faster than clearly you have a great advantage over someone that didn't pay, clearly making this pay to win. Konami sucks now, can't wait to see how it fares now that Hideo Kojima (clearly the genius here) is no longer making games for them.

@nerdgazumgaming: "It's not pay to win.... even though I buy monthly DLC to MAX OUT cars, it's not pay to win." That's some logic you have there. You pay in order to max something out without the work, that's the definition of pay to win and MGS is doing just that.

@nerdgazumgaming: if the extra bases of the fob are with those coins then its pay to win in that mode.. the more you pay the more bases you have then harder it is for the opponent to reach the goal.

@elitegamingguru: Cheaper than buying and getting a fiddle lessons.

@Random_Matt: Konami's trying to play fiddle with everyone's wallet. Don't let them play you.