Three more packs arrive for GTA V – this time at an even higher price than before

Carlos writes "Just the other day we saw the arrival of the GTA V Starter Pack, to help players with the online side of things. With countless numbers still signing in to the open-world adventure, it’s not surprising to see more content arrive to help players boost their online wealth. This time though, Rockstar look to bring us three more options to aid in our online adventures, with one proving to be the most expensive content drop yet."

[Lazyeye79]

This sucks. Take-Two you are becoming EA. RockStar I know they are you're parent company, but you are a huge money maker for them and you have some pull. Stop screwing over the fans.

[RosweeSon]

By giving said fans free content updates and not a single penny to keep it running this long and with so many FREE updates and extras being added on they have to make some money somewhere 1-3 years down the line of else like say fifa 2-3 years they pull the plug on the servers not to mention you never get free content updates with them you buy the new games each and every 12 months.

It’s not even like you have to pay you could always just save you cash and earn it through in game sure it might take a while but it’s been running for a year or 2 now they even give out 250,000 every now and again sometime even more. Yeah what a bunch of robbing 🤬🙄🤦
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[Cyro]

"free"

Grind your life away from playing poor payout missions or buy shark cards. I'd gladly pay $15-20 for every major DLC release to have all those items unlocked if that was the case. Instead it's like $20 of real money get's you like 2 cars now.

[JackBNimble]

So go play something else, you guys complain about everything yet you don't want to put the time into actually earn gta money.
Just do few heists and money starts coming. If you guys ever played the game rather than moan and groan you would know it's not that hard to make in game money.
You want everything handed to you... bunch of babies

And yes the updates /dlc is free

[Cyro]

@JackBNimble

I have like 500 hours on PC alone. I'd probably have even less stuff because I've had money dropped numerous times and private lobbies for doing cargo missions. I can't even imagine how much of a grind it is to play "legit". Missions are boring and repetitive especially since only certain missions pay big. I love doing races but they pay nothing even if you get top 3 in a large lobby which is rare.

[Rude-ro]

Over 1 billion dollars in sales just for this one game from a company that had 3.3 billion dollars value prior to launch...
They are making their money.

[RosweeSon]

Cyro if your happy to pay for free content why not just buy a shark card 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷 🏻‍♂️

[Grap]

"you guys complain about everything yet you don't want to put the time into actually earn gta money. "
No i won't put 4000 hours of my life to get a a virtual apartment.

[mikeslemonade]

The DLCs look jank. Listen, GTAV had a good run when it first came out on PS3 and then the PC remaster. But since then please stop the jank material and get on with GTA6. You're already wasting our time with Red Dead 2.

[telgou]

you really think that money is going to the developers and the realy hard working people ?
no its mostly going to the investors,only a very small percent probably goes to them

[Chexs1990]

Or, you know, they could make another game?
Thought that was the deal with game devs. Rockstar haven't made a game since what, 2014 or something.
Rdr2 online will probably be sustainable for the next 4 years after release too.

[UltraNova]

T2 is locked on GTA Online's GaaS potential. I expect to see V getting 'support' for at least 2-3 years more before we even get a mention on VI. Meanwhile RDR2 will have online and it will be GaaS ready.

So expect GTA VI around 2021-22, if not well into next gen.

[Lighter9]

I really hope that this isn't a precursor to RDR2.

[RosweeSon]

I wouldn’t have thought so unless the online runs for 2-3 years they did all the previous red dead online stuff for free not a season pass in sight until the undead expansion which rightly so was paid for content because it was fantastic and not in the slightest a cash grab.

[DasTier]

That’s simply not true.

There were multiple paid dlc’s for RDR.

Legends and killers
Liars dice

[Oschino1907]

They had at least 2 $10 expansions for multiplayer before Undead Nightmare came out. There was almost as much free content as paid content though which made the paid "expansions" feel a little light for the price you paid.

[Lighter9]

Outlaws to the End - 6 new co-op missions
Hunting and Trading Outfits
Myths and Mavericks - New MP characters + More map locations with various game modes
Marshal outfits

All FREE for RDR.

[RosweeSon]

Ok I stand corrected maybe there was a season pass but it’s a not a £39.99 one not even half that price and prob double the content of any others there were definitely free packs with that game and a year or so later they charged for a couple compared to most who rip the game out for season pass content before it’s even shipped rockstar are nothing like this. As for £104.99 for a bundle of cash and other stuff, play the game properly jeez. Sure missions won’t pay you out a million a pop. What game does as for buying everything it’s more for choice than having one of everything just have to make some decisions and not keep wasting your money on rims and changing colours.

[Patricko]

They already marketing shitty gun for RDR2 in gta online, so yeah... Good old R* is dead, welcome the new one, the greedy one!

[GNCFLYER]

I think it's a precursor to every game and game company eventually, until people stop supporting the practice. I never will..

[Pantz]

I don't like GTA Online and wish it was singleplayer DLC.

[RosweeSon]

Agreed

[chris235]

today‘s gamer: doesnt like the practices. goes on supporting them anyway by buying and then whining.

can you see why these practices aren‘t going anywhere? it doesn‘t matter what clients/gamers have to say as long as they are opening their wallets. and sure as hell they do.

[NotoriousWhiz]

The people that are interested buy it. The people that aren't, don't. I haven't spent a penny on GTA online. But I've bought the base game twice so far.

[EazyC]

I'm of the opinion that the masses of casual players are imbeciles and don't give a toss. You cannot shift that mass-market demand even when there is a (contained) outrage amongst more discerning consumers. They just look at the whole thing as a numbers game.

I have to wonder though. what do the Houser brothers and other creative heads at R* make of all this? For some reason I got the impression they had a bit of integrity and were in for it because of the art, and not just the money.

[Jinger]

@EazyC

Just because a group of gamers don't get their panties in a bunch about MT's or don't mind them doesn't mean they're "imbeciles". If someone wants to drop an additional $20 on their favorite game that has given them countless hours of enjoyment and free content... so be it, doesn't mean they're "imbeciles".

[Skankinruby]

People won't stop buying this game, they know they can get away with it. I'd probably do the same, it's just business

[seanpitt23]

Still rinsing the little kids

[RosweeSon]

Who aren’t legally old enough to even purchase?

[Tazzy]

God damn I remember in the 90s when NEO GEO was out and games were a few hundred dollars and the console was over $600 I believe people had a problem with it then. In this day and age they should just release games at $129 they make a fortune with all the DLC on games look at Forza 6 $139.99 for 6 complete add-ons plus the game is $63 on top of that its crazy games should come with all DLC for $100 in my opinion.

[yeahokwhatever]

I think 50$ for a full game is fair. 60$ is a bit steep. At 60$, it should have all DLC included. Gamers should vote harder with their wallets. No DLC. Just start exclusively buying games with the most free DLC. You'll start seeing more games with more and more free post-launch content. You're welcome.

[RosweeSon]

Tell that to EA who consistently have a entry level £60/80 or £99.99 edition same with ubisoft and their 4/5 assassins creed editions what do you get extra a mission or 2 cut from the middle of the campaign in assassins case normally or in FIFA’s case extra £20/40 gets you coins and a loan of a player for 5-10 matches don’t even get to keep it. 🙄🤣🤣✌&# 127995;

[yeahokwhatever]

RosweeSon
DONT BUY THE GAMES AT THOSE PRICES. If you wait, you can get that game in a bargain bin or the "complete edition" a year later with all the bug fixes and content updates for less than the original asking price of the buggy, stripped out mess.

[Krysis]

We would have to have clear and defined post release content maps for that to work. I could me paying 100 bucks only to get a few story missions and some skins.

[yeahokwhatever]

the only 2 times ive gotten season passes i was severely disappointed. lookin' at you, Ubisoft and your fake season pass for WatchDogs.

[RosweeSon]

Sonic 1 was £40+ it’s a great game but can be completed in less than an hour... for £40?! 🤫✌🏻🤓

[quent]

Blizzard and Rockstar have been beyond any form of criticism for ages now when it comes to their greed, this is where fanboyism gets us, we all get fkd in the long run

[kevinsheeks]

I think I'm for the most part done with gaming, we don't unite and fight back which is as simple as not buying from companies who treat us like crap, you don't have to argue with shills online or goofballs who claim something is free without any logic in their post just use your wallet.

[RosweeSon]

I’d be with you if they were treating us like crap. Your not forced to buy shark cards you don’t need very apartment car weapon in the game as for putting 4000 hours but in don’t be mad they’ve given away more than enough free money (pre ordering) or various tax rebates or login and well give you 250,000. Double money events. Sure it would be nice if there was a reasonably priced bundle that gave you all weapons in game items but it’s not gonna happen, like Pokemon Go you can either spend £1000s or just play the game. Which by the way is fantastic hence the solid 9/10 if not 10/10 reviews across the board and 80+ million copies of the game sold. They haven’t released a game for a couple of years because they never do, not their big ones why because they take the time and care and money and resources to get it right first time, sure GTA5 online launched terrible but it’s turned itself around pretty well making them money still as mad people pay for stuff when it’s free but your not forced into purchasing anything sure you need an apartment for the raids etc but stop wasting your money on cack they give enough free stuff away to play for free.
But hey I’ve said my piece I’m not gonna continue as it’s falling on deaf ears bothered? go buy some Fifa coins points so you can pay to play in the FUT draft team but that’s ok 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️ ✌🏻

[yeahokwhatever]

GTA:O is broken. It's almost impossible now to start out in the online portion. Not only that, but the existence of the always active radar makes the online stupid. Players should only appear on the radar when being pursued by police or some other objective. It should be entirely possible to lay low. Of course, its this way on purpose. Having you always on the radar makes it easier for people who spent shark bux to troll lesser players, which in turn makes lesser players pay to become non-lesser players. the cycle then continues. its so transparent that its put me off of the game entirely, even though over a couple of years i've amassed a lot of in-game items and wealth.

[Jinger]

Instead, hear me out, how about you stop giving a f*&k and just play games that interest you and don't buy any MT's? Woah... crazy right?

[yeahokwhatever]

Dont buy games with paid DLC attached to them. Its not really that hard. Just wait. Get the game a year later. It will be 20-30$ total and come with all of the DLC and bugfixes. Consider "day 1" games as paid early access to an incomplete product, since thats what it is.

[RosweeSon]

Shit if rockstar are bad why no lynch mobs for EA and ubisoft for their yearly churned games rereleased each year normally in various forms £40/60/80 season pass on top. I’ll take the GTA free content anytime a single player gamer myself anyway but shiii it’s free, no one said you gotta buy all the stuff and as for shark cards madness they there for noobs or impatient people. Hey ho each to their own id take rockstars quality and games every 3/4 years over poor cash grab yearly churns. People just want everything for free... go play a free to play game, sure you’ve paid your money doesn’t entitle you to get free post launch content for the rest of time. Sure they made money but then they sold 80 million copies of the game wonder why? It’s a great game!! But to think that we should then get all the extra stuff for free that they’ve continued to add. Hey ho. Well it is free it’s just you can choose to pay money.

[inxine]

gonna milk that cow xD

[OGzeus]

A fatfish's dream come true

[InTheZoneAC]

People crying about a grind, you simply join in on a few heists, any part of it, spend an hour doing a few sections of those heists and you're sitting over $100,000.

I don't play GTA a lot but I'm sitting at a few million with a few armored cars in my inventory and a $50,000 mask...

[Cohagen420]

Can't fault them for taking advantage of stupid consumers, if you just stop buying, all this nonsense would go away.

[Jinger]

Never cared for GTA:O Simply because it was terrible when it first came out. Ruined my hype and interest. Hopefully they learned how to create decent servers for RDR2

[InTheZoneAC]

how exactly did it ruin your hype and interest?

[Jinger]

I was hyped and interested in GTA:O and what they were doing with it... it launched, it was terrible, buggy and the servers were bad. Hence it killing that hype and interest for anymore GTA:O content.

[InTheZoneAC]

how is it terrible? I've played on and off for a few years now and I've yet to see any bugs or glitches. Every now and then someone is lagging but that's probably because they're Canadian or playing in Singapore, but that's not GTA:O's fault