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GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some Now Paywalled

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Re: GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some Now Paywalled

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Post by crazygringo »

Nothing that players own is being taken away:

> "...removes over 180 cars and motorcycles from in-game stores."

> "...making them nearly impossible to purchase and use if you don’t already happen to have them unlocked."

> "Yes, if you own one of these cars you can still drive it around and enjoy it."

> "...these vehicles will “occasionally be made available in other ways” citing the prize wheel..."

Is this really newsworthy? The options available for purchase have changed. I can see that might be mildly annoying, but it doesn't really seem like an HN topic.

Re: GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some Now Paywalled

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Post by donmcronald »

crazygringo wrote: post #4

Nothing that players own is being taken away: > "...removes over 180 cars and motorcycles from in-game stores ." > "...making them nearly impossible to purchase and use if you don’t already happen to have them unlocked ." > "Yes, if you own one of these cars you can still drive it around and enjoy it ." > "...these vehicles will “occasionally be made available in other ways ” citing the prize wheel..." Is this really…

> So is this really newsworthy? The options available for purchase have changed.

Yes. They changed the game you paid for by removing content. What if your cable provider removed a bunch of channels you pay for, but haven’t watched yet, and turned them into PPV channels. Would you be upset? I would.

Re: GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some Now Paywalled

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Post by crazygringo »

donmcronald wrote: post #7
crazygringo wrote: post #4

Nothing that players own is being taken away: > "...removes over 180 cars and motorcycles from in-game stores ." > "...making them nearly impossible to purchase and use if you don’t already happen to have them unlocked ." > "Yes, if you own one of these cars you can still drive it around and enjoy it ." > "...these vehicles will “occasionally be made available in other ways ” citing the prize wheel..." Is this really…

> So is this really newsworthy? The options available for purchase have changed. Yes. They changed the game you paid for by removing content. What if your cable provider removed a bunch of channels you pay for, but haven’t watched yet, and turned them into PPV channels. Would you be upset? I would.

They're also constantly changing the game you paid for by adding massive amounts of content. When you get GTA Online, you know it's an evolving experience.

It's not a static game you pay once for and then expect to remain the same.

(And I haven't subscribed to cable TV in a long time, but when I did, the channel lineup was absolutely in flux, with channels getting added and removed as time went on.)

Re: GTA Online Fans Furious as 180+ Cars Are Removed, Some Now Paywalled

#10

Post by KennyBlanken »

crazygringo wrote: post #4

Nothing that players own is being taken away: > "...removes over 180 cars and motorcycles from in-game stores ." > "...making them nearly impossible to purchase and use if you don’t already happen to have them unlocked ." > "Yes, if you own one of these cars you can still drive it around and enjoy it ." > "...these vehicles will “occasionally be made available in other ways ” citing the prize wheel..." Is this really…

I know it may come as a giant surprise, but when a very large, very wealthy game studio has a PR problem and a leading game industry rag (literally, Kotaku was part of Gawker which was an entire network of shitty tabloid sites) publishes a story about it, things just might be downplayed?

Rockstar implemented a number of changes, including a "too hot to modify" mechanism that keeps you from modding (and thus making your own) cars you steal off the road.

In a game called Grand Theft Auto, you can no longer steal cars because they wanted more revenue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/149exbi/ao_about...

Just google "GTA changes" and read for yourself all the complaints.

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