The long-awaited Gran Turismo 7 met with gamers last week. We were wondering how the game, which averaged very well in the reviews, would be met with a reaction by gamers. On the players’ front, it doesn’t seem to have achieved such high averages. That may change over time, of course, but at least that’s the current picture.
Currently, the average of 632 player reviews shared for the PS5 version on Metacritic is 6.9 points, while the average of 75 shared reviews for the PS4 version is 6.1 points. Of course, this also has the effect of investigation bombings for various reasons. For example, it can be seen that a lot of negative reviews are shared because the game is not available for sale in Russia. There are critics because they want internet connection all the time, and there are those who don’t like their graphics. One thing that can be added to the list of complaints is micropayments.
Micropayments, which were passive during the preparation of reviews for the game, manifested themselves after the game was released. When you look at;d the prices of credit packages sold to the PS Store, you can say no more.
- 100,000 Credits – $24 ($2.49 / £1.99)
- 250,000 Credits – $48 ($4.99 / £3.99)
- 750,000 Credits, $95 ($9.99/ £7.99)
- 2,000,000 Credits – $189 ($19.99 / £15.99)
You can buy various vehicles with these credits, which are also in-game currency that can be earned by performing missions in the game. Low-level vehicles are taken out with a few hundred thousand loans, while the top tier ones cost millions. In the previous game, Gran Turismo Sport, most vehicles can be purchased in the range of $1-5, but with the GT 7, this table has changed considerably.
For example, to buy the Porsche 919 Hybrid 16 on gt sport for $2.99, you need to use 3,000,000 credits – which means you have to buy two of the 2,000,000 credit packages; that is, it is necessary to discard 40$ or 378TL with Turkey pricing.
VGC shared a few more examples:
- Audi R18 TDI ’11 – $2.99 on GT Sport, $3,000,000 credits ($40) on GT 7
- Aston Martin Vulcan ’16 – $4.99 on GT Sport, $3,300,000 credits ($40) on GT 7
- McLaren P1 GTR ’16 – $4.99 on GT Sport, $3,600,000 credits ($40) on GT 7
So to buy a car in the game, you have to pay for another game, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The State of Play GT 7 display looked like 20,000,000 credits for “legendary” vehicles. If these prices have not been changed, it will be required to pay a price of 1,890 TL ($200) to buy such a vehicle.
Of course, it is also possible to collect these credits by performing missions in-game. But when micropayments are involved, it shouldn’t be hard to imagine that the time to spend collecting so many credits will take a long time.
In short, I think they’ve overdone this micropayment thing. What about you guys?
