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Players will be able to purchase additional in-game cash for Grand Theft Auto Online via microtransactions, Rockstar has confirmed.
GTA$ cash packs will be available to buy via the in-game store and used to boost the player’s bank account, helping them purchase additional cars, guns and clothing.
“You can either quickly accumulate cash through profitable activities like knocking over armoured cars, winning street races, doing stick-ups or a host of other cash-making endeavours – or if you’re the completely instant gratification type, you can choose to buy denominations of GTA$,” said Rockstar.
“You will have the option to purchase GTA$ through the in-game Store. The game and its economy have been designed and balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash. There is no in-game paywall and nothing that should disrupt the balance of the game. You don’t have to spend real money to attain the cars, guns, clothes, flash and style of a high-roller in Los Santos, but can if you wish to get them a little quicker.”
Rockstar also revealed that GTA Online’s economy is “balanced differently from the single player economy, and cash earned in one cannot be taken over to the other.”
Most players will also earn cash much faster online than in the single-player mode, the publisher said.
Microtransactions were first rumoured to be included in the upcoming multiplayer mode earlier this week, when entries for GTA Online Cash Packs were discovered in the source code of Rockstar’s official website.
The prices for microtransactions were later reported to have been exposed, with players allegedly able to purchase additional cash packs for between £1.99 and £13.49.
GTA Online launches next Tuesday, October 1, with additional DLC due to roll out in the following weeks. Rockstar warns that access may be “temperamental” within the first few days, however, and that players should expect to see “crashes, glitches, crazy bugs, gameplay modes and mechanics that need re-balancing”.
Source: rockstargames.com
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Grand Theft Auto 5
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): Action
