Uncharted 4 Will Have Microtransactions at Launch

[Steven Bogos]

Uncharted 4 Will Have Microtransactions at Launch

But Naughty Dog stresses that no "gameplay items" will be purchasable with microtransactions.

"Microtransaction" is a kind of dirty word in the gaming community these days, and unfortunately it looks like Naughty Dog's upcoming PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/uncharted%204?os=%20uncharted%204] won't be immune. Speaking at Paris Games Week, lead multiplayer designer Robert Cogburn said that the multiplayer segment of the game would have microtransactions right from the get go, but that "gameplay items" would only be purchasable with the in-game currency.

"Microtransactions will be available at launch, but we'll have no gameplay items that will be gated through microtransactions," he told GameSpot [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/uncharted-4-multiplayer-to-include-microtransactio/1100-6431779/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=hub_platform]. He added that striking the right balance, between grinding for items and incentivising real-money acquisitions, will be determined after Naughty Dog looks at the data from the Uncharted 4 multiplayer beta.

Additionally, for all you 60-FPS-or-bust purists, Cogburn confirmed that the multiplayer portion of the game would indeed run at 60 FPS, with the notable downside of only having a 900p resolution. In contrast, the game's singleplayer campaign will run at 1080p/30 FPS.

Lastly, he said that Uncharted 4 will "most likely be Naughty Dog's last game in the series," but this isn't the first time we've heard such a claim...

Source: GameSpot [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/uncharted-4-multiplayer-to-include-microtransactio/1100-6431779/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=hub_platform]

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[Casual Shinji]

Ugh.

Just fucking ugh, Naughty Dog.

The previous Uncharted multiplayer I found quite fun while it lasted, but it looks like I won't be touching this next one.

 

[Zacharious-khan]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

Nope. Let the metabombing commence. We must stem the flow while we can, mate.

 

[Saulkar]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

Nope. Let the metabombing commence. We must stem the flow while we can, mate.

I will bring the flammable fluids of nondescript make and origin. When do we start?

 

[Christemo]

Well I wasn't buying it anyway but good to know Naughty Dog is to not receive my money in the future.

 

[sonicneedslovetoo]

Dang it, I was actually considering buying a ps4 for Disgaea and a few other games, guess that's one less.

 

[09philj]

Micro-transactions in a full price game again, is it? This is getting on my nerves. Charging for content is fine. Charging for random in game items is just shitty.

 

[Evonisia]

Yeah, micro-transactions are shit. Bad Naughty Dog (or rather, bad Sony).

More perplexing to me is the fact that they're prioritising pretty visuals over gameplay in the singleplayer. Can't there be an option to have 900p/60fps in the campaign?

 

[Leg End]

Additionally, for all you 60-FPS-or-bust purists, Cogburn confirmed that the multiplayer portion of the game would indeed run at 60 FPS, with the notable downside of only having a 900p resolution. In contrast, the game's singleplayer campaign will run at 1080p/30 FPS.

NEXT GEN GUISE, REALLY. Not only are they doing worse as a first party company than what KojiPro did with MGSV, they're doing it in multiplayer not a lot of people are going to be playing while leaving the real meat of the game in the dust in terms of framerate.

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

Nope. Let the metabombing commence. We must stem the flow while we can, mate.

WE MUST DECLARE EXTERMINATUS

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

But why, Naughty Dog?...Why? I'm mostly apathetic to this now, but it isn't like the series is unpopular, or any of your other games for thay matter. Is it Sony? They are allegedly treading financial water, it would make sense for them to fleece their most popular sheep. Good thing it is a single player experience for the most part.

...a chuckle was extracted upon reading Robert's last name as Cogbum instead of burn, infantile self.

Robert Cogbum

What a name. What a hero. A machine, one might say, of the clockwork variety.

Cogburn is still interesting though.

 

[Shocksplicer]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

No. Microtransactions in a full price game are not, and will never be, ok. Regardless of what form they take, and regardless of how "optional" they are, they are an inexcusable scourge upon the AAA games industry.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

Another expensive AAA game that gets micro-transactions before it even hits its release date? I might well become even more paranoid and assume every AAA title from here on out will have MTs. At least the blight that curses MTs for Uncharted 4 are in the multiplayer (for now), which is just a bonus to most Uncharted fans. Maybe they'll even stay cosmetic?

 

[Kahani]

the multiplayer segment of the game would have microtransactions right from the get go, but that "gameplay items" would only be purchasable with the in-game currency.

I can't help noticing this clearly leaves open the possibility of having in-game currency purchasable with microtransactions.

As for the resolution and framerate nonsense, it's hardly even worth the effort of pointing and laughing any more.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

Nope, micro transaction in a full price game are anti consumer, they should always be met with complaints.

It's like a few years ago when everything had a multiplayer mode of some description shoe horned in whether you wanted it or not. It's presence means something else was left out, or that the game mode you are playing has been altered to encourage you to use all the 'features,' this is always bad and should be treated as such.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

He added that striking the right balance, between grinding for items and incentivising real-money acquisitions, will be determined after Naughty Dog looks at the data from the Uncharted 4 multiplayer beta.

There is no balance once you start designing the game in order to incentivise the use of microtransactions. At that point you've already allowed your greed to affect gameplay.

 

[Lightknight]

That's the way to do it. Keep it out of the main game but have it in multiplayer to bolster the maintenance. As long as it doesn't create any power disparity then it ultimately won't matter.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

I don't see what kind of microtransactons would be acceptable in a $60 game.
Either you go f2p and have microtransations or you go p2p and don't have them. It's simple as that.

 

[Lightknight]

Couldn't care less as long as the offline is untouched, just let's wait to see what the microtransactions are before complaiming please.

I don't see what kind of microtransactons would be acceptable in a $60 game.
Either you go f2p and have microtransations or you go p2p and don't have them. It's simple as that.

They're likely just adopting the COD model of microtransactions within the multiplayer arena. It'll likely just be a bunch of skins. Not sure what your problem is without knowing anything more nefarious first. I understand apprehension but Naughty Dog has always been pretty damn passionate about their games.

I think my biggest apprehension here is that the terminology leaves room for microtransactions in the main game. Like you can get everything with grinding but for just $5 you can speed it up...? You know? If Naughty Dog stoops to that it'll be a real table flipping moment. I mean, this is one of the absolute best developers in the business. Their games are the top AAA experience and ruining them would be horrifying.

So just wait and see what happens. Definitely don't pre-order it. Don't pre-order anything. But reserve judgment until we learn more. Microtransaction is a bad word. But when it's just skins like we saw in Borderlands then I couldn't care less.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Whatever happened to Naughty Dog's promise that they would start a new series with each new console? Oh right, that was jus a lame excuse for why they abandoned Jak and Daxter whlie they tried to become "mature" storytellers by making The Last of Us and Nathan Fillion's video game counterpart.