The outrage over GTA V is Simple.Snotnarok said:But that ruins the click-bait if you go bringing in sources and details that may undo what the article stands for!Vigormortis said:More people should be aware of this. The site even says, on it's main page no less, that prices may be inaccurate.Snotnarok said:Total Biscuit just came out with an apology as some of the devs on that/a reddit list actually did not mark up anything so be careful where you point your blame. It's apparently not super accurate.
https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/retraction-and-apology-for-earlier-price-raising-post
I'm not even sure what the upset is with GTA-V okay, it's a bundle that's discounted and not the game itself, but you click it, you see what's on offer and you go "oh, it's just extra in game money crap" and then the consumer uses what they call "a brain" to decide if they want to get it now or drop it.
The outrage is bonkers, it's not like people are clicking buy when seeing the full price then after downloading it going "hey, that wasn't on sale! I got ripped off 4 checkout stages and 4 carjackings ago!"
Yeah it's dumb but, outrage? I dunno I clicked on it myself and said "that's dumb" and moved on.
But, no idea if the OP actually is around to care about this anymore or is alright with posting unverified info as fact and moving on. (That's not a stab at the OP, I genuinely don't know the person so I'm hoping this can maybe get a bit more details since more have since come out.)
Also, another article pointing out some issues...yes it's Kotaku, whatever they have points that I agreed with http://steamed.kotaku.com/the-truth-behind-the-steam-summer-sale-controversy-1710941999?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
It says the game is on sale, it isn't it's selling at full price.
In-game currency was something steam buyers received with a pre-order, which basically includes that in full-game price.
In-game currency in GTA being sold is an entire new concept to a lot of people and I don't even know if this is new or happened with GTAIV as well but I can't find evidence of it in the steam store.
Even if we're selling in-game currency, 20 euros for in-game currency smells more like horse dung than the Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Horse Armor pack did.
It's as if the Witcher 3 had just gone on sale, still retaining it's full price but stating that all that free-dlc others got that first month is included in this bundle hence the price hike that is then negated by the discount sticker.
And about that Kotaku article: I actually saw the Ace Pack being sold at a "discount" all steam did was remove the discount disclaimer and I can't quite remember there being a 50 euro pack in the War Thunder DLC department before anyway.
I think it got confused with the following actual intended sale though :
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Includes 3 items: War Thunder - Dora Advanced Pack, War Thunder - Fire and Maneuver Advanced Pack, War Thunder - Grant I Advanced Pack
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