August 10th, 2017
GRAN TURISMO SPORT WON'T INCLUDE MICROTRANSACTIONS
Controversial feature removed for the latest GT.
Series producer Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that the upcoming
Gran Turismo Sport will not feature microtransactions, microtransactions are definitely off the table this time round.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/10/gran-turismo-sport-wont-include-microtransactions
fast forward to:
July 30th, 2017
Microtransactions Have Arrived in Gran Turismo Sport
Yes, you’ve read that title correctly. Real-cash purchases have arrived in
Gran Turismo Sport.
Players in our community first started noticing it a handful of hours before
the latest v1.23 update hit. Japanese GT fans were posting images of individual cars from
GT Sport they found on the PlayStation Store, with yen values attached. They ranged from ¥100 to ¥300 (roughly $0.90–$2.70 USD), and nearly the
entire GT Sport car list featured. See for yourself:
Now, with v1.23 safely on our hard drives, it’s all become clear. Alongside the facts and figures on Circuit de Sainte-Croix and the new cars, Polyphony released the following info:
Cars that cost less than 2,000,000 in-game Cr. can now be purchased directly through the PS Store, in addition to your standard in-game purchases.
The service start date will vary depending on the region.
– Asia Region and Americas Region: July 30
– EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Region and Oceania region: August 2
For those keeping score at home, that’s 218 cars now available for real cash. Put another way, it’s roughly 92% of the lineup. Cars like the Countach and the XJ13 remain credit-only — or the luck of the Daily Marathon draw. If you’re aiming to collect them,
we’ve got a few different credit-farming methods to check out.
https://www.gtplanet.net/microtransactions-have-arrived-in-gran-turismo-sport/