No, God of War Won't Have Microtransactions, Despite Recent Rumours

Moral of the story: don't jump to conclusions based on incredibly blurry off-screen photographs.

I still don't see the big deal as long as companies don't abuse the process. If it's just cosmetic stuff for example, it's no issue at all.

Whilst I didn't expect micro-transactions in this game and certainly couldn't see how they could be added, its great to see that devs have come out and categorically dismissed this.

I know we are seeing these in SP games but seems incredibly unlikely in this - not any that make sense (not that that stops devs trying).

This is the only game of April that interests me - not that April has many games releasing...

Of course not.

It's a Sony First Party game. You get what you payed for.

It's a shame that the media likes to focus on the 'bad guys', but when a game like GT Sport comes out with no season pass, no microtransactions/loot boxes it just gets crapped on.

@NintendoFan4Lyf Kind of: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/11/god_of_wars_kratos_would_rather_punch_loot_boxes_in_the_face

That wasn't even a rumour. Dude was just reaching

@Gamer83 But its never just cosmetic. There are no rules so they will continue to push boundaries until the behaviour is normalised in a race to the bottom. To be honest Im fed up of seeing 2 currencies, loot boxes, cut content, music dlc yada yada yada and its infuriating, unnecessary and unwarranted. That has now become normal to see that rubbish in game. EA, Activision et al are all billion pound companies with millionaire directors penny pinching off the fans. Thats why its a big deal.

Wait...there were already rumors about this?

Thank goodness biggest no brainer in a SP focused game! Follow Bethesda’s stance plz!

@Gamer83 agree but most don’t follow that except blizzard with overwatch. There’s too much incentive to be greedy and jack people block content.

@BAMozzy no Love for Yakuza 6? 😊

@Fight_Teza_Fight They did good except maybe they should have launched with more content sounds like its coming out but took a little while.

@smythelove Absolutely NO love at all for that franchise!!! I think that was obvious by my statement that the ONLY game in April I will be buying is GoW and, as it stands at the moment, that along with Burnout Paradise and Far Cry 5 are the only new games between now and E3 that I will be getting....

@themcnoisy @smythelove
I generally agree with both of you. I'm not saying every company handles this right, in fact most don't, but I still think flying off the handlebars EVERY time the word microtransaction gets mentioned is a bit over the top. If it's DLC done right like The Witcher 3 or Horizon Zero Dawn expansions, I've got no problem putting some more money into the game.

@kyleforrester87 Im not a God of War fan. But knowing it doesnt have microtransactions makes me more likely to buy it than if it had microtransactions.

@Gamer83 Thats different, they are expansion packs to fully realised games. Come on bro you know that.

@BAMozzy I have never played a Yakuza game myself but as far as I know it is pretty popular. I am just very curious, why dont you like it?

@BAMozzy Lol ok that’s fair. FC5 looks incredible in those vids. Burnout is interesting also.

Come on haters, you're trying too hard.
It's embarassing.

😂😀😄🙏😳😉☺😊😚😁😍😌😒😇.word up son

@YeYa Never liked the game-play or the stupid 'mini' games. Don't like reading dialogue because I don't understand Japanese and not overly interested in Japanese culture either.

@smythelove Burnout was a lot of fun but I never played the DLC so that is another draw for me. I am not sure about FC5 as it seems to have a relatively large emphasis on co-op and I intend to play it solo. It was the FC3 remaster and interesting and bizarre DLC that eventually persuaded me to pick this up. Both of these, God of War and along with an increasingly large backlog will see me through the Spring/Summer. Metro: Exodus looks like it 'may' arrive in August which could be my next purchase after GoW with Octobers RDR2 the only game so far with a Q4 release.

@themcnoisy I am not a GoW fan either but this looks reassuringly different from its predecessors that I pre-ordered....

@Gamer83 Please first a seasonpass now microtransactions and a seasonpass whats next seasonpass microtransactions and lootboxes..... And please go a away with its optional make a choice and go free to play then you can go nuts.

@smythelove Horsearmor 😋

There were how many statements coming from the devs saying no microtransactions, and I doubt Santa Monica will go back on their word.

Hopefully they won't.

@KratosMD how bout just cuz the game looks so dumb? Is that a good reason to boycott it?
And yes, if it had MTX I would have certainly avoided buying it. Even as it is, I'm so mad at the way they've bastardized the game that I won't be picking it up for a loooong time, if ever.

@Gamer83 I would tolerate cosmetic microtransactions, but because of my giant backlog, it'll be further down my list of games to buy. There are other games more worthy of my time.

@Flaming_Kaiser
Ah yes, once again a person disagrees with somebody so lets make assumptions on what they like to play and tell them to 'go away' because you have no argument. Microtransactions ARE optional that's a fact. Don't like it, don't buy it. I've never bought any DLC from a company I thought was going crazy with it. Apparently more people would rather just throw whatever money they have at games and DLC though. If that wasn't the case, publishers wouldn't be pushing for this.

I'm sure it'll at least have DLC costumes and such, which is fine. I'll take a 4K Cod of War costume any day!

@BAMozzy

I'm with you 100%

I'm still on the fence about burnout
Definitely getting far cry and gow, after that, everything else I'm interested in doesn't have a release date.

Let's hope e3 pumps us full of ACTUAL release dates

@Gamer83 Or we could just have cosmetics as unlockables, like how they used to be

@NinjaWaddleDee
We could but we don't.

@Gamer83 DLC isn't the same thing as MTX, obviously. Nobody really complains about DLC anymore. Which is why basically EVERY game has it.
Moral is, if we don't speak up (and with our money) MTX will be just as common.

@Yowza
I still see people complain about DLC. But again, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with anybody here, I'm just saying taking to twitter and crying like an idiot isn't going to solve anything. The best way to get companies to take notice is hit where it counts, which is in the wallet. If people don't buy the microtransactions, they don't exist but clearly there's enough of the silent majority that doesn't care that it offsets those of us who are annoyed by this stuff. Thems the breaks. I'll continue to support games that do things right and I'll make tough decisions when I have to if I ever feel Naughty Dog, Nintendo or another company is doing something with a game I'm looking forward to but might have business practices I don't care for. And I'll do that without screaming and making death threats to developers on twitter and facebook every time I don't get my way.

@Gamer83 Obviously death threats are ridiculous, but i see no problem with going on Twitter (which I don't use) and telling these guys what we like or dislike. It's not just there for them to push out announcements and receive praise from fanboys, after all.
Also, consider the times get have changed for the better because of the very vocal backlash from gamers. Star wars is the most recent example, but remember when Driveclub wanted to take the full game away if you upgraded from the (half assed) Plus version and let your Plus sub run out? Gamers were mad and let them know about it. It's necessary.
I know people can go too far and often do, but not all complaining is bad. Hell, it's not even complaining a lot of times. It's voicing your opinion and letting the companies know what's ok to do and what's not.

@Yowza
I think selling half of what the original game did despite more consoles being in homes had more to do with some of EA's decisions regarding SWBF 2 than the complaining did. Simply not making the purchase has been and always will be the most effective way to get the message across. It's certainly much more effective than jumping to conclusions over a freaking blurry picture like was the case here but that's how ridiculous gamers have become these days and is why, among other reasons, this industry will continue to not be taken seriously.

@Gamer83 EA took the MTX before the game even released, so no, it wasn't because of sales, it was because of backlash from the community.
Simply not buying a game isn't as effective as not buying it and ALSO telling them exactly why. When Batman Arkham Knight revealed how much crap was locked behind an expensive season pass, I emailed the devs telling them they lost a customer and cancelled my pre-order.

I also don't care if video games are taken seriously by outside entities. I certainly don't need their validation to enjoy them. I just don't want to get ripped off in the process.

Ah, man! I was looking forward to buying a color palette exchange for Kratos’s tattoos or some different beard styles for $1.99 each. Maybe some hairstyles? An alternate weapon for Kratos like a Keyblade or some hidden retracting assassin’s blades? A $4.99 optional side quest where Kratos can hunt down the golden Chocobo? Look at the monetization opportunities Santa Monica is leaving on the table! 😉

Thank god for that

I think that if big companies and developers push for no microtransations maybe we can have a future with less of them...
But it will probably never go away!!

@Gamer83 Microtransactions are for mobilephone games. Quality DLC is for the console market thats how i see it.