GTA Online Launches Subscription Model Today – Players Hate It

GTA+ is the name of the new GTA Online subscription service, which starts today. Source: Rockstar Games

Just a few days ago, or rather on March 15, 2022, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online for the new generation consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. GTA Online can also be downloaded for free as a standalone title on PlayStation 5 until June 14. With the next-gen version there are better graphics, more frames, faster loading times, and much more. Exactly two weeks later, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, a new paid subscription service called “GTA+” will launch.

This subscription service is available exclusively for the newly released versions of GTA Online on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to the associated announcement directly from Rockstar Games. The fun, which gives you various in-game perks, should cost Which One We Enter. at one point, 5.99 euros per month and, depending on the platform, it can be reserved through the PlayStation Store or the Microsoft Store and canceled monthly.

What does the GTA+ subscription include?

For six euros a month, Rockstar Games offers existing players who have migrated their profile in GTA Online to the Next Gen version, but of course also newcomers, various advantages, including the recovery of a little ground in all those that they have more time. with the party and have already accumulated a lot in the online version of Los Santos in GTA 5.

“GTA+ members will receive GTA$500,000 deposited into their Maze Bank account each month, as well as the opportunity to secure properties in and around Los Santos that unlock new game updates you may have missed before. Add to that special vehicle upgrades, members-only discounts, bonus GTA$ and RP, and more.” GTA News on.

The first month, starting today and ending April 27, includes the following bonuses:

• GTA$500,000 as an automatic credit to your Maze Bank account.
• the Prince Deveste Eight – including a free update to Hao’s Special Works before it’s available to all players – as well as Orange HSW Trip and HSW CMYK Glitch themes.
• the auto repair shop in La Mesa is available for free at Maze Bank Foreclosures – featuring a variety of gameplay updates as part of the Los Santos Tuners. Auto repair shop owners can move them to La Mesa at no additional cost.
• Decree of membership fee at the LS Car Meet. Current LS Car Meets GTA+ members will receive a GTA$50,000 credit during this event period.
• Yacht owners can upgrade to at no additional cost Aquarius superyacht.
• the frog gusset T-shirt and the Broker Prolapse Basketball T-Shirt and -Shorts are automatically added to your wardrobe.
• Access to assembly line painting for the Mammoth Avenger, the HVY MTW and the TM-02 Khanjali.
• Color variants and free emblems for the auto repair shop.
• Triple GTA$ & RP on the HSW Racing Series.
• Double car Meet the reputation in all races street racing series.

Additionally, GTA+ members can purchase special cash cards from the PlayStation Store on PS5 and the Microsoft Store that include an additional cash bonus. As you may have guessed, the content of the GTA+ subscription will change every month. The extra money stays, everything else mixes right.

Therefore, member benefits at Hao’s Special Works, Maze Bank Foreclosures and Co. must be used in the applicable period before the offer first changes on April 27, 2022. Anyone who is concerned that the benefits of GTA+ may affect GTA Online events in some way you can breathe easy. Rockstar ensures that the benefits will appear in addition to all the normal events of GTA Online.

Fans think Abo is a premature April Fool’s joke

In the GTA community, however, the new subscription service is not well received. Players express their anger through social media posts and comments on relevant forums. They see the growing monetization of the GTA franchise as a harsh slap in the face to the loyal fans who have already been able to buy GTA 5 on various platforms and have also put a lot of money into GTA Online.

A few years ago, in 2018 to be exact, GTA 5 was recognized as the most profitable entertainment product of all time. Four years ago, with more than six billion US dollars, revenues were already well above the values ​​that blockbuster movies like Star Wars or Avatar could reach (more about this).

So fans can be understood that starting today, almost four years after receiving this award, they will be asked to pay again for additional in-game benefits. Even before the announcement of this subscription model for GTA Online, the game mode was considered a money printing machine. Some parts of the community even believe that the monetary success of GTA 5, or GTA Online, is the reason follow-up projects in the legendary franchise are taking so long. After all, Rockstar Games first officially spoke in February about the successor, which is expected to be called GTA 6.

In addition, the benefits you get from the GTA Online subscription are not proportional to the 5.99 euros that you are supposed to pay monthly for it. It is considered that GTA$500,000, for example, can be easily earned in a day or two.

What do you think of the new subscription service in GTA Online? Are you still playing or are you eagerly awaiting GTA 6? If you are interested, you can learn more about the successor here:

GTA 6 confirmed: Rockstar Games reveals new details

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