Summary
- Rockstar is offering an incentive for lapsed players to return, but there’s a catch.
- To access $2.5 million in-game, you’ll have to spend up to $27.
- You do get $1 million just for logging in, however.
If you were once one of the many who used to play Grand Theft Auto Online and stopped at some point over the last decade, then Rockstar inevitably wants you to return to the crime-ridden, drug-fuelled hills of Los Santos to race supercars, manage strip clubs and whatever else Rockstar cooked up instead of creating the single-player expansions I wanted to play.
If you haven’t logged onto GTA Online in over 2 months, then you may be eligible for a lapsed player reward of $3 million of in-game currency. If this sounds like one of those class action advertisements, you won’t be surprised to find that this opportunity, like those lawsuits, has a couple of pre-conditions that you’ll need to fulfil before you can get your money (nice spot, PC Gamer).
Millions Beget Millions
In fairness to Rockstar, logging on will net you a free $1 million with no string attached. With the amount of inflation that GTA Online has undergone with each subsequent update, a million doesn’t go as far as it once did. Perhaps you’ll be able to purchase a nice four-door car with enough room for the whole family – wouldn’t that be nice? But what about the rest of my money? I hear you asking. You’ll have to jump through a couple of substantial hoops to access the other $2.5 million.
To receive an additional $1.5 million, you’ll have to purchase one of the game’s Shark Cards. To qualify for your millions, you’ll have to buy a Great White ($20), Whale ($50) or Megalodon ($100) tier shark card. That, my friends… is how they get you. If you fork over the cash for the next $1.5 million, then all you’ll need to do for your last $500k is purchase a GTA+ subscription for $7. So, for the low investment of $27, you too can access $2.5 million Rockstar bucks before Grand Theft Auto 6 Online releases and erases all of your progress, probably.
Rockstar likely launched this initiative to capitalise on the renewed attention GTA Online is receiving following the release of Grand Theft Auto 5’s Enhanced Edition. The Enhanced Edition has received criticism for being “half-baked”, with people claiming that the release is just a vehicle to market GTA+.
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October 1, 2013
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