Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-6512-20150817184322/@comment-4807396-20150822023401

Whathopercy wrote: If I may provide a perspective from outside the fandom, I can see this as a way to show potential buyers that the quality of the game is what has been advertised. Microtransactions can make people very jumpy, and what with such colossal let-downs like Watch_Dogs, Dead Space 3 (?, I've only heard of that one) and Aliens: Colonial Marines, it could be a contingency to maximize sales on opening day. Maximising sales would be my guess. From what I've heard, TPP has gone over budget by a considerable amount. Combine that with the game's release being delayed in the past, it makes sense that Konami would be scrambling to get a return on their investment. It could also at least partially explain why the relationship between Konami and Kojima has imploded so spectacularly in the past year.