panagis87
Enthusiast
Many people seem worried about the fact that when they transferred to the new console, they also had money that had been taken away from them back in the billionaire days.
I understand the reaction and fear that R* might have set a trap and take away not only the "weird" dirty money that was previously lost and now somehow reappeared, but also the actual money (legit or not) that the character had in his bank account right before the transfer.
The fear that a sweep may happen again and we should wait before we transfer etc.
Well, this is my opinion on the subject. (OPINION. I am not responsible if things turn otherwise, I do not have any "inside information" on the subject. I was kinda bored and decided to share my thought. Nothing more than that.
R* isn't stupid.
If they wanted you to be able to transfer only the money you already have they would have done that.
Easily.
Also R* (as any other company) cares about profit. Not fair play.
The 2 main reasons why they even allowed us in the first place to transfer our characters to a new console were:
1. Cause if we had to start all over again, the vast majority of us would not bother buying the new game. We would just stick to the current console and generation.
2. New "virgin" players, that have never played gta online before and their first time will be in a PS4/XB1/PC, would NOT have to deal with players with huge ranks, that own 20 fast and stunning vehicles, have weapons that can eliminate them with just 1 shot etc.
Since you start your gta online career and by the first time that you appear on the map you get killed in an instant, you feel that you have to do something fast to become one of the "strong" players.
Virgin players are not really aware of glitches. And since we are talking about new consoles maybe glitches will take some time to start flooding the place.
And even if glitches arise the golden rule will still apply "you need money to make money".
I bought a PS3 and GTA in July, and started playing online.
PS3 was around for 10 months or so. I was an underdog by all means.
What could I do to become a competitive player? Earn money.
I knew about glitches. However I didn't have the money to get one started.
So i bought the 20$ shark card. R* gained 20 more bucks from my pocket. My real pocket.
The game currency only works one way. Real money to in-game fake money. Fake money don't worth s***t.
What happened to me and I described in the paragraph above is gonna happen to all the virgin players that start playing gta.
R* just wants to keep some balance.
In the billionaire days (way before i started playing, but I have read a lot about that era) everything was starting to become nonsense because rich characters were so damn rich, and new/poor characters were so far from that that they would not even hope in becoming competitive. So they wiped everything.
Why would they punish you for GOD mode? Cause you are invincible = no hope for others.
Why do they forgive other types of modding/glitching? Cause you are simply "stronger" in one way or another = there is hope.
What I believe is happening here is R* is letting everybody transfer with all their money (including the money they have lost during the sweep).
This way, tempts players to buy the game and transfer, thinking they will live again the glorious days of the 13 digits bank accounts.
New players are aware they will have to deal with extremely hard to beat enemies, with loads of cash, loads of cars and military vehicles etc.
So, if they want to stand a chance, they have to buy shark cards, get an apartment, a garage, weapons, vehicles, I wouldn't even be surprised if you can somehow "buy" your way up in the ranks.
(we all know the 500k R* is giving away as a gift is a silly amount).
Eventually the "lost money" will be lost again.
Everybody will be left with the money they had before the transfer (legit or not), and the game will move on.
Keep in mind that the "megalodon 8mil in game cash" that costs us 100 real life $, does not mean that 8million of in game cash cost R* 100$.
In game money is thin air. You pay a prostitute 50gta$, she gives you a bj, she leaves.
Let's suppose you do not kill her, and you start following her. Where does she go? To the local R* bank to deposit the money along with all her other profits for another player to buy them with a shark card?
No. She goes in circles, or she vanishes or happens to her whatever happens to an npc.
R* does not lose money when you do a glitch.
R* "loses" in game money (something that is infinite, therefore cannot be considered a loss) when you do a glitch.
In even simpler words
100$=8mil gta $
8mil gta $= nothing.
As I said before, it is normal that they want to keep balances for players who buy cards, and don't want to feel as if they were robbed, to players that play legit etc.
If you post a picture of your character with your bank account showing your trillions, or you spread mayhem doing GOD mode and another player reports you to R*, it is logical that they will ban you/take away your money etc, not so much in order to punish you, but in order to compensate/satisfy the guy that reported you so he does not feel that R* does not give a damn.
R* purpose is to earn as much money as possible, sell as many copies as possible, sell as many cash cards as possible.
If all of us transfer and R* leaves us with 10bucks, does not mean we will start buying shark cards. We will simply feel sorry for spending money to buy the damn game, sell it as "used in mint condition" and move on.
However, if R* uses us in order to lure more and more gamers to buy the game and maybe even buy one or more shark cards to get them started, we will all be happy.
And guess what?
R* will be the happiest of all
I understand the reaction and fear that R* might have set a trap and take away not only the "weird" dirty money that was previously lost and now somehow reappeared, but also the actual money (legit or not) that the character had in his bank account right before the transfer.
The fear that a sweep may happen again and we should wait before we transfer etc.
Well, this is my opinion on the subject. (OPINION. I am not responsible if things turn otherwise, I do not have any "inside information" on the subject. I was kinda bored and decided to share my thought. Nothing more than that.
R* isn't stupid.
If they wanted you to be able to transfer only the money you already have they would have done that.
Easily.
Also R* (as any other company) cares about profit. Not fair play.
The 2 main reasons why they even allowed us in the first place to transfer our characters to a new console were:
1. Cause if we had to start all over again, the vast majority of us would not bother buying the new game. We would just stick to the current console and generation.
2. New "virgin" players, that have never played gta online before and their first time will be in a PS4/XB1/PC, would NOT have to deal with players with huge ranks, that own 20 fast and stunning vehicles, have weapons that can eliminate them with just 1 shot etc.
Since you start your gta online career and by the first time that you appear on the map you get killed in an instant, you feel that you have to do something fast to become one of the "strong" players.
Virgin players are not really aware of glitches. And since we are talking about new consoles maybe glitches will take some time to start flooding the place.
And even if glitches arise the golden rule will still apply "you need money to make money".
I bought a PS3 and GTA in July, and started playing online.
PS3 was around for 10 months or so. I was an underdog by all means.
What could I do to become a competitive player? Earn money.
I knew about glitches. However I didn't have the money to get one started.
So i bought the 20$ shark card. R* gained 20 more bucks from my pocket. My real pocket.
The game currency only works one way. Real money to in-game fake money. Fake money don't worth s***t.
What happened to me and I described in the paragraph above is gonna happen to all the virgin players that start playing gta.
R* just wants to keep some balance.
In the billionaire days (way before i started playing, but I have read a lot about that era) everything was starting to become nonsense because rich characters were so damn rich, and new/poor characters were so far from that that they would not even hope in becoming competitive. So they wiped everything.
Why would they punish you for GOD mode? Cause you are invincible = no hope for others.
Why do they forgive other types of modding/glitching? Cause you are simply "stronger" in one way or another = there is hope.
What I believe is happening here is R* is letting everybody transfer with all their money (including the money they have lost during the sweep).
This way, tempts players to buy the game and transfer, thinking they will live again the glorious days of the 13 digits bank accounts.
New players are aware they will have to deal with extremely hard to beat enemies, with loads of cash, loads of cars and military vehicles etc.
So, if they want to stand a chance, they have to buy shark cards, get an apartment, a garage, weapons, vehicles, I wouldn't even be surprised if you can somehow "buy" your way up in the ranks.
(we all know the 500k R* is giving away as a gift is a silly amount).
Eventually the "lost money" will be lost again.
Everybody will be left with the money they had before the transfer (legit or not), and the game will move on.
Keep in mind that the "megalodon 8mil in game cash" that costs us 100 real life $, does not mean that 8million of in game cash cost R* 100$.
In game money is thin air. You pay a prostitute 50gta$, she gives you a bj, she leaves.
Let's suppose you do not kill her, and you start following her. Where does she go? To the local R* bank to deposit the money along with all her other profits for another player to buy them with a shark card?
No. She goes in circles, or she vanishes or happens to her whatever happens to an npc.
R* does not lose money when you do a glitch.
R* "loses" in game money (something that is infinite, therefore cannot be considered a loss) when you do a glitch.
In even simpler words
100$=8mil gta $
8mil gta $= nothing.
As I said before, it is normal that they want to keep balances for players who buy cards, and don't want to feel as if they were robbed, to players that play legit etc.
If you post a picture of your character with your bank account showing your trillions, or you spread mayhem doing GOD mode and another player reports you to R*, it is logical that they will ban you/take away your money etc, not so much in order to punish you, but in order to compensate/satisfy the guy that reported you so he does not feel that R* does not give a damn.
R* purpose is to earn as much money as possible, sell as many copies as possible, sell as many cash cards as possible.
If all of us transfer and R* leaves us with 10bucks, does not mean we will start buying shark cards. We will simply feel sorry for spending money to buy the damn game, sell it as "used in mint condition" and move on.
However, if R* uses us in order to lure more and more gamers to buy the game and maybe even buy one or more shark cards to get them started, we will all be happy.
And guess what?
R* will be the happiest of all