Talk:Porsche 959 Sport Championship/@comment-36299871-20180731084953/@comment-84.40.135.21-20180802074202

@Montoym

I take your point about ads, though it's possible to play them rather than watch them. In my line of work, I spend loads of time in front of a computer screen, so all I need is to put my phone within sight and just use an unoccupied area of my brain to keep track of the other screen :) Also, 90 minutes is putting it mildly - depending on device, it can take longer than that. Still, even assuming you just play the 30 first ads, 9 days * 10 GC is 90 GC, which is half the cost of the upgrades for the car in this LTS.

I take umbrage with whinging because it hides the greater issue. Which is exactly the things you and MoisesGabby said: that the cost of IAP has gotten inordinately high and that EA/FM's interest is ultimately purely monetary. I, too, think cheaper/more cost-effective IAPs could increase EA's profit margin, though the other side of the story is, most players will continue to do their best to avoid paying real money for a game they can play for free, even if the prices are in their range. It's OK to call EA/FM cheats when they appear to take deliberate aim at our GC accounts, but it's slightly less so when you factor in how parsimonious a "smart" player is with his/her gold. Excuse the hyperbole, but it's a bit like whinging about taxes.