Shame on you if you thought otherwise!
Payday 2developerOverkill once said, “We’ve made it clear thatPayday 2will have no microtransactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!),” which was true until today’s update.
TheBlack Market updatehas added the ability to earn safes at the end of matches that can only be opened with a drill item that costs $2.49 in real-life money. There is currently no way to earn drills just by playing the game. These safes contain exclusive weapon skins which may boost stats or grant special modifications to your guns.
Payday 2currently has over 137,000 reviews on Steam with a very positive rating overall, butnew reviews are being used to vent by playersfrustrated with Overkill going back on its word on microtransactions, as moderators are apparently deleting negative feedback on the Steam group,according to one review.
ThePayday 2subreddit is also filled withthread after thread of pissed off players, with the top post simply just saying “Fuck you Overkill” and another suggests changing the subreddit name to “Pay2day.”
This isn’t the first time Overkill has taken heat forPayday 2, considering the Xbox One version of the gamestill isn’t fixedafter having issues for the past four months. When asked about the last-generation console versions — which also had issues — one of thedevs angrily replied, “if a game I really love isn’t working on consoles, I’d switch to other platforms and fucking play it there.”
Overkill and 505 Games have some explaining to do to fans ofPayday 2, but I have a sneaking suspicion that microtransactions are here to stay, much like they are inCounter-Strike: GO,andTeam Fortress 2.I just don’t know that the playerbase will be.
