bbsguru writes: Sony/PlayStation has been taking a lot of heat for making the new Gran Turismo 7 more dependent on microtransactions. Gamers say the well-reviewed game had taken advantage of those reviews by waiting until after it was released to jack up the cost of playing the game. Acceptance wasn’t improved by the more-than-a-day outage that accompanied the changes. [To make matters worse, Gran Turismo 7 owners weren’t even able to play single player because the DRM servers that require an online check to play the game went down.] After several tentative responses, Sony is [finally] paying out, “gifting players with a million in-game credits and outlining the near-term updates for Gran Turismo 7 that will address the problems,” writes Eurogamer’s Martin Robinson. “We want to thank you for your continued patience and valuable feedback as we grow and evolve GT7 to make it as enjoyable and rewarding for as many players as possible,” wrote series creator Kazunori Yamauchi in a blog post. “We always want to keep communication lines open with our community so that we can work together to build the best racing experience possible.”
