Gran Turismo 7 will rejigger its game economy after backlash
Enlarge / Don't let GT7's grind rain on your parade, the economy is being fixed. (credit: Sony)
When Gran Turismo 7 launched earlier this month, it was no surprise that the game's economy was not exactly forgiving. But displeasure among players boiled over a couple of weeks later after a bungled update took down the game servers-and therefore basically the entire game-for more than a day.
Now, the head of Polyphony Digital, Kazunori Yamauchi, has published a post at the PlayStation blog to apologize to players and let them know the studio has been listening:
I would like to apologize for the frustration and confusion caused last week with our patch updates which resulted in not only a server outage but also adjustments to the in-game economy which were made without a clear explanation to our community.
Every player who had a copy of the game by the time the post went live in the early hours of Friday morning will, at some point in the very near future, find an extra million in-game credits in their account as a goodwill gesture.