No. No you really cannot. Every race has restrictions, every car you enter has to abide by those restrictions, you are really trying to reach here. It's really not the same.

And by you ignoring what I said, I'm guessing you agree with me, that there is a spectrum to micro transactions? Well, I'm assuming you must do anyway, since you bought GTA5 even though you avoid all games with micro transactions.

No, I just don't group every single game with micro transactions into a singular evil pot unlike you seem to.

There are varying levels to how micro transactions are used, just as it was for dlc, it;s a spectrum.

On one end you have timesaver micro transactions (which even has it's own scale of to how much is it used), where you can still easily obtain everything in the game, just sometimes it takes some time (but still shorter time than days of old where some games would have you grinding for hours on end regardless without even the option of time savers)

On the other end you have whole parts of the game locked off, such as in Plants Vs Zombies 2, where about half the plants are locked behind a paywall. And along with that, you also have the true 'pay to win' microtransactions, where players are able to have unfair advantages in online games, usually MMOs.

No, my point is actually don't boycott entire games just because they have micro transactions, because in todays games, you will end up missing out on the vast majority of good games.

I only have a problem with games with micro transactions if they effectively have chunks of the game hidden behind them, or you have to grind a lot to achieve the same otherwise.

Fair enough, but with those standards I guess you don't play many games at all these days.

For instance: Burnout Paradise: 'pay to win'

every Battlefield since Bad Company 1: 'pay to win'

Forza 5: 'pay to win'

Grand Theft Auto V: 'pay to win'

Almost every Need For Speed since the second Shift game 'pay to win'

You pretty much can't escape it

As long as most devs use the GT6 model (aka completely optional and doesn't change the game structure in any way) I'm fine with it. If they start making games Pay to Win then it'll be end of classic gaming as we know it.

Surely that is a good thing? If you don't realise it's there, it can't be too bad without it.

For instance, I'm playing GT6 right now, I'm getting cars at a fast rate, there is very little grinding needed, certainly no more than past games; and not once has the game even visibly shown that microtransactions exist. To get them, you have to go out of your way on the PS Store.

Yes, there are games which are stupidly pay to win, but I don't think grouping all games with micro transactions together as one evil unit is the right thing to do.

EDIT: If there wasn't such a hoo-ha about the micro transactions in GT6 recently, I wouldn't even have known they existed.

It is sending a message yes, but it's also sending the wrong message.

It's saying to the devs: no one wants your game, don't make anymore of them;

whereas it should be saying: we like your game, please make more, but we don't want any of this microtransaction crap.

Not buying the entire game is going too far though, the game itself could be amazing, if a game gets lackluster sales, the dev just won't make anymore like it, the microtransaction part will likely remain in the next title however.

Don't purchase any microtransactions of any kind.

Hopefully it will die down a little.