Turn Microtransactions into Donation money for Instituto Ayrton Senna!

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Normalaatsra

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Normalaatsra
I have seen a lot of negativity concerning the micro-transaction model that has been put for GT6, but I really wanted to see this business model put to good use. Microtransaction is essentially, whether you disagree or not, paying to earn more. Sort of like a sponsorship deal, sort of like bribery. But simply giving money to earn virtual currency seems a little daft. I tried brainstorming on how the model can be turned around for the better which was when I thought about charities and donation funds.

The reformed model is simple. It doesn't involve the user from buying with their money, the user donates with their money. It doesn't go to a selfish, greedy cause for the user, it goes to worthy NGO. And the best part, you get rewarded for your efforts, and the NGO is rewarded from your philantrophy as well.

With Polyphony Digital now entering a partnership deal with Instituto Ayrton Senna, it would make a great opportunity to turn the purpose of microtransactions around. The goal of that institute is to grow human development for children in education, something that Senna personally dreamed of for the nation of Brazil, so it is a fantastic cause as Ayrton Senna has always wanted to chase that dream.

Currently the institute has a complicated process to receive donations from outside the country. With GT6 players coming from many places in the world, the best opportunity now is through GT6. So would this reformed microtransaction model benefit everyone involved?
 
This is a really great idea.

How close does PD watch this message board? How can we motivate our moderators to bring this idea to them and Sony.

If publicized right this could have very positive impact on the validity of gaming and draw attention to GT. More attention means more sales. We all would win.

This could set gaming corporations precedence. My mind is racing with possibilities. Pun intended.

As far as difficulty with donations from outside the country- each region could have a rotating schedule of different charities. Or, if there is a big disaster like a hurricane, earthquake, typhoon,etc. The donations could be routed to that effort for a period of time.
 
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Great idea Normalaastra. Some people, including me, give to charities regularly and if PD does something like that with microtransactions then it would be win-win (I donate and get rewarded) for me instead of lose-lose (I lose money and self-respect).
 
Normalaatsra
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With Polyphony Digital now entering a partnership deal with Instituto Ayrton Senna,

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What does this mean? Is Sony/PD already giving some kind of financial support to the Institute?
 
Sorry, but I still have a couple of problems with this. Donations should be voluntary. And whenever you introduce money into the equation, there is going to be fraud. In spite of good intentions, money (more specifically, greed) has a tendency to attract the kind of people who will do anything to play the system to their personal advantage, at the expense of someone else. If you want to donate to the Instituto Ayrton Senna, or any other cause, do it directly. The more people in between, the smaller the chance your money will arrive at the intended destination.
 
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Or PD could just give the money earned from people buying the Ayrton Senna DLC to the charity themselves ?, It could be something along the lines of all proceeds from the purchase of said DLC will go to this charity, That might encourage people to part with cash, Not by having a game that's not exactly fun revolving around real world money.
 
So let me see if I understand this correctly, by donating money spent on Micro Transactions for game credits to the Senna foundation...

...that will somehow improve GT6' two inter-related issues of:

1) MicroTransactions payments for extra game credits...
2) a GT6 credits economy that offers far less for payouts and seems to have increased the rate at which car reconditioning is required which can cost as much as 500K credits.

The cynic in me wonders if this is some type of marketing probe to see if the community will submit to the situation.

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FYI:

I actually grew up in the country where the foundation is located, so I am all for it.

They have done incredible things for economically challenged children there.

I am sure PD has already worked something out with them regarding DLC, branding, etc.
 
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You are free to decide whether to do it yourself or not. This goes with other people as well. So a voluntary procedure is a standard here. Just like the current Credit offerings from the microtransaction store.

All you have to do is decide whether you trust the other party involved in the charity. In this it's the institute, Polyphony Digital, and Sony Playstation. I doubt they would do any harm towards users like you, but what you say is true, you should do the donation directly.

But you have to learn the difficulties of getting a foreign audience to partake in a charity like this. The website of Instituto Ayrton Senna has a donation page that already says that someone outside Brazil who are interested in donating must contact the institute via email. They have admitted to difficulties already. In fact donating them from outside Brazil would put you at risk. Why would you leave the cause penniless without support then if you are not willing to send your money via a third party? This is a fear of corruption your having like other people who have this mindset. It only makes you safe, but not the honest party in the charity. So don't support the institute? Then simply ignore.
 
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A good alternative would also be the profit going to Reach Out Worldwide, Paul Walker's charity.
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Either would be nice, I think the best thing to do would be give the money to some racing foundation or group that helps out society. I think even the FIA road safety group would be a good idea.
 
Normalaatsra
I have seen a lot of negativity concerning the micro-transaction model that has been put for GT6, but I really wanted to see this business model put to good use. Microtransaction is essentially, whether you disagree or not, paying to earn more. Sort of like a sponsorship deal, sort of like bribery. But simply giving money to earn virtual currency seems a little daft. I tried brainstorming on how the model can be turned around for the better which was when I thought about charities and donation funds.

The reformed model is simple. It doesn't involve the user from buying with their money, the user donates with their money. It doesn't go to a selfish, greedy cause for the user, it goes to worthy NGO. And the best part, you get rewarded for your efforts, and the NGO is rewarded from your philantrophy as well.

With Polyphony Digital now entering a partnership deal with Instituto Ayrton Senna, it would make a great opportunity to turn the purpose of microtransactions around. The goal of that institute is to grow human development for children in education, something that Senna personally dreamed of for the nation of Brazil, so it is a fantastic cause as Ayrton Senna has always wanted to chase that dream.

Currently the institute has a complicated process to receive donations from outside the country. With GT6 players coming from many places in the world, the best opportunity now is through GT6. So would this reformed microtransaction model benefit everyone involved?
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You had me until you said, "selfish, greedy". :irked:
 
I would definantly buy a few if it would go to such a cause, and perhaps as an incentive, if we (GT players) donate $1,000 we all get Senna-based items, and another for 2, 3, 4, and so on.
 
Instead of buying micro transactions I would prefer getting a livery editor in the game and using it to put sponsors' decals on my cars. Those decals could wear real companies' names and turn driving around with those into sponsoring. Thus making companies pay to make advertisements in the game and making players benefit from this could be a nice idea.
 
@omnibusse But that won't stop 12 year olds from putting boobs on cars and others from making offensive and/or terrible liveries.

Although, the idea of the microtransactions going toward Instituto Ayrton Senna is an idea I can get behind.
 
I see a lot of "negativity" here;
this is a good idea nonetheless, but i think it needs to be brainstormed so it could be possible to put in order.
 
Put a wolf in sheep's clothing and it's still a wolf. Really, if you want to donate to something, just donate directly. Making MT's some kind of charity thing seems like a way for those who want to use them to feel better about buying credits. When the reality is a 10 dollar donation by buying credits won't be a 10 dollar donation to the charity by the time all the middle men get their cut.
 
Microtransactions... inevitable...

Only on the planet Sausage!

I'm also quite capable of managing my own charitable donations without any help from PD or Sony, thank you.
 
Look, the whole point is this from what I can pick up:

We are paying for an item which should be included in game, and not cause a 5 dollar increase to the total spent on the game. However, how much does it cost to put up a digital object on a digital store and then you make profit off of that?

Rather than that? Why can't a percentage or royalty go to the institute..?
 
This would be excellent and falls in line with the sites like "Gaming for Good" and the Humble Bundle. Gaming for Good is for example using pro-gamers and internet personalities to help build awareness for their online charity shop which is basically selling games and dlc but sending the proceeds (or large chunks of it) to charity. A lot of games are getting on board with it too, some of the "free to play" and extremely popular online games are offering ingame microtransaction content/currency to those who donate.

If the microtransactions in GT6 went towards charity then my disgust towards them for introducing it would be gone.
 
omnibusse
Instead of buying micro transactions I would prefer getting a livery editor in the game and using it to put sponsors' decals on my cars. Those decals could wear real companies' names and turn driving around with those into sponsoring. Thus making companies pay to make advertisements in the game and making players benefit from this could be a nice idea.
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I'm sure this would need to be refined, but I think there is a lot of potential in this idea.
 

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