Technical issues delay GTA Online stimulus package further

There’s no putting an end to the woes of GTA Online players. The stimulus package that was supposed to soothe the growing pains of the multiplayer service has been delayed, thanks to ongoing technical issues.

Rockstar Games in a post said it was aware that many users have been waiting anxiously to have a look at the GTA$ Stimulus Package money. The developer wants to ensure, however, that game progress loss issues are sufficiently sorted before distributing the GTA$ to everyone.

Where’s the money, bro?

“We have a few more tweaks and fixes to make in a new title update that will hit sometime next week and then we will distribute the cash,” Rockstar wrote, delaying the release further. The cash was expected not long after Rockstar made the announcement earlier this month, but there had been no news for a long while since then.

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The company had announced that players would start to get the money in their accounts within a week after the announcement – the yardstick being the release of the patch 1.04 for the game – but that clearly has not happened.  Whatever the case may be, it is sure that the amount of $500,000 in-game cash will be deposited into players’ accounts in two packages of $250,000 each. Obviously, the developers want to stop the in-game economy from going crazy.

However, you shouldn’t hold your breath for the first installment coming anytime soon since Rockstar has not given any tentative data of release with this update. We’d suggest you stick to the single-player mode for a while.