XMNR: Bungie's Joseph Staten dropped new clues into the development of Bungie in an interview released Wednesday that suggest that the mythic sci-fi shooter might be episodic.
Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.
That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it
This was back when the game wasn't free to play.
The figures are from November 2017 to February 2019 (1 year and 4 months).
Based on that projection, the MTX revenue for Destiny 2 likely would have been closer to ~$240m for 2 years.
Not sure if premium expansions are included in that figure either although ... I'd hope that they are though and that most of the revenue was for actual content like Forsaken.
People spend way too much money on cosmetics.
Seasons($10 and just got bumped to $12) and dungeon keys($10 each, two a year) are through the eververse(micro transaction) store.
So for those two years, in order to play a season, you would pay through micro transactions.
Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well
It makes me sad to agree... but at the same time I am looking forward to giving it a go. Destiny 2 is so far in, I find it difficult to figure out what I am meant to do first.
Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.
For as much as ppl complain how much they hate microtransactions, they sure don’t act like it. No wonder they aren’t going anywhere.
By "people" you're referring to millions and millions of people. Obviously the ones complaining aren't necessarily the same as the ones spending all that money.
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if its episodic i wont be buying
It depends how they do it. The Walking Dead made me more accepting of the episodic model but I still prefer the single purchase model.
And if they really are pulling from The Wire we're gonna get some cool ass plot lines. Maybe the best show on TV ever.
Aren't MMOs largely episodic via updates?
What they may be trying to do could be more sequential and connected, but still likely the same.
Probably too much to ask them to have some good or at least decent writers working on this.
If its something like Fallout 3/New Vegas DLC im in
I wonder why people aren't complaining about Destiny being DRM? It is a hot button issue, Bungie is a big developer and from what I understand we all dislike the idea of not being able to play a game that requires internet.