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Bungie teases possible beta key give away

Bungie has just given out a tease on their Facebook page for Destiny Beta

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alexkoepp3850d ago

How about you give them to all the people that have achievements in your games over the last 10 years?

listenkids3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

Alienate people who are pro Sony? That wouldn't go down very well for this new venture. ( Not that I'm against being rewarded )

SITH3850d ago

Yeah, they are really going to alienate them with exclusive content.

KwietStorm_BLM3850d ago

Because they would still need a way to hand them out to PlayStation gamers. Might as well keep the same distribution process across the board.

CarnageXB3850d ago

its not that hard to get one. Just go on amazon and preorder a copy of destiny. They send you a code to activate on bungies website within a day. Then just cancel your preorder on amazon. Or keep it.

Gasian3850d ago

Same thing I did, friend.

BadlyPackedKeebab3849d ago

ditto, once I am regged ill stick to my shopto preorder that already exists.

spicelicka3850d ago

I wonder how the beta is gonna work. It's an open world mmo like shooter so are they just gonna give us limited space to explore with public events happening at random?

cl19833850d ago

I'm guessing it'll be a few large open area's with individual missions being rotated as testing needs arise.

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter326d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

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.

Rude-ro326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

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.

Sonic1881326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell325d ago

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.

buffig326d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast326d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g326d ago

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.

spicelicka326d ago

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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Father__Merrin326d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard477d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai477d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface476d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard473d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.