Destiny’s beta has just ended, but some clever folks managed to extract from the game’s code the fact that Destiny will only have 32 story missions, 23 strikes (co-op) and a number of other activities resulting in a total of 148. While the game isn’t finished yet, how many mission do you think Bungie could add in the few months left until release day? Not a lot more. Our speculations are that those missions, combined with the arena mode of the game could keep gamers in the loop for almost six months, after that the game will be almost done for them.
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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Six months? Look, I absolutely loved the beta, but hearing that you'd only reach level 20, only have 32 story missions, and possibly only 1 raid? That's just ridiculous. I might as well wait for the game to drop in price, so I'll have more to do when DLC comes around. Since I already played a good portion of the game in the beta period... I reached level 8 in one sitting, I'd be finished within a week if this stuff is true.
Yeah news that there are only 5 areas diminished my hopes. This is not a big game. And level 20 being the cap is a bit nuts. I hit level 8 in the beta in 2 days.
The level"20" means nothing! You'll still be leveling up your character, getting upgrades, unlocking new powers and abilities and weapons!
Sounds like you all are b!tches. Honestly. You don't know anything yet since the game isn't final. I don't care how many disagrees or bubbles down I get, I've been on this site for 8 years and I can't believe how entitled and spoiled people seem. Bungie said they will have people working 24/7 on this game.... for years. How many story missions is enough? How long is 32 Missions? Probably best to reserve judgement until you start reading reviews.
This article is ridiculous. Let's start from the top.
First off, dlc stands for downloadable content. So when you're talking about a lot of it, you never need to say dlcs. It just makes you look stupid. DLC. That's what it's called.
Second, the article's whole premise is based off of an EXTRACTION of code from a BETA.. there's no telling what the actual game will really have. It could be right, it could be wrong. There's no need to write a click-bait article.
Third, what does he/she/it mean by "survive"???? That's the most ridiculous thing here. Bear with me while I do some math. By the author's OWN ESTIMATION, without dlc, this game will last people 6 months. 6 months. Playing an hour a day for six 30 day months means you'll get a mind-blowing 180 hours out of this game. Sounds to me like if that's true, people will realize the value and WANT to buy the expansions. And how many games with 10% of that play time not only survive but THRIVE?
This is amateur journalism at best and a complete waste of anyone's time. I'll leave you with this quote from another article here. This is for you, snookies12.
"Beta was water wings. Level 8 is nothing. You barely scratched the surface, and it seems like some folks had fun with what was there. " - a Destiny developer
Level 8 is NOTHING. Stop worrying and just wait for reviews or buy the game yourself. Anything else is a waste of your time.