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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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Both these games look awesome
My personal opinion is that there is not such war, Destiny handsdown is the changer here, i mean awesome graphics, big open world to explore, single player story and online component integrated seamlessly, i see a lot of potential on Destiny
Getting both. Love FPS and these are at opposite ends of the spectrum from each other. No need to compromise :)
There is no contest. These games aren't even comparable.
Titanfall: releases well before destiny. fast paced pvp focus, gritty near-future sci-fi, instanced combat.
Destiny: Coming out later. Slower pace (COD's Halo to Titanfall's Destiny). Way distant future sci-fi, MMO-style coop/pvp focus. Instanced combat as well, I'm sure, but more emphasis on story/coop. Finding other players while they are doing their own activities ect ect.
They are both FPS', and they are both next gen. Beyond that, I don't see any reasons so compare these games. I want both.
Destiny has my vote for sure! Psyched for it.