Michael Pachter has provided some analysis in regards to the future of the gaming industry in regards to sequels and new franchises.
If you are looking for a bargain, check out the huge discounts across the entire WatchDogs series on Steam.
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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In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.
Amy game that does well could have a sequel...
This guy should be called "The Common Sense Guru," Since he predicts nothing that isn't common sense.
"PS4 and Xbox One will sell at least one unit on launch" IM AN ANALYST! YES!
Damn son let the game come out first before talking about a sequel. I'm 99.9% sure all three will get sequels but it's a little early to even discuss that lol.
Titanfall sequel is already confirmed.
Successful games having a chance at getting a sequel?! No way!
Sarcasm by the way.
Way to point out obvious things, Patchy.
But on a serious note.. If Watch Dogs is as good as it looks I'd love a sequel for that.