HITC Tech says: "Honestly, I’ve not been too hyped about Destiny. We’ve been reporting on it for some time – new trailers, screenshots, details etc. which all look and sound great – I definitely love the look of Destiny and what we’ve heard of its story, but that’s also how I felt about Bungie’s Halo way back in 2001. I tried Halo: Combat Evolved when it came out, but it just didn’t do it for me. I even bought Halo Reach years later to see if that would draw me in, because for so many people it’s such a great series I thought there must be something in it that would appeal to me - that didn’t work either. So, before I’d even tried Destiny I already had major reservations, simply because it was being developed by Bungie, the same studio that created Halo. Using my past experience with Halo as a wonky measuring stick, I entered Destiny’s beta with much hesitation."
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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I've played the beta on both PS4 and X1...
And I am still not excited...
Solid gameplay mechanics but generally generic feel.
yep, the game beta was lots of fun.
I felt the same way! Now I want to get it! It's just something about it that is so rewarding when playing it, and that was just the beta!
Same here, everything was meh before and after few hours in the beta i got addicted. Need the fix asap.
Destiny will be THE highlight of this gen. Period.