At the release of Destiny’s beta many started to discuss on how it compared to the alpha. Some have been looking for the smoking guns of the usual (real or imagined) “downgrade,” others thought that the beta comes with improved visual fidelity. Bungie itself mentioned in an interview on the PlayStation Blog that the builds after the alpha already looked better than what everyone got to play.
This screenshot comparison between alpha and beta on PS4 aims to show if that's actually true or not.
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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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.
A bit off topic but does anyone know if Destiny will support digital upgrade from PS3 to PS4?
This game is running better than most full retail releases. I think, that in itself, during the time of Battlefield 4, GTA Online, and Watch Dogs (which still runs terribly for me) is a huge accomplishment. It is just one of the many reasons why I will be supporting Bungie!
Nothing much changed. Still looks great.
Anyone got an extra beta code for ps4?