"Destiny is set to have the biggest launch in 2014. It is the most pre-ordered game in the US. The top three pre-ordered games are three different versions of Destiny, and four of the top six.
In total, the game has about 1.5 million pre-orders in the US. The PlayStation 4 version is the most pre-ordered game in the US with 646,195 pre-orders. The Xbox One version has 526,869 pre-orders, the Xbox 360 version with 219,028 pre-orders, and the PlayStation 3 version 103,838 pre-orders."
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.
how many did it for the beta though.
i enjoyed the beta but cancelled my preorder when all the stuff came out about how u join raids etc and the fact nobody was accepting group requests .
but after watching another video it made me want it again so i think im gonn re-preorder
It's a little off topic but i don't see how VGChartz still has PS4 sitting at 9.4 million when Sony officially announced 10 million at Gamescom. Perhaps they're getting lazy?
I thought once you hit a million it's platinum not gold.
Now, will they please tell me the download/install size of this game?!!?
"Set to smash industry records"...with 1.5 million pre-orders?
So....GTA 5 still wins it seems.