Christopher Buffa (Prima Games): After weeks of speculation, Activision and Bungie officially laid out the details for Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below. We’ll refrain from listing the particulars; you can read about the new missions and Crucible arenas in this story. Rather, we want to know what you think.
We may not have concrete stats, but lots of people continue to play Destiny on a daily basis, despite the game launching on September 9, just ahead of a crowded holiday shopping season. Hardcore and even casual players quickly beat the campaign, and have since teamed up with friends to level grind in the hopes of acquiring the best Legendary and Exotic items. Whether or not Destiny has World of Warcraft staying power (10 years strong) remains to be seen, but the fact that Bungie’s title remains relevant is impressive.
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.
Depends on how long the few story mission are and the quality and depth of the narrative. I was expecting more like 3 new strikes, 5-6 hrs of (good) story, 3 maps, "free" gear, and a RAID.
I'm glad I traded this piece of shit in. I know Bungie is capable of making a great game; however, Activision will just milk Destiny for everything they can get. They'll probably try to release at least 2 expansion packs a year for the next 4-5 years until Destiny 2 releases.
60 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = $220
So they are pretty much asking gamers for $220 for a game that could be contained in one $60 game with 1 or 2 DLC packs. FUCK THAT!
NOPE
Lol, paying over $100 for a single game. What has gaming come to? (sigh)
I paid 15 bucks a piece for the first 2 cod ghosts map packs and never played them lol! But I'm approaching 270 hours on destiny so 20 bucks is nothing for the joy I'm experiencing from the game. if you think it's too expensive it's because you don't like the game so just don't buy it. I and many others will!