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Yesterday, Destiny’s second DLC launched, The House of Wolves, but it wouldn’t be surprising if you assumed an entirely new game was debuting, judging by the hype beforehand and the reaction from fans after.
After an initial launch that drew many 6/10s from major outlets, and a first DLC pack that had many fans turning up their noses, House of Wolves was a chance to show that Bungie has listen to the player who had stayed loyal to the game regardless, or at least wanted a very good reason to keep playing it.
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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No it is not a Diablo 3 moment. For the price of the two Destiny DLCs, Diablo 3 offered the Reaper of Souls expansion, which is what a gamer changer should look like. It added a whole new chapter with the new Westmarch area with new bosses. This was around a 25% addition to just the storyline alone. A new Adventure mode was added. A new character class was added. Lesser and Greater rifts were added that make Diablo 3 endless, I know many seasoned players can get past GR 58+ legit. In comparison the Prison of Elders in Destiny is capped at just a few levels(from 28 to 34 I believe). New Ancient Lengendary weapons and gear were introduce that are 10 times harder to get then normal legendary drops. New weapons, new gear, new class sets, new goblin types, new rare goblin treasure room portals. A new Nemesis system was introduced where an enemy that has killed a player on your friends list can infiltrate your game to battle and reap rewards. The list goes on and on for the Diablo 3 expansion. The Destiny expansions are content weak in comparison to Diablo 3 expansion. Also consider the rotation of new seasonal weapons and gear are free in Diablo 3. What has Destiny ever given its fanbase for free besides nerfing everything so players are forced to play the way Bungie wants them to play. So again the answer is no.
Comparing HoW vs D3 dlc, yeah its way better. Don't have to buy a new copy to play it.
People going to hate because they got nothing else to do.
They definitely did good. Having so much fun.
Yup, it sure is. And it's awesome for it.
I love this game!