It may have taken a whole year but Destiny is finally getting closer to the game we all hoped it would be. Callum gives his analysis of the changes that have come to Bungie's ambitious shooter. Is it worth playing now?
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 couldn't be more on the fence with this one... Do I really want to jump back on the horse a month before Halo 5 and Fallout?
I just got it and it's much much better than the beta and original game. I played the beta and borrowed the game from a friend but didn't like it at all. Seemed repetitive and dull, but the new stuff and story is a lot better.
Some friends convimced me to jump back in, to be honest I did really like the game when i first got it, put a good amount of hours in to it too. I just dropped off when the first DlC came out though, don't remember why. Oh well, kinda excited to play again now with all of it together (Bought the Legendary Edition)
New DLC worth $40? I have the other two, but it's tough convincing myself, that after spending $60 on the original game, plus $40 for the last two dlc's combined, that I should dump another $40 into this game.