Destiny blazes a clear trail through the middle of the desolate no man's land that, for years now, has segregated the bombastic emptiness of shooter campaigns from the frenetic slaughter of multiplayer. And it does so with a poise and depth that its few peers - games like the charming but scrappy Borderlands and Far Cry - cannot match; a poise and depth that will keep people playing it for years.
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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Great review. This is a solid game.
Great review.
Eurogamer is usually pretty harsh. Surprised to see an 8 after all the 6's. Maybe they actually played the end game unlike all the other reviewers.
This game compared to the "typical" AAA game had a meh story, but compared to usual MMO's it was the best ive played and it at the very least gave you a premise to fight on. This game is easy to "beat" compared to other games, but finishing the last boss on your first time around is not really beating the game. This game is unlike any game i have played and being 24 hours into i feel like there is so much more for me to do and i cant wait to get home and play it. This game getting a 6 is not fair and honestly a typical review for this game isnt fair. This is FAR from the best game ive ever played but the vision Bungie has and even though people are saying this game is boring....the love and care that bungie put into this thing is screaming for attention every second you play it and it shows