TR: The Destiny backlash has already begun. Some have played a small portion of the game and come away unimpressed, describing it as a mediocre shooter with MMO pretensions. Others say it’s fun but over-hyped and hollow, lacking the humour of the Borderlands games and the narrative punch that made Halo great. And as with any big blockbuster these days, you’ll always find a clutch of gamers lurking in the corner, shrugging their shoulders and dishing out the verdict: ‘meh’. Has Destiny lived up to the hype?
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 like how condescending the first paragraph of the review starts: it assumes that those who dislike the game either didn't play it for long, or are part of some category of persons who just love to hate on popular games.
Maybe...just maybe...people really don't like the game.
This is a good and truthful review of a great game.
Don't be a part of the negative click that has popped up over this game. If you are, you are missing out on a great game with lots of good times to be had while playing it.
"The Destiny backlash has already begun. Some have played a small portion of the game and come away unimpressed, describing it as a mediocre shooter with MMO pretensions"
I love how this is condescending to people who don't like the game and it downplays all the things wrong with it.
And the insinuation that just because people have played a short amount of it and written it off means they don't know what score the game deserves is a farce.
If the game failed to be engaging up to a certain point or was slow or a grind then it has failed to deliver a gameplay experience engaging enough for that person at the start middle or end then it has failed in its responsibility to the player.
The same people who slander MMOs for repetitive grinding when I mention Guild Wars 2 or WoW are now turning around and proclaiming they love grinding in Destiny.
Even the name of this site is pretentious.
If only people didn't buy into previews or pre-commit themselves to liking a game based on pre-orders or developer fandom then they wouldn't have to come out and defend it each time a negative review comes out.
You enjoyed it? Great. Continue enjoying it. You don't need to come into every review and say why they got it wrong. That usually you would be high fiving reviewers you agree with speaks volumes.
Nice review. I think this format should be the new industry standard.