"Destiny is the most expensive game ever made, and one of the most successful games of all time. It’s also controversial. No one hates Destiny as much as a Destiny fan. And I am one of them." says GlitchFreeGaming
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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Just got to level 31,after the weekend passes I think I'll give it a rest until The House of Wolves dlc is released.
Great article! Exactly my gripes with this game. I loved it when I played it but when I stopped playing I just don't feel like going back unless there's something new. I haven't touched it in months, because I know when I start I'll have to grind through the same missions over and over again to get anywhere. Only think I can play is PVP.
I just wish it was a more complete experience.
I don't know, I just think it has really fun game-play. Especially co-op. I am not playing for loot or materials anymore, just for fun.
Plus they changed the loot scarcity system. I remember it taking months to get all the gear for Vault of Glass, but I had the full raid set for Crota in 2 weeks.
I was on this cycle for months. Than they blocked core vanilla content to non DLC gamers and it was so dirty that even addicted I quit.
Too much toxic business to me. But as Bungictivision is watching, other devs also are, so expect the full influence of one of the biggest scams ever to be fulfilled in one year, when devs adapt their products to the reality that they don't need to offer content, variation, storytelling, fair practices etc as long as they have the most expensive marketing possible.
Destiny took it to a new extreme and is a record breaker since before anyone played it.
(PS: as much as COD DLC packs still rule DLC pricing and content, see what Destiny will do to gaming)
Yeah, we can all talk about the psychology of it. If you are one of those unfortunate souls who wants ONE single exotic to drop, then god have mercy on your soul. The obsessive playing to get that one drop can be overwhelming.
(On a side note, the article mentions ghorn. Not only it is a very effective weapon, it is almost a prerequisite for many LFG posts, so it can greatly effect your ability to hop on teams thus raising its status even further).
All that said, In the end, Destiny is a rock solid console shooter that is a ton of fun to play with friends and/or hop on LFG groups for raids and nightfalls. Without those two components, the psychology stuff doesn't matter.