Is it right or wrong for gamers to want to pay for in-game extras with real money. Are those wishes a blight on the gaming industry or simply a sign of the times?
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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what?
I hope they don't because I like to be able to say I earned this armor and show it off, then walk around and see some douche wearing it because they payed cash. It devalues my efforts and make what I did look pointless. It devalues looting and one of the main aspects of the game
Screw you , whoever wrote this .
There's a door over there author. Yes yes that one.. take it.
This was just a planted article to see the reactions of "WHAT IF" Bungie started selling items. IMO that would totally ruin this game. TOTALLY. This game is like a FPS rpg and PROGRESSION through hardwork should be rewarded, not who has the most money.
If I find out they are doing this before this game comes out I will not buy it.