"Several gamers reported that Destiny started pre-loading on their PlayStation 4 console, with two days ahead of the scheduled date. While it could easily be a mistake, if you have a pre-order for Destiny you should turn on your console and try downloading it."
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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Yep,can confirm! I thought the hype was playing games with me. Now to stare at the icon all weekend during my only days off from work.:/
LOL We'll be able to play on the 8th at 10a. Pre-loading now
for people doing this. how big is the download?
I got the vanguard edition and the two doc. I'm pretty pumped to play destiny. Psn:uchendu if you want to team.
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It doesn't preload the whole game. That still won't start until the 7th. I have to say, I got excited as hell when I saw it pop up. Shut off Netflix and let the download get done. I was hoping it would download the whole thing, but preloading on the 7th is good enough. Plenty of time to get it downloaded before the 9th.