Could one make the argument that Bungie misrepresented Destiny? Did the marketing indicate a different kind of game?
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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Not a bad take. But I don't think Bungie misrepresented anything. I think some angry people that hate gaming misinterpreted what Destiny is, that is for certain.
Misrepresented? Maybe kind of
Seems the content they marketed IS coming.. Just rolling out slowly over time rather then all up front
How so the way I see it is people where coming in with their expectations way too high forgetting this game is a last generation game this game been hyped up to be a next generation game when it never was to begin with.
I don't think Bungie misrepresented the game, but I do think people saw what they wanted to see in it, and heard what they wanted to hear without looking too deeply into it. Once the hype train gets rolling, it's very difficult to slow it's forward momentum. Personally, I was always weary of Destiny because I was never a Halo fan, so Bungie is not a studio that I consider one of my favorites because I've never gotten into any games they have released. On top of that, I never saw much story driven gameplay in all the videos/demos/alpha/beta...and story is what primarily keeps me coming back to a game, as I will occasionally enjoy co-op and really never get that into a multiplayer, with the exception being Uncharted 2's multiplayer. For me the story, or lack thereof, is where Destiny disappoints. But I can't consider it misrepresented for me, because I never heard much from Destiny that this game would have a deep story mode. As far as the online options to team up with others, perhaps people expected more along those lines, and that is understandable. Destiny seems a bit half baked, not quite cooked all the way through. It's a shame, it had potential...I feel like more games need to move away from making their new ip's compatible with ps3/360, and focus on current gen ps4/xbone/pc. We're seeing time and time again with games like Titanfall, Watch_Dogs, and now Destiny that making compromises for last gen tech is really hurting what the games could have been.
They represented the game perfectly.