It’s been over a month since Destiny was launched and the way Bungie looks to improve the game leaves a shallow taste on gamers’ tongues. Yes, they have been addressing all the bugs, glitches, loot caves, sneaky vendors and overpowered weapons, but Destiny needs major changes, it needs to be heavily improved. We’re all aware that this has been said over and over again, but the interesting part is that these changes are incredibly obvious and easy to put together. So why isn’t Bungie addressing them?
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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The loot system is RANDOM, it can be frustrating but do we need yet another article about it? This is why I don't really care for the PVP. First, it's just not fun and second, the rewards rarely ever make it worth it. I agree that it can be very frustrating, but it's RNG, this is exactly what happens with this type of loot system.
I don't mind it because I know the point of legendary and exotic gear are the be rare drops. If they are dropping left and right then they won't be legendary or exotic. I don't think Bungie really WANTED everyone to be a level 30 within a month.
Bungie simply found a way to get people to buy a game that feels like it should be free to play. It's a trick that will only work for them once.
I love that the author assumes they are being ignored, unless you work for bungie you have little idea of what is being worked on.
They should do more to tie specific rewards to specific activities, out side of the exotic bounties.
I was expecting a solid, well thought out list. Instead, it's literally 2 things.
1. Better rewards for people who do best in Crucible.
2. Creating sets of gear so players can use more than 1 exotic at a time.