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Bungie Day Rewards for Destiny Vets on 7/7/2015

Tuesday 7/7/15 is Bungie day and Destiny vets will get a reward for being loyal and dedicated guardians. This may not be what all day one players have been asking for as far as a reward goes but it is something that Bungie has been working on for a long time and to be honest, something is better than nothing.

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Neonridr3209d ago (Edited 3209d ago )

A new emblem... I guess that's better than nothing.... right?

Palitera3208d ago

This is them telling people to buy their games on release. Not a coincidence that the most overpowered weapon in the game was given only to early adopters.
Yes, Gjalakaboomrn.
So, yeah, pretty bad that their tactic is to mess with game balance and item availability to plant the idea that people should buy their games early or they (probably) won't have access to some highest tier items.

LAWSON723208d ago

You do know a few months back the Gally was for sale from Xur, any Destiny player that played fairly often would have been able to but it. I took a hiatus until the week after the sale, and did the vault of glass twice, the first time a random I got from a lfg site got it and the next time I did with more randoms.

I don't think there is any situation other than the hard PoE where the thing is pretty much required. It is by no means difficult to play with people if you do not have one. The raids, nightfall are all usually easy if you are on the right level anyway and getting a group is quick and easy. I post my name up on an LFG site and get 5 messages in a matter of minutes.

Neonridr3208d ago

@LAWSON72 - the Gjallarhorn was sold week 2 by Xur. That's it. He has never sold it again. Nobody knew what they were buying at the time... so those that were lucky enough to grab it were in for a treat.

I doubt Xur will ever sell it again.

Palitera3208d ago

A lot of players (including myself) kept playing for this item, the single only one missing out of the whole collection.
Bungie will put it on Xursday again when they need good attention, it's an ace on their sleeve.

And I played the raid 3 times every week on hard for months. How many times have I seen Gjalla drop there? None.

Yeah, lots of ascendant shards there...

AtariFanboy3208d ago

Buy all our DLC and get a shiny new emblem!

KwietStorm_BLM3208d ago

Been working on for a long time?? Well I guess that makes sense when you look at the game itself.

Jughead34163208d ago

After almost a year of playing Destiny, I'm still addicted to it and all, and would love to defend it. But this is some crap. An emblem? C'mon Bungie! I gotta complete this ridiculous list of tasks to prove my dedication to the game for an emblem? AN EMBLEM?
WOW!!

thejigisup3208d ago (Edited 3208d ago )

Should've given separate emblems, shaders, and ghosts to alpha, beta, and launch day guardians. At least then it'd be interesting...

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter326d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

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.

Rude-ro325d ago (Edited 325d ago )

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.

Sonic1881325d ago (Edited 325d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell325d ago

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.

buffig325d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast325d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername325d ago (Edited 325d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g325d ago

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.

spicelicka325d ago

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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Father__Merrin325d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard477d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai476d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface475d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard473d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.