Tony Polanco writes "At first I decided to stick close to my team. I’ve never played this game and I’m not very good at first-person shooters so I felt it was best to not wander too far. As we went to a flag, I messed around with all of the buttons to get a feel for them. For the most part, Destiny controls like a modern day shooter. The standard configuration for running, reloading, aiming and shooting will feel familiar to those who regularly play these games."
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.
It's really just another sign that people who spend their time talking about or complaining about games on the internet are a very, very, small, minority of actual gamers.
People wonder why Sony is trying to bring some multiplayer games under their umbrella? Because done well, those games make money hand over hand.
Gamers love to say vote with your wallet and the masses have voted saying their okay with micro transactions for years now.
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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.
The game looks great....I can't wait until September.
I just hope it lives up to my expectations.
Last night I was watching the gameplay video posted by giantbomb, its over an hour but it doesn't really have any spoilers, they are just running around leveling up a bit. Really liked what I saw.
Already pre ordered this on ps4