GoodGameBro writes, "As an epilogue to E3 2014, famed game developer Bungie released a Destiny First Look Alpha experience exclusive to Sony PlayStation 4 where gamers could experience a small morsel of the game in advance of next month’s beta and the eventual September 2014 release of the full retail game. Intrigued by the kind of game which could spur such a bidding war between Sony and Microsoft for exclusive content and partnership—as well as the kind of budget that has been reported and planned for the next decade or so of Destiny content—I shrugged off the fact that I was never a fan of the Halo franchise and put my name in for a code.
Despite having little interest in Destiny prior to this past weekend, my experience with the First Look Alpha has significantly changed my tune; here is how the Destiny First Look Alpha sold me on Bungie’s plans for the full title."
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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At first I really didn't like the game because It was really different than what i'm used to (COD/BF) At first I hated it because it was quite hard! I kept dying repeatedly.. All these level 8 guys kept killing me easily! As I ranked up, It got extremely satisfying especially using the shotgun lol!
What I loved about the MP was how it focus strictly about winning. They don't include deaths unlike COD, You get rewarded for camping and it makes it even worse because you get killstreaks and shit. In Destiny... it's all about WINNING! Stats dont mean shit.
I didn't need an Alpha to be old on this game...I just knew when I first saw it that I would be buying it...which doesn't always happen...I'm usually pretty skeptical about games at first.
I just wish you could start strike missions from ground level by opening a menu or from a beacon near the mission start point.
All the strikes and other missions happen on the same game map but you have to go into orbit before you can start them. The game would be much more fluid if you could do all the mission types on the fly. The invite and drop in features are already solid
Wanted more out of it, still too generic, good production values, but i want innovation.
Bungie fan. Did not need an alpha with my 17 years of experience playing their games. I have been a bungie gamer since Myth the fallen lords. I know destiny will be great.