As it was a multi E3 award winning game, Destiny is a major competitor to earn multiple Game of the Year titles. Destiny is the newest IP from Bungie, creator but no longer developer of the Halo series, and as such bears a great burden along with great promise. The equivalent of a Reese’s PB cup, Destiny feels like some RPG got in Halo.
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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2thoughts come to mind.
1. Not much competition this year for the city award.
2. A halo RPG sounds awesome! Why would a halo RPG be bad?
Imo it feels like a mix of halo/ boarderlands with a hint of mass effect...I like it.
After the alpha ended all I can think about is Destiny. I can not wait for the beta then the full release! Most fun I have had in quite some time.
Halo RPG=Bad?
In what world is that true?
Could be both. Game on.
im pretty confident it will at the very least do well. i'm not sure it would have enough mass appeal across multiple genres to be "game of the year"... but then again... game of the year for who? different publications, properties or individuals all have different priorities for what earns a game that title.
i don't think halo as an rpg is a bad thing if you are into rpg's.