IM PLAYIN discusses why Destiny is best played with friends, and not on your own.
"I’ve been playing Destiny for over a week now, and I’ve built up a fair number of hours of gameplay so far. I’m currently at level 20, but I’ve been focusing more on the side missions (the Raids / Strikes) and the Crucible than I have the main story (which I’ve heard is rather short). Though, I have played a bit of the story, I guess. I’ve just met with the Awoken guys and I’m on the second Venus mission. That could be over half way, I have no clue. I’ve played all of the story on my own so far, with just a little help from randomers who join the world before the ‘no respawn’ events. But the most fun that I’ve had on Destiny didn’t come in my first play-through of the first few missions. It actually came in my second play-through, when I was helping my brother grind out the early levels."
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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just like any online game.
Destiny is dead.
This guy gets it