MWEB GameZone writes: "Destiny is fun. What it is not is: well-written, well-paced, smart. It's a glorious shawl on a shambling skeleton: hollow, barebones, and repetitive.
It's troubling when a game this big, with incredible background mechanics and shooting action, is so barren. Draping a cloak of mindless fun over this diminishes both what it could be and what players should expect."
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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Great read, really enjoyed it.
When so many critics say the same thing, then I guess it's time to listen. Stop trying to defend what's wrong with Destiny. It was over hyped and it failed miserably to meet expectations.
But it's still "fun" - how long that fun will last though is another question.
Like I have said from the beginning, it is a fun game, and it has its moments. Its the first time in a while that i have enjoyed playing online with some gamer buddies. its been a welcome addition for my PS4 since the selection is so sparce. I enjoy it because I never over analysed it, but its not to say that I didnt expect more, which I do but I dont see myself playing this beyond the end of the year. Although I hope that changes with the necessary improvements.
good read, good game, despite the negative press....
Its all down to personal preference and perception. For me, Destiny is boring. Just like Minecraft, CoD, BF, Forza etc are to others.