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Short Pause Podcast #12: GOTY Selections, Year 1 Next-Gen Recap, Vault of Glass Impressions, & More

The Short Pause staff talks about the latest happenings within the video game industry. Topics include: Game of the Year selections; Overall impressions of the first year of next-gen gaming; Reactions to their first time through the Vault of Glass; Reminiscing about the first year of Short Pause; A MARVEL-ous surprise for one lucky listener!

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Retro Review – A Nostalgic Leap Short Of Legendary

Dragon Age: Inquisition, developed by BioWare, is the third installment in the cherished Dragon Age series. It represents a major evolution from its predecessor, Dragon Age II, incorporating elements that were well-loved in the original Dragon Age: Origins but also introducing new features that stand on their own. While Inquisition improves upon Dragon Age II in many respects, it falls short of the exceptional standards set by Origins.

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter388d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood388d ago (Edited 388d ago )

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.

Rude-ro387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

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.

Sonic1881387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell387d ago

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.

buffig387d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast387d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g387d ago

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.

spicelicka387d ago

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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Father__Merrin387d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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