"When I got home from work yesterday, the Destiny icon was different. Update 2.0 had just finished installing, and the looming silhouette of Oryx, Hive god and Taken king, was peering out at me from behind the Destiny logo. My trophy completion for the game had dropped from 100% to 84% as the new Taken King trophies were added. It was then that I did a crazy thing. I ejected Metal Gear Solid V and put Destiny back into my PS4. The next few hours of my night were filled with a surge of nostalgia of the last year of the game, and exploring all of the new 2.0 update changes in complete awe." - PSLS
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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The 2.0 update is really great so far. I'm liking almost all the changes. I used to be quite against Destiny during its first year, I suppose I was lucky to get the Taken King and the rest of the DLC in one package. I feel for those that had to pay a lot more though, after just buying the base game.
Made it to 20 in two days, trying to power level so I can be ready right when Taken King launches.
you know when taken king comes out you bundle babies will get 1 character to start at level 25?
I think the game is more complete, there is so much more content in it now with the update
Time to get stuck in
Ditto. Got a lend of it off my friend to tide me over till next week. Back into it now! Forgot how fun the crucible is! Got up to level 34 cap and 150 light points. Love this game. Anyone know if it's worth finishing the upgrade for my bad ju ju exotic pulse rifle?? There's three attack upgrades left to do on it but I'm wondering is it one of the ones that are worth using in year 2. Love the gun but no point in putting the effort in to get the materials if it's going to be obsolete soon!
Need to start building up some sort of a clan as well. I don't have regulars to team up with so I need to get that underway. Anyone on ps4 who's interested, give me a shout :)