What is the best possible move for Bungie from here on out?
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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I think they should stay independent because it’s benefit for them.
With one of the big "two". Can't see how a Switch exclusivity with Destiny 3 will help. Anyway, they should remain independent.
Independent.
I think they will stay independent yet get help from Sony funding wise. destiny 3 won't be exclusive but may contain timed exclusive dlc or early dlc release for ps gamers. The only reason I said don't us because they akewady have a marketing deal and tend to do these sort of things without making games exclusive
They even funded monster hunter world because it was a big risk for Capcom. Self publishing, distribution and marketing is expensive and with close to 1000 employees that's a huge risk so they will stay independent but will get help from someone too. Just look at CD project red they are indeoendgt yet have different publishers who help them in many regions
Zero reason to do anything but partner. You can have contracts without being owned. Insomniac can make games for whoever they want, they just have a good relationship with Sony and probably get good resources. If you are confident in the sustainability of your brand then you should always choose partner simply for the fact that you have a choice. Activision could have just run bungie into the dirt and liquidated the remains. A clean break like that is a good thing. Dont jump from one pan into another, wait until you know you are burned out lol. Then you choose to be owned by an employer lol.