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_Slaughter]

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

[Sonyslave3]

Yup that what patcher said

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

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-ro]

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.

[Sonic1881]

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

[Kurt Russell]

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.

[buffig]

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

[anast]

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

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

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

[z2g]

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.

[spicelicka]

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.

[Reddrover21u]

It's really just another sign that people who spend their time talking about or complaining about games on the internet are a very, very, small, minority of actual gamers.

People wonder why Sony is trying to bring some multiplayer games under their umbrella? Because done well, those games make money hand over hand.

Gamers love to say vote with your wallet and the masses have voted saying their okay with micro transactions for years now.

[Father__Merrin]

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

[DeusFever]

The headline says “in less than 2 years”, as if $80M per year in micro-transactions were somehow good for Bungie. This is a company that employs over 800 people. $80M doesn’t even cover employee expenses like salaries, health care, and 401k contributions. This doesn’t pay Sony back for the $3.6B Sony spent to buy Bungie. This underscores how many people have quit Destiny 2 since it launched and the value of retail game sales.

[Spenok]

Those are pretty abysmal numbers for such a huge game. No wonder they still charge for expansions.