Everyone will be fawning all over this game next week, but the author doesn't believe Destiny will be worthy of such high praise.
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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You know the old saying. "Opinions are like....."
"But I think we're going to be seeing some stupid high scores for this game and I'm just not 100 percent certain it'll deserve to be one of the highest-rated titles in history."
Ok who exactly are saying Destiny will be the highest rated title in history along side the most pre-ordered game in history?
This has came up time and time again. The most pre-ordered new Ip history in what it should be deemed.
Are people really gonna give into Acti's PR on this game? Ok it is on the edge of becoming the most pre-ordered NEW IP but highest rated come on.
I'll enjoy the hell outta this game but people are taking way to much into this PR.
every legendary game is overrated for some people, im not saying destiny is going to be legendary but there are people out there who cannot differentiate between actual game quality (in its genre) and their personal preference
for example someone who like shooters say zelda is overrated or someone who like rpgs say gta is overrated and so forth
let the fans of that genre or that franchise judge the game
watch dogs
"It will undoubtedly be a robust, rewarding adventure. But again, at its core, it's a shooter. The gameplay is nothing new; in fact, we've all experienced this type of game many times over. Now, a game doesn't have to be unique in order to be revered as one of the best ever, but it does need to stand out in some way."
Hmmm so the game is yet another shooter. ok so with that said how many other games that we played that are like Destiny last gen?
That right there speaks for itself when talking uniqueness. In fact I'm surprised Destiny wasn't made earlier, last generation.