Destiny is likely the most anticipated game to come out of Bungie Studios since Halo 3. No longer shackled by the exclusive chains of Microsoft, Bungie and Activision have made the point clear. Destiny is being released on Sony’s consoles, and they’re not being shy about it. Marketed as “not an MMO”, but a “shared-world shooter”, Bungie hopes to not only distance themselves from the brand that made them a household name in gaming, but to prove that they have what it takes to create a persistent, online experience that is meant to keep players coming back for more, day after day, week after week.
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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For a game that is suppose to not be a MMO and distance themselves a from the halo brand there not doing a very good job... this game plays and looks a lot like halo and isn't a shared world shooter the same as an MMO :P
The Game is good but not nearly as good as the hype or the devs would have you believe...
I refer you to this:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Completely explorable they said...
Its main problems are how linear and empty the environments feel and how badly delivered and unoriginal/generic the story feels.
Activision/Sony hyped this game as the second coming. It is funny how people rag on CoD and then turn around say Destiny's sales vindicate it/prove that it is great.
The hype was dizzying and now it has come tumbling.
Havent touched my ps4 to play Destiny ever since the smash bros demo came out..i mean i enjoy the game but i think its about a 7-8. The people defending this game crying "wait till more modes come out" need to stop lol like really. The game is repetitive as fuck and isnt much fun unless youre playing with friends. The fact that im enjoying a smash bros DEMO just as much if not more then Destiny is what makes me feel this game was very average at best.
Playing this game makes me want to go poop! Does anyone see the irony here?