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Destiny Review (Part 2): Bungie's Biggest Mistake | TheHDRoom

In our second part of the Destiny Review, we look at gameplay and the different modes and point out Bungie's biggest mistake.

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headblackman3526d ago

their biggest mistake was the beta and the sec biggest mistake was allowing people to believe that it would be this massive free roaming game with mmorpg game play.

NewMonday3526d ago

people lead themselves on, we need to stop expecting more than what we see

only 2 things stop it from being a perfect game..

- Story is not there, nothing can be done now, but for future installments Bungie must learn the lesson, and epic story is expected from them.
- Cryptarch is an @$$#0L, Bungie needs to reduce the drop rate for the Legendary engram but make a a guaranteed decipher, the loot was fixed this in Diablo3 and it can be fixed here.

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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_Slaughter354d ago

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

LucasRuinedChildhood354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

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-ro354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

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.

Sonic1881354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

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

Kurt Russell353d ago

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.

buffig354d ago

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

anast354d ago

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

CantThinkOfAUsername354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

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

z2g354d ago

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.

spicelicka354d ago

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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Father__Merrin353d ago

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

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard505d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai505d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface504d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard501d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.