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Destiny: The Taken King Launch Trailer Features Space Battles, Led Zeppelin

"Bungie has released the gameplay launch trailer for Destiny: The Taken King, which will be released for all platforms on September 15th."

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ninsigma3177d ago

Oooohhh yeah, bring it on! Just a couple more weeks to go :D

bananaboats3177d ago

I dont care what anyone says, Destiny is one of the best shooters out there. Story wise its lacking, but damn its so much fun to kill people in crucible.

ninsigma3177d ago

It's mechanically one of the best without a doubt! Crucible is awesome fun, I agree! Can't wait to start playing again and catch up on the two expansions that I missed!

Neckbear3177d ago

"Destiny is one of the best shooters out there."

It's a worse, casualized version of Halo: Reach with enough one-hit kills to make CoD proud.

emad-E-three3177d ago

What a kid! Destiny is more like Killzone than a CoD which needs a LOT of bullets to kill! that only says how good you know the game!

Stop the hate and grow up.

Neckbear3177d ago (Edited 3177d ago )

@emad-E-three:

Come on, from special weapons onwards it's nothing but one-hit kills, maps are designed badly enough so you'll never truly have control of all of the special and heavy ammo, and then you factor in supers like the golden gun, the arc blade and the nova bomb it just becomes a ridiculous standoff of "who gets one-hitted first".

Time to kill is also way too low even without factoring those in, it's 3 headshots with an exotic hand cannon to kill someone. It's absolutely ridiculous and incredibly easy to pull off.

I played the game. It's an unbalanced mess. It will always be, since that's what Bungie wants the game to be.

SuicidalTendencies3177d ago

I only watched the trailer for Led Zeppelin.

Knuckle Duster3177d ago

Can't wait! Led Zeppelin is one of my all-time favorites! But I also have numerous great memories of listening to Suicidal Tendencies back in the day too!

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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_Slaughter349d ago

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

LucasRuinedChildhood349d ago (Edited 349d 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-ro349d ago (Edited 349d 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.

Sonic1881349d ago (Edited 349d ago )

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

Kurt Russell349d 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.

buffig349d ago

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

anast349d ago

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

CantThinkOfAUsername349d ago (Edited 349d ago )

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

z2g349d 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.

spicelicka349d 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__Merrin349d 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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spoonard501d ago

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

CobraKai500d 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.

jeromeface499d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard497d ago

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