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Fireteam Chat Ep. 60 - Why Destiny Became a Huge Success

Destin Fran and Sean discuss Destiny's ridiculous success, reminisce about their favorite memories and discuss how The Division could impact Destiny.

Notellin2987d ago

I loved my time with Destiny, but in my opinion the game got worse for me with their DLC plans and microtransactions. Probably won't ever touch another game in the series unless things change.

Goldby2987d ago

it was the same for me, started out great, and then with each addition and update the game lost its grab on me. i think ultimately i was a case of lost identity, too many promises that it was "x" genre mixed with "y" genre. they best of both worlds on paper, but there are reasons why those genres havent worked together, at least in this style.

i think they should have taken the Shooter genre and emphasised that more than their MMO-like elements, because at the end of the day, it really isnt anywhere near MMO's with teams of 3, hubs with total of 30 players.

people expected too much because of their preconceptions and expectations from other actual MMO's and thats hurt Destiny more than it helped i feel. they've lost alot of player over the last year and a bit, some may com back to destiny 2, other like myself, will never touch another Destiny game, for many reasons.

it was a sucess for the group that still play it, for everyone else, its the loud kid in class whos stuck in the corner all day screaming "i have won the day"

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Exclusive Q&A: “Tom Clancy’s: The Division: Hunted” Author Thomas Parrott

from paulsemel.com: In this exclusive Q&A, the author of the new technothriller based on "Tom Clancy's: The Division" discusses how it ties to the games while also bringing its own story to a close.

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rpad91d ago

did you edit out the parts where the author repeated everything you asked?

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Ubisoft's The Division series just had 80% slashed off its price on Steam

If you're looking to try out an exciting, team-based shoot 'em up, The Division is currently on sale on Steam!

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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_Slaughter346d ago

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

LucasRuinedChildhood346d ago (Edited 346d 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-ro346d ago (Edited 346d 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.

Sonic1881346d ago (Edited 346d ago )

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

Kurt Russell346d 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.

buffig346d ago

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

anast346d ago

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

CantThinkOfAUsername346d ago (Edited 346d ago )

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

z2g346d 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.

spicelicka346d 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__Merrin346d ago

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

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