Usually on the second day of a new season in Destiny 2, I write about what day one was like, but today is not the case for Season of Wishes. Rather, my attention is captivated by the absolute physical horror of the new “”.starter packDestiny 2 is being marketed to new players as a way to get into the game for as low as $15.
Can you imagine that the starter pack contains some expansion content from 3-4 years ago at this point that serves as the basis for the current storyline? Guessing again. Rather, this is a bundle that includes:
- 3 exotic weapons – Ruinous Effigy, Sleeper Simulant, Traveler’s Chosen
- 3 cosmetics – Sparrows, ships and ghost shells
- material – 125,000 Glimmer, 50 Enhancement Cores, 5 Enhancement Prisms, 1 Ascendant Shard
You have to be a Destiny 2 player to realize what a terrible deal this is, but that’s the point! This is being sold to new players as something to get them “started” with the game. But with 3 very off-meta exotics, 3 cosmetics that do nothing, and materials that can probably be earned in an hour or two, it’s completely useless. At most, it’s just gameplay.
At a time when Destiny 2 became hopeless. needs In terms of registering new players, this feels clearly deceptive. If I buy this and start realizing how fooled I was, I will quit Destiny and never watch it again.
It would be rude to compare this to anything else, but That’s bad too Products sold by Bungie. The Forsaken Pack, which I’m sure should have been moved to the free-to-play column by now, includes exotics, dungeons, and raids for about $20, but now costs $5. It’s on sale.flat that It felt like a bad deal when it went live, but what about this? aggressively aggressive. These are free login rewards for another game. This is completely trash for a AAA title mobile game.
This is a Bungie executive trying to squeeze blood out of dry stone.At this point, we all know that Bungie missed out on 45% annual revenue, but what do they do now? Blow up the game on even numbers more Even microtransactions bad Good value. This starter His pack is the worst of them all, but what happens after players complained that individual shaders were kept behind a paywall? Currently, His four packs of shaders are Completely behind a paywall. Alternatively, there is another crossover armor set that cannot be obtained with Bright Dust and is more expensive than the regular set.And we seem to be losing more and more can Earned with Bright Dust over time.
I’ve been told in the past by the folks at Bungie, like many people, that they’ll be surprised at who buys what in Destiny 2. do Buying old expansions that I said should have been free, or buying event passes that actually seem pretty bad. But when Bungie’s revenue is 45% below target, whether it’s people buying seasons or spending money on these increasingly ridiculous microtransactions, something is inconsistent here. It is clear that
Destiny 2 may not have the worst monetization system in gaming dedicated to gacha gambling.However, thin width From piecemeal expansions to 40 cosmetics to what this starter pack is all about, most of what’s being sold is either fine or not, even if the gameplay, story content, and everything else is fine. What’s more, we’ve fallen into live service hell. It’s been good lately! Whoever is making these microtransaction decisions, and I’m sure they’re not recently laid off people, needs to seriously consider what they’re doing. there is. I’m really embarrassed at this point.
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