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9/28/2015 3:52:13 PM
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Destiny is a ticking time bomb, a failure of a business model. Elaborated below.

Right now, Destiny is one of the most successful games of all time. There is no debating that. It's player count is currently rising and it has made millions upon millions of dollars. Which is great - for the short term. Destiny wants to continue for another 9 years with sequels, expansions, and DLCs, all sold to you for a seperate price. They want you to get invested in their game and continue playing this whole time. Unfortunately, their current business model makes this a failing tactic. Consider for a moment the latest release of The Taken King: Legendary Edition. Likely anybody who did NOT purchase Destiny at release would have bought that, since it includes triple the content for the same price. Anybody who didn't have Destiny before has it now. Which is why we're seeing strong numbers currently. If you recall, at the times of TDB and HoW, we saw DRAMATIC declines in player population. Players were getting burnt out of Destiny's gameplay and reward system. It will only follow a similar trend in the next few months. People will get burnt out on TTK and stop playing. The newer players will stick around for a while, but again, they'll likely be dropped when the next expansion is revealed and they're expected to cough up another $20 or $40. Destiny's model is going to fail. Period. They have nobody left to sell Destiny to, as TTK: Legendary Edition has already picked up any new players that didn't have it before. On top of that, each Expansion or DLC will only drive more and more players away, as their gear becomes obselete and they're expected to pay more. In short, in about 6 months, Destiny will have nobody else to sell to. Period. The only players sticking with Destiny will be the diehards for the game that are willing to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to keep up.

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  • Tell that to Blizzard. How many expansions does Wow have now? Paid expansions and a subscription. The business model is far from broken whether you like it or not. Just because you don't enjoy it now it doesn't mean other people don't and that others won't in the future. Just saying...

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    • Isn't that the idea, though? Speaking strictly about expansions with gear upgrades. A new expansion comes out, you get new and more powerful loot. Your gear isn't obsolete. That stuff works really well for the content you were pushing. Also, why would you want to play with the same gear forever? That sounds a tad boring. It would be nice of them to add some more content to each expansion before other expansions launch[...] At no charge to the user, of course. So many other game companies have that mindset. Oft I feel the price tag doesn't match the merchandise. They did, however, do a bit better with TTK.

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