https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/159983480/0/0
Here is a post in which I warned of purchasable timed exclusive content
Don't get me wrong the Halloween event is good, but don't you sheeple see that it is just a way to scam money out of us?
If you buy any of those packages with cash then you my friend are going to destroy this game.
The next marketing technique is something to get more out of the time you put in, purchasable items that say work like three of coins or allow you to do multiple raids on a character. Effectively reset your characters items for money, not game breaking but a slow ease in to it so nobody makes a fuss.
Be careful guardians
(Edit) ugh I hate having to edit but too many people aren't intelligent enough to understand a few points.
1) I called the fact there would be timed purchases only obtainable with RL currency (dances) it's a simple marketing technique. Think about it, you might have seen an add on TV for say KFC or something offering a new item on their menu for a limited time. This creates urgency in a consumer so they buy despite not needing or really wanting it all that much.
2)eventually money will slow down on purchasable cosmetic items (this is the rule of the market) and the marketing team will release something different. This is why a new I phone comes out every year. And this is where the game will start to change.
3) these silver purchases aren't going towards dlc like you think. You will still have to pay $50 or equivelant depending on your country for the next dlc like TTK or HOW. This silver purchase goes towards events like queens wrath or say halloween event (surprise surprise, we paid for an event which is designed to make us pay even more. Well -blam!- me "marketing")
4) keep in mind bungie is a business. Business has marketing, marketing is about exploiting customers to suck as much money as possible. If people will pay for it then someone will sell it (supply and demand)
5) a little maths. 100,000 people pay for 1 dance (1% of playerbase) 20,000,000 players.
At $10 a dance that's $1,000,000
How much do you think it costs to make 3 dances?
Edit 2) I have not changed above post at all.
Below are some of the most common assumptions/weak ass arguments I keep getting. Before you tip your head sideways and spill stupid all over the reply button please read.
[spoiler]"get a job/you're poor." Anyone who can afford a console game power internet etc can spare $5 for a dance, it has nothing to do with this.
"You are a kid in your parents basement, get a job." Even if I was (I'm not unfortunately I have to work) then my dumbass parents would probably give me $5 if I asked seeing as they're stupid enough to support me.
"It's only cosmetic" my whole point is that I like cosmetics, but in this game it won't stay that way.
"You called me sheeple so now I'm upset and your (yes your) stupid" I called people that are blind to simple marketing techniques and the obvious trend this game is following sheeple, if you catergorize yourself as such then basically, sort your shit
Oh oh and "free dlc" <------ the hell do you even stay alive from day to day lol plz survival of the fittest my ass
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7 답변Yeah...you realize they can't run a game for free right? That there are people who are behind it that need to be paid?
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1 답변Why does everyone want to ruin the fun with these posts I mean I get it but they're getting old at least I'd like some variety
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If these items are able to be used in future DLC content or are needed for something, a bad precedent has been set. Because despite all these items being available through normal gameplay, they could be purchased AKA shortcut. That's the gateway purchase we all feared.
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6 답변작성자: JayTronicle 10/28/2015 7:28:01 PMBlah blah blah blah.....change the title of the topic to "I'm salty and poor and can't afford Silver AMA"
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11 답변The only time microtransactions should be feared is when they become pay to win. Silly masks and dances are not game breaking. And you don't have to participate.
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3 답변Bump for leading the dumbassed sheeple to water but unfortunately you cant make them drink.
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2 답변Nobdoy cares if you "called it". There were thousands of paranoid conspiracy theorists on the forums that week who were also screaming that the sky was falling, that the game was ruined and that bungie was involved in a multi year scheme to trick everyone out of a few bucks. No one cares. It isn't a scam. It's goods in exchange for money. Goods people actually wnat. Goods people seem to be happy to buy. No one is being scammed. No one is being compelled to buy anything, and no one who does choose to buy anything is in anyway inferior to people who choose to abstain. Yes, there will probably be other items for sale in the future. Maybe even items like the ones you describe. People will be able to choose whether or not they buy them, and people who choose not to buy them won't have their game effected in any way. You need to get over this.
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1 답변I don't know. I gave up on Destiny as a serious game as soon as Tess and silver entered the picture. You have to know when it's over. I bought some silver today and grabbed some masks...Kind of like the way people do in movies when the asteroid will be hitting earth in 72hrs. Except the asteroid is Fallout 4 and all the other great games coming out. I danced, I trick or treated and jumped off the tower. I now treat Destiny like Rocket League... I pop on strictly for brief entertainment and the whiz bang graphics. IDGAF. I received a year 2 thunderlord out of a legendary engram today and it was a totally meaningless experience.