Many of you have your heart in the right place and believe these multi million dollar companies need to add new revenue streams to survive modern game development, but the numbers just don't fit that narrative.
Let's look at some numbers shall we?
Destiny 2's publisher's (Activision) total assets are worth $17.452 billion.
https://www.forbes.com/companies/activision-blizzard/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2017/2/9/14568722/activision-blizzard-2016-earnings-record
Not sure what Destiny 2's developer (Bungie) is worth, but just their website is estimated to be worth 91,000,000.
https://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/bungie.net/
The lowest paid Bungie software designer makes $80,000.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Bungie-Salaries-E284423.htm
Hell Bobby Kotick (Activision's CEO) is worth $2,000,000,000 by himself. How many engrams you think he's bought?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2013/4/26/4272696/activision-bobby-kotick-highest-paid-ceos-65-million-salary
This company doesn't need Eververse to feed themselves. It's purely greed.
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f anyone tries to make the generic argument that "It's just cosmetic" I would like for you to silence your dull little whale of a mind for just one moment and watch a video. https://www.youtube.com/wat... Jim Sterling does a great job explaining why this whole "It's Just Cosmetic." is a just a bull shit farce. Part of the reason you play a game is to get cool shit and getting this cool shit is normally obtained from playing the game. When you lock that "cool shit" behind a pay wall you are playing a cash cow simulator with the purpose to use this "cool shit" to abuse the loyal players of a game.Also some of the items from these engrams aren't just cosmetic. There are ghost shells and sparrows that have advantages to them that other ghost shells and sparrows don't have. These items actually make certain things easier to obtain such as glimmer or engram drops. Blizzard/Activision are putting a slow burn with their microtransactions unlike EA did with Battlefront where they tossed all their bull shit out on launch. Look boxes are a disease and the more attention you bring to its bull shit the better outcome for the consumers.