Destiny 2 has become a Microtransaction Hell

Bungie has turned Destiny 2 into a Microtransaction Hell. Today we'll be looking at Destiny 1, the current state of Destiny 2 Silver, Eververse, Pay to Win, Event Cards, Dungeon Keys, Seasons, Expansions, and Free to Play Content. Please watch this video in its entirety and let us know where you stand on this topic.
#destiny2 #microtransactions #bungie
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Timetamps:
0:00 Datto Video
2:06 Free to Play
5:12 Confusing Pay Structure
7:52 Dungeon Keys
9:13 Season Price Increase
12:08 Events
16:10 Eververse
17:34 Manipulation
20:37 Pay to Win
28:50 Paying for Other Games
33:12 Final Thoughts
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[DethRaptor]

"I used to go into a store to find a game. Now I go into a game and find a store."

This hits hard.

[pointdowguy]

I had no idea how bad it had gotten until I got a friend to start playing. Luckily that friend was well off and had more than enough money to afford everything but holy hell trying to explain to him each and everything that he had to buy was enough to genuinely make me feel like a bad friend for even suggesting he play the game. No game has ever made me feel real, palpable guilt for trying to get someone to play it.

[Umbravitae]

Hot take: Bungie’s monetization practices are worse than any other company, and they’ve only flown under the radar because of how many lawsuits Blizzard has had.

[jacobcabral]

What makes it worse is that if you don’t have the latest dlc you lose access to Trials and nightfalls. So I could have spent hundreds of dollars just for content to be locked again when a new dlc comes out again

[StevenSenegalU]

What makes this creepy and inhuman is that there are people with a psychology degree getting hired to do these kinds of microtransaction practices to get you to pay up

[Bricky]

This was rather eye opening. I didn't realize it had gotten this bad. I feel like I got the "Boiling Frog" treatment.

[ivalbremore]

The most pay to win part is the fact that seasonal armour drops with stats WAY higher than world drops. Like if you want the best stats, you can either grind raids once a week for a tiny chance to get the armour you want, OR buy the season pass and get the best gear right away

[tempest]

It is baffling how bungie went from creating one of, if not the most well known video game series of all time (halo), to this

[Wizard_Level_]

nailed it. Tried getting into this game a few months ago and was just overwhelmed how much money it would cost me to actually access the full game.

[stirfrysensei]

It’s sad that a community can recognize stuff like this, and call it out, but nothing will
Change, because the mechanisms required to cause change require sacrifice, and nobody is going to do anything about it. That includes the community and Bungie.

[nathanquinn]

Destiny 2 broke my heart. Destiny 1 was beautiful and fun and a major part of my teen years. Destiny 2 had my time and attention, and I watched it fall apart and become inaccessible to me and a bunch of my friends watching my stuff get nerfed to make way with new stuff they wanted to feel cooler, getting things I paid for taken away or being locked behind a new pass to access. I had to watch one of my favorite titles slowly turn against the players and become a heartless scam for cash. Its like having a best friend and watching them turn into someone else who doesn't care about you or anything anymore outside of status and popularity, but in this case it is just money. I just wish things could go back to the way they were.

[Sasquach]

Where did I draw the line? When the base game and first three DLCs, all of which I purchased, were "vaulted" never to be seen again.

The entire game I bought was deleted and that's where I got off that stupid ride.

[mguedo]

“I remember the days when you walked into a store and bought a game. And now more than ever, I find myself diving into a game and finding a store.” What an insightful comment and all too true. Really makes you think about the predatory side of the business, and makes you yearn for a time when video gaming was young. Great video Aztecross!

[henkaan]

11:05 Also notice how buying the 20$ silver pack gives you 2300 silver, which is just short of the amount of silver you need for 2 seasons.

[killero]

This feels like vindication for never having picked up destiny 2.

[bananaleg]

All the d2 expansions and dlc totals up to $414.88, insane

[marsjake]

Let’s not forget whenever you complete a dungeon or whatever Bungie immediately links you to a jacket or sweater for you to buy for $150

[giraffelord]

There’s an urban myth that I think applies quite aptly to bungie’s business practices over the years. It goes something like, “If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will instantly leap out. If you put it in a pot filled with pleasantly tepid water and gradually heat it, the frog will remain in the water until it boils to death.”

[Professor_Rock]

I got curious this season and totaled everything for this season on ever class and it was $415 worth of stuff added in and that got me digging through the whole store to find out exactly how much literally everything would cost to buy including all the class specific stuff. It totaled up to $4, 185
This is buying everything currently available.

[sabaqumurasaki]

I had a friend who lives for Destiny 2 trying to get me into it. I played the free part with her and I was hooked! But then I hit a wall where I didn’t know what to do anymore, where the story that I got invested ended and I was ready to pay money for a game that I wanted to play! And then came the bundle problem. Even with the help of an expert player I almost couldn’t figure out what packs to buy to get what I wanted and the final nail in the coffin of my destiny journey was the price tag on the whole thing. Even though the past seasons had so much content I would never ever be able to see or experience ever, no matter how much I pay. I pay a shitload of money for a game while I will never be able to play the complete story and yet I can pay more to get battle passes and cosmetics. Yeah…no. My time and money are better spend somewhere else.