Microtransactions and other interesting news

[TigerBurge 2,374]

http://kotaku.com/sources-destiny-will-get-paid-cosmetic-dlc-and-free-ne-1734800399?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

Destiny is getting microtransactions, sources tell us. Don’t freak out too much, though: We hear this paid DLC will be limited to cosmetic items like emotes and sparrow skins. And the developers at Bungie will be doling out free story content every few months until next fall.

This is all part of a new plan that could start as early as this month, according to two people familiar with Destiny’s development. Rather than sell big expansion packs like they did last year, Bungie is planning on giving out quests and missions for free, sources say. This will likely involve big drops every few months until the fall of 2016 but could also include trickles of smaller stuff throughout the year.

That means the game’s next paid expansion will be Destiny 2 in the fall of 2016, as has been known for a while now. That’ll be $60.

You may remember a marketing slide from earlier this year that discussed a two-year roadmap for Destiny. Turns out that slide is out of date—instead of selling two big packs of downloadable content over the next year, Bungie is going with cosmetic microtransactions and free content.

It’s likely we’ll hear more about Bungie’s plans soon. Stay tuned.

[Capn_Underpants 401]

That's awesome. 

[The3rdWalker 1,264]

I enjoy cosmetic items.

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[techno 3,491]

Extra quests yeah fine. ..payed for cosmetics hell no.

People go on about Activision greed,why blame people who buy this stuff.

[TigerBurge 2,374]

The microtransactions are paying for the free content for the year. So yeah I'm fine with it.

So would you rather pay for more quest and missions Gary or have someone else pay for it by buying emotes and cosmetic items

[Horrible_Hector 165]

I'm perfectly fine with all or this.

[Plumbers Crack 4,052]

I'm perfectly fine with all or this.

Me too if it stays like this

[Stretch616 697]

Never had a problem with cosmetic microtransactions. The only surprise is they've taken this long to implement something.

It would be a bonus if the microtranasctions made the future content free, but i highly doubt that. For all the good that we see, remember there is Activision still hiding in the shadows!!

[Capn_Underpants 401]

Fingers crossed for a middle finger action.

[Baabcat 1,645]

Free missions and quests sound to me like more backwards missions (cheap), and more old content grouped together as a quest (cheap). TTK was good value, need more like it. Actually got me worried that we won't see another Raid if there is no more DLC