In the MMO shooter Destiny , expensive level boost items have surfaced. They are causing excitement.
The last complaint was almost a week ago, when someone probably thought: Time for new ones. Three “25 packs” for Destiny appeared today in the PlayStation Store without much announcement. They wanted 30€ for a single one. In the USA and on Xbox One, the microtransactions have also now appeared.
These are “class-specific packs” that allow players to level a character to level 25 at the push of a button. A Spark of Light is used for that, a spark of light. One of those was available for everyone with “King of the Taken” – for free.
According to the description, the pack also contains a “subclass boost,” probably to increase focus, and telemetries.
The Destiny players on Reddit are completely perplexed by this offer: 30 euros or 30 dollars just to level up to 25? That’s a) ridiculously expensive, b) against Bungie’s statement that they only wanted to bring cosmetics, and c) doesn’t do anything because leveling really only starts later.
The US site Kotaku is also shaking its head. The price is “FUCKING INSANE” (politely translated: damn completely crazy) and makes no sense. The “real leveling” only begins at 40. For the 30€, you only save a few hours. Getting a character to level 25 doesn’t take long and is actually quite fun.
Activision currently has no statement regarding the whole action.
By the way: Yesterday there was a PlayStation 4 bundle promotion at Amazon. A PlayStation 4 cost without anything 299€, with Destiny in the Year 2 version with all DLCs also 299€. The Destiny pack was sold out within a few hours. So much for the competitive prices for Christmas.
The microtransactions had proven to be a true gold mine for Destiny even without the new “offers” …
