Activision has acknowledged paid expansions for Destiny . These could coexist with microtransactions.
Activision has released the business figures. Destiny is doing exceptionally well: With 25 million registered players. Active players spend 3 hours daily with the shooter.
But what about the future of Destiny?
Both paid expansions and microtransactions sell well in Destiny
Just last month, Destiny introduced “Silver,” a real-money currency, along with items, mostly emotes, that can be purchased with this Silver. As part of the promotion, there were rumors that Destiny would eliminate the “20 Euro paid DLCs”, which caused difficulties in the first year, and instead provide content patches for free while microtransactions cover ongoing costs. According to rumors, the next major paid DLC should come in September 2016: Destiny 2.
However, this sounds different now from Activision. Destiny players could expect both additional microtransactions and paid expansions. Not one or the other, but both.
They are currently coexisting. There has been a whole year of expansions that have all been very well received and sold well, explained Eric Hirshberg, the CEO of Activision.
In recent months, microtransactions have been introduced, smaller in-game purchases: According to Hirshberg, these have also been well received and have sold strongly. It has been proven that both elements can work together and that the player base is “hungry for great game content.”
Are more 20 Euro DLCs coming to Destiny?
Hirshberg did not specifically answer whether the business policy would shift in favor of microtransactions. They have nothing to announce yet, but numerous options.
Mein MMO believes: This is a strange situation because the “paid expansions” could also refer to the “large 40-60 Euro” things like the “The Taken King.” There was never any question about holding on to them. It was about the 20 Euro DLCs like “House of Wolves” or “Darkness Falls,” to which Hirshberg ultimately said nothing. However, it sounds more likely from the Activision CEO that they will continue to be sold.
But what comes next? What’s going to happen? Why hasn’t a new DLC been announced yet, nor a season pass introduced? That will be the exciting question of the coming months. So far, nothing about further plans is known.
This is a new situation in Destiny. With the season pass and the soon-to-be-revealed major expansion “The Taken King,” Destiny players previously always knew what would come next.
