Destiny 2 players enraged by \u201cabsolutely atrocious\u201d monetization BungieThe Destiny 2 community has had enough of Bungie\u2019s practices and is now calling out the game publisher over its increasingly aggressive monetization model. Monetization in Destiny 2 has always been a contentious subject. However, it\u2019s become a bigger discussion than ever following popular content creator Aztecross\u2019 detailed breakdown. The video which spans over half an hour highlights a range of issues with Destiny 2\u2019s monetization, providing context as to when and what became paywalled over time. This includes the arrival of Dungeon Keys, Event Cards requiring additional fees to unlock all rewards, and the manipulative pricing of Silver. Following the video the Destiny 2 community has been in an uproar about the state of the looter shooter\u2019s monetization believing that Bungie has gone too far. Destiny 2 monetization has upset its community Destiny 2 players are deeply upset with the state of monetization believing that it has become \u201cabsolutely atrocious,\u201d and \u201cexceptionally greedy.\u201d A stance supported by BlueWestlo, with the streamer saying: \u201cIncreasing season pass pricing when dungeon keys still exist felt like a tipping point. Season pass skipping being available day one of the season is blatant. I\u2019ll always love Destiny but people need to stop pretending it isn\u2019t exceptionally greedy.\u201d He continued: \u201cI know the reality is that nothing will change. But it\u2019s incredibly frustrating when many players still manufacture the idea that this game has fair monetization. For new players especially this game\u2019s pricing is absolutely atrocious.\u201d It\u2019s not just streamers who are bothered by the monetization with regular players also speaking out: \u201cTruth on all fronts. I\u2019m tired of Destiny. I\u2019m tired of Bungie being \u2018for the gamers\u2019 and publicly virtue signaling nonstop while they nickel and dime their playerbase with less content and steadily increased prices.\u201d On Reddit, the community has been equally irritated: \u201cOne of the scummiest things Bungie has done was the implementation of the $20 story skip. The community had been asking for a way to skip the story for years on alternative characters and Bungie gave us a nice big middle finger and put it behind an egregious paywall.\u201d A different player responded: \u201cI usually buy the annual pass but the silver amount not equaling a season\u2019s cost definitely bothers me. Extremely scummy tactics.\u201d Part of the problem is that some players believe Bungie has neglected core modes like Crucible and Gambit while putting effort into cosmetics locked behind paywalls. Although Bungie did recently fix a long-standing bug in Gambit, albeit most likely by accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 players enraged by \u201cabsolutely atrocious\u201d monetization BungieThe Destiny 2 community has had enough of Bungie\u2019s practices and is now calling out the game publisher over its increasingly aggressive monetization model. Monetization in Destiny 2 has always been a contentious subject. However, it\u2019s become a bigger discussion than ever following popular content creator Aztecross\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}