Destiny 2 Solstice Event boycott attempts shut down by community BungieA Destiny 2 player tried rallying fans for a Solstice Event boycott to combat microtransactions but the community wasn\u2019t having it. Microtransactions have long played a part in the Destiny 2 experience, yet talks of the sequel becoming \u201cmicrotransaction hell\u201d reignited the discourse in June. The phrase stems from a video posted by YouTuber Aztecross, who critiqued the game\u2019s bundles, Event Cards, seasonal pricing model, and more. Notably, the video has since garnered well over one million views, with many commenters praising the content creator for calling out the ongoing issues. And while some players feel moved to incite change by starting a boycott, others think such efforts are pointless. Destiny 2 player pushes for boycott of upcoming Solstice Event Citing videos from content creators Aztecross and Datto, Redditor redhoodedhood argues that Destiny 2 events \u201cseem to only be getting more expensive and less fun.\u201d The user goes on to note that the response to these conversations usually results in the phrase \u201cspeak with your wallets\u201d being thrown around, yet new event and item releases are met with players and streamers spending money either way. \u201cSo here\u2019s the proposition: No one buy anything during the Solstice Event next week,\u201d the Redditor continued. The lengthy post then lists a series of changes players should request, including Earnable Cosmetic armor for events, Price reduction in bright dust items, and Price Reductions in Eververse Cosmetics. Destiny community shuts down boycott idea Replies to the Reddit thread suggest the Destiny 2 user base has no interest in following through on a Solstice Event boycott. Most are especially against it because even rallying Reddit support means that only a fraction of people will actually participate. One user stated that \u201cfor every person voting with their wallet, there are 10 more who are shelling out their money.\u201d Another person noted the discrepancy in numbers between the very vocal Reddit community and the rest of Destiny\u2019s large player base. \u201cHere to remind you again that even if you rallied the entire subreddit, that\u2019s like 5% of the game\u2019s population. Would barely make a dent.\u201d Naturally, whales were central to many arguments about why protesting Destiny 2\u2019s microtransactions would prove ineffective. Said one Redditor, \u201c\u2026no studio is aiming to have every single player buy a $10 emote \u2013 they only need the whales to spend money and they\u2019ll turn a profit.\u201d Players will have to determine for themselves whether or not to vote with their wallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 Solstice Event boycott attempts shut down by community BungieA Destiny 2 player tried rallying fans for a Solstice Event boycott to combat microtransactions but the community wasn\u2019t having it. Microtransactions have long played a part in the Destiny 2 experience, yet talks of the sequel becoming \u201cmicrotransaction hell\u201d reignited the discourse in June. […]<\/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-40500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40500","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=40500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}