Bright Engrams -- slippery slope? (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Thursday, December 21, 2017, 10:02 (2611 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Also, most people forget about the maintenance team and the cost in general for maintaining a game as large as destiny. I'm sure some of the $60 is used for this purpose, but I'm also sure that MT's are also helping keep the servers up and running as well. This shit isn't cheap.

I hate that argument. I don't buy it.

You don't get to post record profits year after year and then turn around and tell me you don't make enough money so you have to put slot machines into your game, too.

I mostly mention this for two reason:
1. People rarely remember the cost of maintaining games
2. It astounds me sometimes that people forget they are playing a live game that doesn't have a monthly fee (Not really people at DBO)

I'm not saying it's the sole reason. I'm just giving another reason for alternate income in games. I personally don't think of them as slot machines, I also have never spent money on Eververse. I'm also an Engineer that supports a live product under the hood and our business model changed from a single transaction to subscription for a reason.

The fact that Bungie is still running under a single transaction/product model for a live game has its drawbacks. But for me, it's much better because I'm getting a ton of content for only paying for the base game and DLC's.