+1 (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, October 18, 2019, 10:12 (1644 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Except Warframe is a MTX store with an interactive “Freemium Game” attached. That is literally their business model.

I was always under the impression that Freemium games were defined by the paywalls, of which absolutely zero exist in Warframe. But that's somewhat besides the point, as the in-game MTXs all have a guaranteed way to be obtained without spending money, unlike Destiny's Eververse content. And 99% of all content is available 24/7, without any lootbox mechanics anywhere in the game.

Furthermore, up until recently, Destiny was a full-priced game (and is still a $60+ release to get past the Y1 paywall) that also included MTXs that were very possibly not used to help fund development of the game's content (remember their carefully worded statement about Zero Hour?). As this is the case, having not just timed content, but a lootbox mechanic for content that is unavailable for direct purchase (exploitative and scummy by design!)