And here...we...go. Microtransactions coming to Destiny on Oct. 13th.

https://www.bungie.net/7_Introducing-Eververse-Trading-Company/en/News/News?aid=13672

Fear not however. It's nothing essential to the game (basically emotes and the like). Also they will be using this money to provide content throughout the year. If it pans out this could be great, but we'll have to wait and see. I think this is the right way to go personally, but only if the content they provide is up to snuff.

The 10th best game of 2014 just keeps getting 10th bestier.

I thought that was what all the full-priced "expansions" were for. Can't say I'm surprised by this though.

Maybe they can use the profits to get it out on the PC faster.

So people who are not willing to pay will benefit from people who are willing to pay.

Don't really see what the big deal is.

Seems okay. As long as nothing impacts actual gameplay stuff like this is fine.

I have zero problems with this as long as it's all cosmetic. And if this will help add more events to the game between expansions, all the better.

For what it's worth I believe this was mentioned in a livestream prior to TTK release.

cosmetic stuff is fine

It's sad that the industry has managed to move the goal post enough to the point that people are now comfortable with paying for in game items that used to be free after being charged 60 bucks and beyond for the product itself.

Everyone should be uncomfortable with this stuff.

Who likes money? Activision What is their biggest investment currently? Destiny How can they make tons of cash? Micro Transactions

Although a bunch of emotes doesn't seem like the best way to rack in some money. I guess they are testing it to see how well it'll go with the community before they bring out the fancy shaders and space ships.

I just realized I haven't been to Bungie.net in a while. Those Halo multiplayer heatmaps are long gone, huh...

My biggest issues with this isn't the micro transactions for emotes, that stuff is fine, people who want them can buy them.

I'm worried about how they say they aren't going to do a "second big expansion" and instead make free story missions to give away. Now for most games and developers, I'd be fine with that, but for Destiny and it's history of dry content, even if TTK is much better, I fear our new story content every few months is going to non-substantial and really not have an impact on the story of the game, instead of what a new expansion would be.

I hope I am wrong, and it'll just be a wait and see, but from the angel of someone who wants more, forward driven narrative, this sets of some slightly yellow flags to me.

My answer to all these things: don't like it? don't buy it. The best statement you can make is with your wallet.

No problem. I already judge people with the new emotes very harshly.

Can't say I'm surprised. Most Multiplayer online games tend to add micro-transactions after a while.

@riostarwind: "What is their biggest investment currently?"

You must have forgotten something called Call of Duty... Totally understand why it's dead to you.

No, the full priced expansions are for full priced expansions. And there's been one of those. That's the Taken King.

If people are going to complain about letting lunatics buy shaders and dances so that the rest of us can play new content for free then I don't know what is happening in this space.

@giant_gamer: I didn't forget about Call of Duty. It just feels like CoD is on a downward trend while Destiny is expanding its audience again. But Black Ops III might just be the game to light the fires once again for the franchise. Sometimes it seems impossible to predict what will happen next with game sales.

I don't immediately throw my hands up when I hear about micro transactions, I think they can be done in a way that isn't crappy even in a full priced retail game. I'd prefer they not be a thing but they are so whatever. Whether Bungie is gonna do them in a way that isn't crappy is another matter. Cosmetic stuff seems fine but in a game that has seemed content starved, it doesn't look great. But hey I haven't played it so *shrug*

Normally microtransactions don't bother me much, especially when it's just cosmetic stuff, but when Destiny has already been charging an arm and a leg for their expansions it's hard to just let the idea that they want to charge even more slide. They seem to want to cram every kind of monetary scheme into this game, but without the benefits that usually balances it out. As of now it's a full price retail release, with unusually expensive dlc expansions, and now microtransactions. (And for all intents and purposes, a monthly fee too, considering PS+ or XBL is basically mandatory.)

I enjoy Destiny as a game overall for the most part, but the whole business side of it just continues to baffle me and has soured my feelings more than anything about the game itself, which is just a bummer.

Kotaku is saying this is replacing paid DLCs

Saw this coming a mile off. I don't think there is anything wrong with selling cosmetic stuff, this is how the f2p model works.
Though this is destiny and they're already taking the piss with what they charge for scraps of content. Then people without a clue, try and compare it to WoW or another pc mmo.

Check out Dannys epsiode of the point on destiny, if you haven't seen it. Its a good one.

Austin wrote an article about this that is attached to the forums, let's try to centralize the discussion over there instead of having two identical threads at the top of the boards. Thanks

http://www.giantbomb.com/destiny/3030-36067/forums/destiny-adding-microtransactions-on-october-13-1783798/#54