The popularity of seemingly free games, such as Fortnite or Apex Legends, scared the great giants in the industry, and they are forced to make radical decisions.
The first destiny was a revolutionary game, due to the volume of freedom it offered to players in a SF universe.Destiny 2 continued the recipe and made waves in the industry at the time of launch, in the fall of 2017.Since then, many have changed in the industry, and Bungie has to adapt if they want to maintain their relevance in the market.
With the announcement related to the new Expansion Pack for Destiny 2, Bungie detailed a series of changes in the distribution of the game.They will come into effect from September 17, with the launch of the new Destiny 2: Shadowkeep.
As of September this year, Destiny 2 will adopt the Free-to-Play model.This means the original game will be free for all platforms.You will be able to download it without any problems but you will have the opportunity to invest real money in it for the purchase of DLCs with new missions and additional content.
Mometan, the details of the story in Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is not very well known, but according to speculation, they should force the guards to return to the Moon for "traveling in the depths of a mysterious city".Finally, you will become "a nightmare destroyer".According to Bungie, the same update will bring an old ally to know that you should know.
With the transition to the free-to-play model, the original game will be called Destiny 2: New Light and will come with the entire additional content that has been launched in the first year of availability, from September 2017 to September 2018.
Although they were not very transparent about the reason they will make the transition to free-play, it is obvious that those from Bungie were forced to make this gesture because of the fortnite popularity.And in the future, this business model will probably be adopted by an even larger number of developers.