In a clear Scrooge McDuck move, Activision and Bungie are now offering Destiny players Booster Packs. Which sound innocent enough in that they essentially provide instant access to higher level characters. But without the need to, you know, play the game. On paper it's not a terrible idea, and in the age of micro-transactions cheat codes are a thing of the past. It's just that they're priced at $44.95 each.

That's $45 per character. And to add insult to injury that ridiculous amount of money only gets you a Level 25 character. Which, is an extra layer of crazy because the Destiny level cap is 40.



It seems Bungie needs to visited by three ghosts. The ghost of Christmas past to show them a time when they didn't fleece players for content. Christmas present where they're shown The Taken King and the good things it brought to the game. And Christmas future, a world where micro-transactions rule the day and every step you take in Destiny costs a single Destino, an in-game currency exchanged for real-world money.