So came across the the "sunsetting is a scam" post the other day. And i must say, i agree to some degree. I wouldnt use the language the poster used to describe the sunsetting of 50% of the content in destiny but i would agree with the sentiments. To no surprise the poster got flame, but im not really here to talk about the post itself, im here to talk about the arguments in defence of removing the 4 planets and all of those strikes associated with said planets. One of the arguments ive seen is the "dont like it dont play/buy it". Its only ever really used when someone has a fair point about less than consumer or playerbase friendly practices. So lets think about this one for a second. In the perfect world where people listen to that argument and all the people who dont like the choices bungie is making leave instead of giving important feedback, what happens to the game? Well we dont have to look to far to see what happens when people listen to that argument. Recall "Curse of Osiris" for a second. Do you remember the state the community was in? Cause i do. When players complained about CoO content on forums or reddit they were met with the "dont like it dont play it" argument. So people listened. The game had the lowest player numbers in its history. A large portion of the community followed the "dont like it dont play it" advice and it was the worst time in destiny. Pvp was sweaty because there were no casuals to fill the ranks. PvE was empty, public spaces echoed with the voice lines of living enemies wondering were the gaurdians went. And once a large enough portion of the playerbase left and lost interest so did the streamers. Adding to an already disastrous bleeding of players. And when players didnt see their favorite streamer playing; they stopped playing. We know what happens when bungie makes bad desicions that the player base is upset with. Sunsetting 50% of the games content it going to be one of those. I dont think the agressive defenders should be telling people "dont like it dont play it" because when people take you up on that advice it directly negatively effects you. I care about this game (wouldntbe writing this if i didnt) and i want to see it grow. But CoO is a stain on the franchise along with the launch of d2 and i think the sunsetting choiceis going to be another one. Bungie is coming off of 3 seasons where the community felt drained and bored and angry, a dlc (shadowkeep) that felt like a reskin with pink lipstick (srry devs dont mean to be rude but this was player sentiment, skillup review as exmp.). And now to add to all of that frustration and anger they are being told that the only way the franchise can survive is if the devs delete half of the current game. I dont think in the long run this will go over well. This feels like a perfect storm, it feels like the launch of d2 all over again and im wrried. If the next dlc isnt god sent then i fear for the franchise. Just wanted to tackle this one argument going around in defense of the recent bungie desicion. I dont think this sunsetting of content should be a thing and i would prefer the game go dark for a year or 2 so that it could be infused with life again in a newer engine with easier tools for dev. But thats just me. Have a nice day. Edit 1: ty for the comments, i tried really hard to present my points as clearly as possible. Ive also added paul tassi's article on the things getting sunset and how a lot of content is left up in the air in relation to its sunsetting status. Good read i think. Edit 2: it would seem that my post has gotten enough attention that we are starting to get comments that are "i dont care it doesnt matter" more than they are reasonable points. Continue to have reasonable respectful conversations and continue to raise valid points regardless of where you stand on this issue. I recommend you ignore those comments that are made in bad faith as i will now be doing so. Youll get less frustrated and flamed that way. Have a nice night. Edit 3(?): made another long post going more in depth about how i feel (ik you didnt think i could write anything longer lol) Fine it here: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/256497689