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Edited by hopla: 3/5/2013 2:25:11 PM
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Why Destiny is Not Launching in 2013

There is a lot of talk of secret conspiracies regarding the release of Destiny, shady legal ramifications, and plots to influence the world market via the use of a massive prevaricating perjury beam. Everyone wants to get their hands on Destiny as soon as possible, we all feel it in our hearts so don't lie to yourself. But please don't get your hopes up because they're likely to get crushed. I'm hoping this message gets across to you not only because the feed is getting clogged by this everyday but because I don't want you to be severely disappointed by a 2014 launch and/or attack Bungie for something that they can't be blamed for. Surprise! I like Bungie a lot. If you don't read the spoilers please don't respond belligerently to this thread. Concepts [spoiler]Maybe this can shed a little light on the matter in the midst of this the communication breakdown. Investor statements can be historical or forward-looking, only historical statements must divulge all details of company activities. Forward-looking investor statements are published to balance the various legalities surrounding their stock and their responsibility to the shareholders to make them money. This can hopefully be simply explained by making a few concepts clear: First off, publicly traded companies can be held legally accountable for tampering with the market. This basically means that a company with investors is obligated to inform those investors of what to realistically expect within the fiscal year. Such companies can be taken to court for not making good on promises or hiding major developments, the legal argument is that of some form of insider trading or stock manipulation took place. Second, these companies are expected by our quasi-darwinian laissez-faire economy model to attempt to make a profit. If Nike is shipping new Jordans this year, they would be wise to make such an announcement (however bland or revealing it may be) in order to increase the value of their shares. This in turn garners a positive image of the company in consumers' and competitors' eyes and gives them better positioning for any negotiation or business bullshit.[/spoiler] Examples [spoiler]The balancing act is comprised of avoiding legal or regulatory action while making the largest profit possible. For example: If company A releases a statement claiming to have desirable ventures in the the works that will make the company highly sought after on the stock market and the business world, yet fails to make good on those promises then there is a potential incurrence of legal ramifications with the allegations being that of stock manipulation. This would make the company's stock appear more valuable. Likewise: If company B releases a statement that excludes extremely profitable projects, then releases the knowledge of the projects unexpectedly (fully planning to complete the specified projects), there is a possibility that lawsuits could be initiated accusing company B of intentionally lowering its value so purchases of cheap stock could be later sold for profit. This is essentially insider trading.[/spoiler] Hopefully that made sense to you. No I am not a business major, fire away. tl;dr_Activision is responding to the great amount of hype over this game (way to go Seventh Column) and Bungie's silence regarding the game's specifics, by outrightly stating the game will not be released this year. In hopes of avoiding any legal action, Activision has made it clear that any amount of speculation will remain speculation and not affect the actual launch of Destiny. Furthermore it is most likely that the new consoles will not ship on the same date, therefore it would be very difficult and require a great amount of paperwork and lawyering to have Destiny as a launch title for both consoles. [url=http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=740914]Again this isn't a hate thread, just trying to help out.[/url]

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  • Edited by Spartan Ken 15: 3/5/2013 5:41:35 PM
    They spent 6 years making this game (from pre-porduction to now). I would think that the game is mostly complete or (as Adam Sessler said), we are looking at a corporate kickstarter. Either way, If I was making a game that is about 1.5-2 years from release (early/fall 2014), I wouldn't of announced it till E3. The fact of announcing it now then saying 2014 really makes it sting, especially for waiting 2 years to just finally hear the name of the game. Frankly it doesn't make sense to release it on 2014 unless they want us to lose major hype for further waiting.

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    • Considering they are basically telling us they've invented a genre I don't think it really would be best to try and push it on us with only six months to explain what it really is let alone people who may have never played video games before. Consider the fact that as a member of the Seventh Column, you are in on everything Bungie is doing. Think of all the people that think 343i created Halo, IMHO I think that this is something the population will need to be eased into not only because it's revolutionary but because people need to be baited into figuring out this game is actually coming out. Each Halo title had only (3,3,3,2,1-3) years between games, this is not the blam engine, they started from scratch to make this and the game appears to be infinitely larger in scope. I know you want more reveals, more peeks, and most of all to play the game and so do I. I just can't see how it can come out in 6 months (that doesn't reflect anything on Bungie).

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      • Trust me, people figure things out after E3. And knowing Bungie they will probably blow people away. Their not gonna hold back the release of a game just because there are some people that can't figure out what it is. Hell, most of the games I play and love were just because of recommendations from friends and most I did't even know what exactly they were until I played it as with all games. Releasing Destiny in 2014 would COMPLETELY kill all hype for the game and people wouldn't really care anymore.

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