Why would a second game benefit bungie? Why not do something original for consoles and create a massive game instead of small spin offs of the original? I personally would keep spending money on a game that progressively added an entire game worth of content instead of a brand new version of a game just with a new number infront of it. Eventually making the whole galaxy and most of earth playable and explorable. Would anyone agree with this? Would anyone like a console game fps that keeps growing like a pc mmorpg?
Update1: Seem like alot of people like this idea, but would you still be willing to pay the 60 for regular and 100-120 for ultimate/collector's editions of a expansion. Remember in what I am talking about is a full games worth of content. I would gladly pay that price to have an unrealistic experience, but would you?
Update 2: lots of people seem to like this idea so I think its time to address different issues people a coming up with.
1. All of the consoles have memory expansion or upgrade options which allow increased storage memory. Check your consoles support page
2. Previous gen ie ps3 and xbox 360 can't handle it. They can with reduced overal graphic settings whats currently employed for this game and any other that is on all 4 platforms. Obviously in a few years those consoles will be obsolete and players will naturally migrate to current gen consoles as support for last gen consoles disappear.
3. What about new players starting after a new "full size expansion" or FSE for short. Well currently my view on the matter is for there to be 2 options
1) allow the to purchase D1 digitally for a reduced price 20ish bucks and able to purchase FSE D2 later at regular price.
2) allow players to bundle the purchase FSE D2 with D1 and digital content for an additional price of 15-30 dollars. Bargain brains will love that.
Along with purchasing this new player/current players new characters would receive a exp boost of 2x degrading as the character gets closer to max lvl. This allows veterans and new comers alike to get from grinding and questing to being part of the action quickly with out diminishing the overall game.
4. Another big point someone brought to the table is upgrades to the overall game engine, mechanics, graphic, characters, and etc. You have to remember this is an install game its resident on your consoles hard drive. We are not playing on N64 any more. Your consoles are more or less a condensed PC. These changes can be made through massive patches and/or through the FSE installations or a combination of both . These capabilities have been employed throughout many MMOs lifespans.
I know there are grammar errors though out my post please remember I do this from my phone. Also we all know destiny 2 is on the disc so can do we get a cryptarch joke or 2.
Next update will consist of ideas for the expansions. Lets see if we can be heard.
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3 RepliesEdited by MAD X H0USE: 11/7/2014 8:24:26 PMIt was always Bungie's intention to make Destiny a series. Many people are hung up on "500 million budget" and "Destiny is supposed to last 10 years," without realizing those statements were referring to the development and maintenance of the franchise, and not a just a single installment. Besides, there will probably be a new Generation of consoles between now and then. Why would we be expected to continue playing on 360/PS3? I doubt they'd want to code across 6 different consoles... But your idea of an ideal Destiny is actually spot-on. Their original model was something like Base game + 2 DLC every other year or so for 10 years with "events" sprinkled throughout. (It was in one of the VERY early vidocs that they described this vision. I may try to find a link, but google can find it just as well) The storyline would weave itself through each installment, coming to an end in the final release. Not like Call of Duty which simply recycles the same programming, and regurgitates it back just in different time periods. (Call of Duty: 3035 featuring the same mechanics you know and love, now with more laser beams and alien-cyborg super soldiers! x__x) I believe that they intend to continue opening up the solar system and possibly more with each successive title, potentially expanding new areas and encounters to existing locations all while improving graphical quality/server stability/etc. It wouldn't make much sense to completely overhaul existing locations, you know? But I could see them breaking down some of the invisible barriers and giving us more space to explore. If we get lucky, they will implement some of the community-suggested changes, like a map and space-flight, as well as other cool things. As DeeJ would say: Who knows what the future will hold. lol