Meanwhile at Bungie’s labs… [b]CEO:[/b] “What do you mean the Taken King didn’t meet first quarter sales goals?” [b]Dev1:[/b] “I don’t know what to say but it fell a bit short” [b]CEO:[/b] “Did you put in all that psychobabble stuff Dr. Verruct told you to?” [b]Dev1:[/b] “We did, but it didn’t seem to have any effect” [b]CEO:[/b] “What!!” [b] Dev1:[/b] “Yeah, we sort of messed it up…And by “We” I mean Stosh” [b]CEO:[/b] “I want an explanation…” [b]Dev1: [/b]“The Dev team put the subliminal message “If you don’t like the Taken King, then why are you here?” into the game like Dr. Verruckt instructed.” [b]CEO:[/b] “Then why aren’t the repeat sales goals closer to 90-100%?” [b]Dev1:[/b] “We sort of took away 90% games content to non The Taken King players…So they don’t really have a reason to log on, and the player base has dropped off dramatically” [b]CEO: [/b]“So you’re saying that the subliminal messages we put into the game to help sell it. Are only being seen by the people who have already bought the game?” [b]Dev1:[/b] “Afraid so.” [b]CEO: [/b]“After all the consulting fees and time spent on this. We are getting zero results? I need to fire SOMEONE! [b]Dev1: [/b]“Well there is one consolation…” [b] CEO: [/b]“Which is?” [b] Dev1:[/b] “The subliminal messages do seem to be having a large and unforeseen impact on the players who have played the Taken King” [b] CEO: [/b]“Really?” [b] Dev1:[/b] “Yes, we’ve seen the basic message “If you don’t like The Taken King, then why are you here” repeated hundreds of times throughout the forums, and social media. So we know it is having an effect on people. In fact, the few die hard critics who have played TTK are hypnotized enough, to completely forget why they were upset with us in the first place.” [b]CEO: [/b]“That’s amazing! Say, I got to ask you something. What’s with those weird 80’s sunglasses you’re wearing, I haven’t seen you take them off in days?” [b]Dev1: [/b]“Oh no reason…It’s not like I’ve become paranoid, and keep seeing aliens trying to sell me products on the basis of lies or something.” [b]CEO: [/b]“Ha! You say the strangest things sometimes.”