It's just damage control to shore up preorders after the Final Shape hype next week. Dude will stream once and then never do it again, lol.

1, Marathon is an excuse for the poor development of D2. They have the resources, it's just a matter of them being willing to put the resources into this game or not. 2, Even if the changes take place, it's not going to make up for the years of damage they deliberately caused. There have been way too many Band-aids when there should have been actual solutions, but I haven't seen any in years because this business refuses to look for actual solutions. 3, "Open communication". Yeah, right... Both D1 and D2 literally started out as a lie and the lies only piled up. How can anyone even trust any words that come out of this business mouth? Sure, some of the devs might be sincere, but today their words are used as bait to sell a product. Case and point... [spoiler]343 posted all kinds of videos of the devs talking about how "great" Halo Infinite was going to be, what changes they made "to improve the Halo" and all the options players were going to have with customization, etc... Come the moment of truth they did the exact same BS this greedy business did with D2 base game. They royally screwed up Halo turning it into a lame RNG/microtransaction game and gave a BS story that they needed to pay for sever to try to cover their... Yet, more than half the game of what a Halo game offers was missing. The old Bungie move, pay now and will fix or add to the game years later. I have never seen any business lie as much as this one has in 30+ years of gaming, and it's literally always right before they sell any DLC, and a lot of you buy into it. The only time they ever made good on their word was with forsaken, and that's because someone had the balls to put actual effort into this game, not just looking for ways to get people to buy dresses from shop.[/spoiler] Overall, the BS with this business has gotten out of control, and whether Joe realizes how bad things are or not. The game is literally at the end of its life spend and this business is so over it that they can't wait to move on. They will almost say or do anything at this point to sell "the final shape", and all the nonsense they pulled before LF released is 100 proof of that.

4) 100% because of the backlash. It blew up on twitter, big creators where laughing at them, player numbers plummeted & they've a dlc they want pre ordering next week. It was already crumbling about other big issues recently The only thing I'm not sure of, is was it Pete parsons, or sony, who ordered this to happen, & was it a 'joe, make a video & bring them back around will you, make a few lame promises & reel them in' or was it 'joe wtf have you done, fix this fxxking mess now or you're gone'.

It’s all for show. It has always been for show. A PR plugging. They want your money. That’s what it’s all about. They’re putting out a DLC and they want to see preorders. That’s it. It’s laughable effort more than ever! What a move! I can’t stop laughing about it! They put out a State of the game (SOTG) a couple weeks ago. Now this?… Bwahahahahahaha!!! It’s time to milk the cows, and they’re getting ready for it. Bwahahahahahaha!!! You know what’s funnier?… The cows are lining-up to get milked! Bwahahahahahaha!!! There’s one born every minute. Don’t be one! One more thing, this is a company running a business. They are not your friends. They only want your money. That’s it. Once they milk it, they can do whatever they want. Again, WHATEVER THEY WANT! [b]BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA[/b][b]!!![/b] Like I said, there is one born every minute. Don’t be one! Bwahahahahahaha!!! Welcome to hollowness!

[quote]4) I am unable to determine if Joe/Bungie released this message because they realized on their own that they need to make improvements or if this was in response to the backlash from the state of the game post.[/quote] I can. This is just another "we screwed up, we are sorry, won't happen again (for the 10th + time??), please buy our game" broadcast. They've done this song and dance many times since I started playing the D1 Beta on Xbox 360. They trot it out every time the player numbers drop and people stop pre-ordering. It's all Sweet Talk to get you to buy their next DLC. Bungle refuses to learn or care about how they waste your time and money, we are just an ATM to them so they can fund other games.

The post was done out of obligation, not out of the goodwill of Joe's embrace.

Regarding # 4: I honestly think it's neither. I think it's because they saw their numbers dropping. Despite what some may assert, I believe the trend of Steam population numbers can be extrapolated to all platforms. Do I think the game is dying? No, not really. The amount of people playing is still well within the threshold of a living game. However, the Steam charts show the biggest drop off in players ever. The current numbers are literally only 2K higher than the worst numbers ever. They are about to break a record of low population by the end of the month. Yet, some people can't face that reality. But I believe the devs do because their jobs depend on it. By devs, I mean the people making the decisions. I believe there's a great deal of artist pride for the things they are doing with the resources they're being given. But, whoever is making the decisions really could give two blams. This video was not a reaction to complaints, it was a reaction to falling population numbers.