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3/30/2016 12:14:46 AM
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Destiny is a game created to pool in mass amounts of money with minimal effort or money spent during the process. Sure that's the definition of all business practice but when the company manipulates, lies and tricks the customer base is when it turns into bad business ethic.
We as gamers have immense passion for the games we play and use them as more than just something to do. We play to enjoy, relax, escape or connect with family and friends. Unfortunately Bungie's original motto wasn't about creating a game they love because the people in charge simply have one goal. Money. It's shown because Investors went with a company that has NEVER created an MMO game before. If the title Destiny doesn't meet the expectations of the yearly earnings goal there won't be Destiny 3.
Clearly this practice is highly frowned upon in the gaming community hence the massive backlash from Destiny's player base. If you support the way we are treated or have yet to realize the reality of the situation then go ahead and pay for the next DLC that we already paid for in silver. Get all excited that Bungie released re skinned content or even worse pre made content time gated. Who knows anymore you can't trust Bungie. It's just a matter of time before the last few remaining players see this and move onto better games which I will not mention.
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Minimal effort and cost? I don't think you understand just how much effort was put into this original game. Yea, it doesn't seem like it now due to Activi$ion being the epitome of greedy, but this game would have been the greatest to ever be released if it had remained in its original state and released how it was supposed to be. And you aren't giving Bungie credit for being able to maintain this game with the skeleton crew they currently have, plus all the changes are going on in the interior of the company.
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Because $500 million on advertising is "minimal" money.
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They didn't have 500 million dollars to make just the first Destiny. They have a budget of 500 million dollars to use over a span of 10 years to develop the whole series. Most people don't understand that.
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That's still a ton.
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[quote]They didn't have 500 million dollars to make just the first Destiny. They have a budget of 500 million dollars to use over a span of 10 years to develop the whole series. Most people don't understand that.[/quote] And yet the pulled in more than that just at this game's launch. Do you really think Activision doesnt have the resources? They claimed 25 million users. 25,000,000×60 = 1.5 Billion dollars just at Destiny's release. This does not account for microtransactions or any of the DLC.
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I'm aware that they made well over a billion dollars from the release of Destiny. Hopefully they are investing that into Destiny 2, but they probably didn't expect Destiny to make that much money from the release.
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[quote]I'm aware that they made well over a billion dollars from the release of Destiny. Hopefully they are investing that into Destiny 2, but they probably didn't expect Destiny to make that much money from the release.[/quote] I can guarantee they knew how successful this game would be. The Bungie, who everyone loved from Halo, was teaming up with Activision, seeming unlimited gaming resources, to produce a FPSRPGMMO-thing. The whole reason there has been so much backlash to Bungie is because of the hype surrounding this game. Dont get me wrong, it is great but it has a ton of faults. Hit registration, cheating, lag, crucible imbalance, terrible loot system, awkward leveling system, ect. They continue to take steps towards a better Destiny but some of their decision making has been very questionable.
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Lol did you just pull that number out of your arse? It's a 500 million investment over 10 years. It's been 2. Do the math idiot.
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There's no need to be rude man. You can explain such things without insulting his intelligence.
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Way to be subtle. That number has been around since the beta, and I haven't seen it disputed until now, so in short, go take your blood pressure pills.
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Okay aggressive
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When Super Mario 64 came out, it was $70. Before dropping to $65-60 depending on retailer. 20 years ago. 1996. How much was Destiny base game? Is the industry too greedy? Or are the consumers too greedy?
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[quote]minimal effort or money spent[/quote] I'm pretty sure this is one of, if not the most expensive game ever my guy.
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Most expensive game ever made, with a 500 million dollar budget.
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the series has a 500 million dollar budget, not one game in the series.
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I've read this exact passage before on a different thread.
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sheep trying to teach perceived sheep
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Okay.... Well don't try to "teach" on a forum where most people are prepubescent children who don't care what you or anyone says. No one here are sheep either. Just individuals with likeminded interests in video games. There is absolutely no need to preach to us about Bungie's business ethics and actions because everyone has heard it all already. Sorry if I'm being rude; just tired of hearing lectures from people that feel intellectually entitled over everyone else(And believe me, I've seen a lot on this forum). So please you and everyone else reading this do everyone a favor and don't spread your intellectual "prowess" that you probably just copied and pasted from another thread that was copied and pasted from another thread.
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Relax bud, I was just trying to point out the irony of people trying to make others feel stupid and tricked, by mindlessly copying and pasting inane hearsay based in opinion. I've never bashed this game on these forums, I like this game, so I play it and talk about it, if I didn't, I wouldn't. Simple as that.
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Oh ok. There was a lack of context in your original post as to why you copied and pasted that text. I'm sorry I got so triggered.
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it wasn't me who copied and pasted it, I was just responding to you because I've also seen it a few times.
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Idiot sheep lol
