Linked is an old article from February where Jason Jones and Eric Hirshberg of Activision discuss gaming genres and Destiny. It's well worth the re-read. [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-17-destiny-bungie-unveils-its-shared-world-shooter[/url] [b]Here are some of the stand-out quotes:[/b] [quote]Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg says it's not an MMO. No, it most definitely is not an MMO. And Activision most definitely will not charge a subscription fee for it. "As we saw Destiny come together," he says, [b]"we realised it belonged to a genre we couldn't quite pin down."[/b] "We realised to refer to Destiny as [b]any one of these pre-existing genres would almost be to undersell or under-promise what we think it could deliver to gamers,[/b] because we think it has the capacity to deliver a new experience," Hirshberg continues. Hirshberg has coined a different phrase. He calls Destiny the[b] "world's first shared-world shooter".[/b] "There's been a lot of rumours that we're working on an MMOFPS, whatever that is, or a social game," Jason Jones, Bungie co-founder and Destiny project director, says. "The truth is, [b]if you enjoy first-person shooters and you play them on console, Destiny's going to be the best one you've ever played. That's our goal.[/b] "We've learned our lessons from MMOs. We've learned our lessons from Facebook games. [b]But Destiny is a console first-person shooter. It's the kind of game we love to play and it's the game our fans love to play."[/b] This is a setting Bungie calls "mythic science fiction", a futuristic place with age, history and mystery.[/quote] Some awesome food for thought in this article. It gets into more than just "Is Destiny an MMO?".