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Destiny PS4 Timed Exclusives will last until "At least Fall 2015"
- Thread starter Vire
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At best, a month. It's the way they (Activision) handle map packs for CoD. I can't see significant content additions being withheld from the rest of the player base for too long.
Oh yeah, and their marketing announcing "from the creators of Halo and Call of Duty" is just to get those co-op, mmo, Rpg fans right?
Almost every time they mentioned Destiny, they always said, if you liked our shooters in the past, you'll like this one and can expect that same Bungie quality. There is no way they weren't thinking of the Call of Duty and Halo crowd when making this game. They need that crowd to be a success. Especially with the numbers/sales they have in mind.
don't really get that though, considering the game would likely not be made if ms didnt fund the game and allowed insomniac to keep the ip
Its the same thing Microsoft has done with Call of Duty for a long time, except way worse.
Love the spin to keep Sony being the good guys, though. lol
NullPointer
Member
An exclusive multiplayer map for a year is a bit much though don't you think? Thats a lot more than an iconic cap, or even the "60 minutes of exclusive gameplay" crap. Maps are the life blood of a competitive game.
Goodacre0081
Member
GTA4 episodes. now that was a waste of funds, it should have been spent on first party games. as a 360 owner I'm still bitter about that bonehead move.
Jest Chillin
Member
It actually depends on where, progression wise, the Strike is located in the game itself. If it's an early to mid-game Strike.. it probably won't be played too much by the community and there will be other content with better rewards after it. However if it's late-game or if it offers unique loot... it will get played much more than "an hour, three tops."
Vire
Member
What if the map is just a shit spiritual successor to Backwash.
No harm no foul right?
That's true, yes. As noted in previous threads, the MP community at large will potentially reject that map for that exact reason.
It's going to be accessible from practically the minute you boot the game the same way PS players will probably just find the armor and ships in their inventory.
Again: non-essential content. This is part of how they sell you on the PS ports of the game. These are your prizes for favoring Sony. They're not going to have you buy the game and then wall off the bonuses from you for hours. This stuff doesn't work like that and never does.
crimzonflame
Member
I hoped i dont get banned for asking this, but given Bungie's history with MS, why didnt MS buy exclusive rights to Destiny before Sony did or outbid Sony?
Wait are we taking about content or performance and visuals?
Ahh...who fucking cares. It's Destiny time bitches.
Regarding the topic at hand, I don't think there is much to be done. That is unless we do a targeted twitter campaign aimed at both MS and Sony to get them to stop this practice.
Crimson_Gold
Member
Because Activision is funding the game and likes taking money from everyone
Well, yeah, but it doesn't make it sting any less, and for all we know, this Destiny content could have been made after the deal took place, meaning maybe it wouldn't exist if this deal didn't, so could be the same situation.
They'll stop doing it when it stops working.
Sony is not funding Destiny DLC man, c'mon.
Judging from MS's and Sony's E3 conferences the practice isn't going anywhere. The days of the 3rd party exclusive are all but over. 3rd party exclusive DLC is the new 3rd party exclusive.
GTAIV episodes were seemingly forever.
Who knows if MS even made an offer. Besides, they were just coming off a somewhat tumultuous (though successful) partnership and Bungie was probably looking for a change.
There were some leaked documents that said it would make its console debut on xbox one. But since it leaked, I think ms knew they couldn't lie and say its exclusive and most likely dropped the deal. Then later sony came over to Vision and Bungie and made this deal.
Oh wtf...I thought you were joking.
5th page: Survivor by Destiny's Child (May 1, 2001)
Still haven't see Destiny-X1 yet.
unempLLOYD
Member
Xbox has call of duty which sells well while playstation will have destiny which will no doubt sell just as good, if not better. It is a win-win situation for activition. $$$$$
Everyone playing on PlayStation has the map. Why would people playing on PlayStation reject it?
krypt0nian
Banned
It's gotta be clear to everyone now that to get the full Destiny experience you're going to buy the PS4 version as I don't see these exclusivity things ending; even extending perhaps into future expansion timing.
Vire
Member
I don't think that's anything bann worthy to say, the reality is Activision most likely wants the extra ammunition to sway Playstation owners to be excited about a Bungie game.
Xbox fans already know how great Bungie is and will buy it anyway.
Kelegacy
XBOX - RECORD ME LOVING DOWN MY WOMAN GOOD
You just need to buy a PS4 if you don't have one already. It is technically an option.
Steelyuhas
Member
This post is just....lol wut
Haven't really heard any good impressions about Destiny PvP from people I've played Halo with over the years. Heard good things about the other modes the game offers, but reactions from those people to PvP have been "meh" at best.
They said it was a big priority to go multiplatform.
That's certainly what Sony want you to think, at least.
it's actually crazy how well Activision has 2 mega deals with MS/Sony. They are going to eat go on both series for awhile.
No wonder they are overlapping EA
Pretty sure that's just how Amazon lists multiplats. They show one version of the game and once you click on it you can choose which version you want.
Apples to oranges. Destiny was an Xbox lead platform shooter from a former Microsoft studio, that made exclusive Xbox games for the past decade. Then, all of a sudden, they are on another platform, catering to fans who probably haven't even heard of their forums. Whereas many of us Halo/Bungie fans have been with them since 2001, even earlier.
Microsoft funded Insomniac's game from the start. They promised them they could keep their own IP, something Sony didn't, and in return published the game as an exclusive from the start.
I agree Insomniac Playstation fans should be upset, but without MS, the game wouldn't be made. Whereas, within a period of a year or two, Destiny has gone from Xbox lead platform, to almost year long timed exclusives for Sony.
A better example would be, imagine Naughty Dog buys themselves back from Sony, makes a new IP which is multiplatform and then, decides that Xbox gets exclusive alpha, beta, content, etc. How would the Playstation fans feel then?
I no longer have a real horse in this race. I'm a huge Bungie fan, will buy this game, already have it pre-ordered. But I'm also a Halo fan. I joined GAF for the Halo community here. So I'll be forced to go Xbox One, especially with the Master Chief Collection. This November, I'll be playing either Destiny, or games Bungie made ten+ years ago Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3. It sucks to lose out on content. I had a ten year bungie.net account that I've lost, and now only have an 8 year bungie account.
NullPointer
Member
Both, actually. Anything that could benefit from a developer having a reduced set of platforms to support. But I'm also expecting more content from Destiny since its been in the works for so damn long.
Haha, still seems a ways away.
comes with the game.
Gta 4 dlc.
Jest Chillin
Member
You're thinking short game when Destiny is a long haul prospect. That 500 million investment isn't in hopes of one installment making all that money back. The advertising is meant to get their foot in the door but the game's content is what's going to keep people playing and purchasing expansions, sequels, and possibly DLC.
If Bungie's aim was to directly compete with CoD/Halo and all the others.. they wouldn't have made a game whose design is so heavily Co-op RPG focused. Bungie and Activision aren't stupid. They only get once chance for a first buy and if the goal was to steal Competitive MP players from other games, you don't do that with the bulk of the game content having absolutely nothing to do with Competitive MP.
They're confident that players will love the PvE if they try it but they're advertising to the strength of their reputations to get to that point. They've barely shown any of the Competitive MP and that's because they're not depending on it to hook players.
That makes sense.
I had to refine my search to Destiny Xbox to see the box art for X1.
What is so bizarre about a console manufacturer paying a publisher to get some extra content made exclusively for that platform (particularly if it's going to be exclusive for that long)? I mean, who knows, maybe they did just choose some already-existing content to be exclusive, but I don't find it that crazy a situation personally.
Destiny being an Xbox lead platform was not news or an announcement of any sort. It just happened to internally be leading on that platform awhile back. Insomniac could have done concept work on Sunset Overdrive on a PS3, too; who knows. About Bungie fans being on Xbox since 2001, Insomnac fans have been on PS since way before that, so there's an even longer established Insomniac fanbase there.
And honestly it doesn't matter WHY the game or content is on the other platform to the fan of the company; Insomniac fans potentially not being able to play Sunset Overdrive is worse than Bungie fans potentially not being able to play a relatively small bit of Destiny but still being able to play the game.
krypt0nian
Banned
Think? Even now it's true. If they add expansion timed exclusivity it just expands it.
You're living in denial man.
wumster3000
Member
Are you serious. You think Bungie/Activision is doing this for free? Dat money hat is in full effect. ROFL
Just checked for fun and it does the same thing for Advanced Warfare... not all that surprising if you ask me.
mejin
Member
Well, it's true.
Stupid question, was that because of a contract or because of Rockstar not being the quickest at ports? Because both seem plausible.
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