Destiny

You guys are still thinking about this the old way ie build it, ship it retail, put a 60 dollars price tag on it. This is Activision entering the games as a service era. Away from the CoD every year at 60 dollars and into the continuous life of a single large gaming platform. Essentially taking what they do best (shooters) with what Blizzard does best (online gaming and services).

CoD has a yearly 200 million+ dollar budget (production + marketing). If they want to replace that franchise (and honestly, they've every reason to fear that franchise dying over the next few years), why not spend 500 million on a single game that's going to last them 5 times as long as any CoD?

Hirshberg said that there will be "no subscription". He didn't say there will be no microtransactions and no DLC

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Bungie's CM said this on the topic:

"We’ve not announced anything on the microtransaction front but our goal is to absolutely make sure that when we deliver a game for $60 that’s a great experience no matter what type of player you are," he said. "So we’re not looking at any pay-for-power type stuff. That’s what I hear as a player when people say they’re worried about models and schemes that nickel and dime people; we’re not going to do that."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/…crotransactions

This sounds to me like a confirmation that they'll add vanity items and similar items/features that players can choose to buy.

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You guys are still thinking about this the old way ie build it, ship it retail, put a 60 dollars price tag on it. This is Activision entering the games as a service era. Away from the CoD every year at 60 dollars and into the continuous life of a single large gaming platform. Essentially taking what they do best (shooters) with what Blizzard does best (online gaming and services).

CoD has a yearly 200 million+ dollar budget (production + marketing). If they want to replace that franchise (and honestly, they've every reason to fear that franchise dying over the next few years), why not spend 500 million on a single game that's going to last them 5 times as long as any CoD?

Because there is no guarantee people will like the game, or that anyone will care. It's Bungie, so it's going to be in good hands, but still. This is art. Multi-million dollar disasters are a reality, and making $500 Million dollar gambles is just plain fiscally irresponsible and basically indefensible from a business standpoint

When you're starting in that big of a hole, the default has to be "this is a colossal, dreadful mistake." You then have to prove it isn't

Anyway that's a bit of a distracting from the game itself, but yeah, I hope they don't regret the budget because it would have industry-wide consequences

I'm with the doubters. This has potential to be this generation's biggest flop. You just can't predict what people like. With a budget like this it will be a flop even if it's a success by any sane standards. It has to be a mega success on the GTA, CoD, Mario level. How you gonna force this with a new IP? And one that albeit well executed looks rather generic i might add.

yup, this game aint selling 15-16 million at 60 dollars.

There must be more at play.

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Anyway that's a bit of a distracting from the game itself

Agreed. Let's get back to Destiny itself and let's continue the money talk here (would be helpful for me 2):

Eurgh this game looks so dull. I'm sure it will sell well but it all just looks so generic and boring.

Yep not feeling it. Ther's nothing in the footage that screams "500 people worked on this!" or which hints at this actualy revolutionizing the fps genre in any way.

Yeah...haven't been terribly impressed with the media coming out in the last few weeks. Hoping their E3 showing will be more promising.

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Eurgh this game looks so dull. I'm sure it will sell well but it all just looks so generic and boring.

This is me since the first announcement of this game, I just don't get why all pple are fucking crazy about it ?

I too have not been feeling it. But then again, coop group shooter thingies just don't really interest me.

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This is me since the first announcement of this game, I just don't get why all pple are fucking crazy about it ?

It's Bungie, that's enough for me. I've been playing their games since Marathon. They never disappointed me.

The gameplay looks absolutely mental.

I mean.. it's not too stressful, very chillax.

Well it's not what you ... ZZZZZZZZZ

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I hope they don't regret the budget because it would have industry-wide consequences.

I'm pretty sure a long term healthy practice of the videogame market is what pension funds are concerned about. No worries.

that looked...really boring wtf

well at least its not bullshot faked shizzle, most games are pretty boring min to min if viewed in such a manner.

can you imagine 5 mins of skyrim footage, walking through the forests and picking flowers, doesn't mean the game will suck.

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well at least its not bullshot faked shizzle.

Forgot to mention it's apparentely leaked footage; but i'm not sure what leaked mean these days.

And yes, you got a point.

Yeah, true that 2d-chris! I remember seeing The New Order footage which made the game look totally bland but playing the same gameplay sequence was quite fun.

The main thing that pissed me off when i watched it was how fucking retarded the player was. THEY ARE BEHIND YOU! USE SOME HEADPHONES!

How can you not like this? What's wrong with you knobheads?