Pause Resume's Q1 2017 editorials continue with a look at the Destiny saga. From a leaked ‘First on Xbox’ contract in 2012, right through to the last expansion Rise of Iron that released just a few months ago.
PlayStation has scaled back expectations for Bungie after reassessing Destiny 2 development costs, highlighting the risks tied to live-service games.
Honestly Thank Goodness!! Yet another good sign of a possibility of returning to what made them great and undoing Jim Tyans trend chasing love service gamble. Still gotta wait and see just what direction they're going but this is a good sign in my book that they're not betting it all on live service anymore
Not sure what you lot are talking about anymore. They need to cover all range of games. Im primarily a single player gamer, but even I cannot be daft enough to ignore the fact that we need all manner of games including live service games. Everyone here seems to be a market expert.
Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing, but you also shouldn't be forcing devs to make games they not only have no experience making, but also flatout dont want to do.
Assuming that anything like that is actually the case and not just a perception of n4g commenters of course.
@isarai_lee
Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing.
I don't understand why you people have to keep making up lies. You can say you don't like some or most of their focus being on live service games, but to say they were exclusively focusing on live service games is pure copium. At most half of their games were live service and the rest were single player games. Seriously why lie about something so obvious?
@Redemption-64
You say that as if we don't have word directly from Jim Ryan and PlayStation stating they wanted at least 12 live service games released within a year. Followed by tons of official word of those Live Service games being cancelled after he was pushed out. All studios combined at the time PS had 15 studios, 12 is a hell of a lot more than half of 15, and it was definitely their primary focus evident by the fact that a huge portion of their studios have taken uncharacteristically long to release or announce anything since, hell some studios have yet to release anything this gen almost 6 YEARS LATER! The only one making stuff up is you.
It may take a while but maybe they are finally learning. Good! Now stop with the live service crap.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a live service here or there, but to have many of your studios start focusing on it when there has been little to no experience among them was wild.
They say this and then immediately release news of the Horizons co-op game that will definitely be a Live Service game.
I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆
I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very first furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆
They will not. Destiny has been popular for over 10 years, something most games can never hope to achieve. Most people, including myself those Bungie was going to make a D3 after the final shape DLC. Marathon looks to be a hit and a D3 announcement could break records.
Patch notes for Update 9.5.0.5, the one about Equilibrium fixes and more, are now available.
A new survey shows Destiny 2 is considering adding Sparrow Racing League, unvaulted campaigns, NPC sidekicks, new PvP and Gambit modes, and much more.
Their biggest issue imho is communication. With nothing said about Destiny 2 and nothing about content coming before it's release, players are again feeling the familiar anxiety that comes. Is it worth even playing anymore in nothing will carry over? Are raids gonna be updated for the spring or held for the sequel? Is it even releasing in 2017 and if not, is there any more content coming at all?
At times Bungie has been a bit better at communicating, but then at times, they completely disappear. The community is strong and loyal. Yes, they are fickle but can handle whatever news is coming. Here's a crazy idea, how about including fans in the development of Destiny 2?
This games needs a return to its orginal vision. Id love to see a third person option for the game, I really dont care about PVP , so Id like to see less focus on that and more story content actually in game and less girmore.
Destiny 2 has a chance to get it right from the jump here is hoping.
I stopped playing when The Dark Below first released because I already saw where the game was going, and I was right. I liked the Beta, but the full game was lacking. I know a lot of die hards will argue "it's a good game," well it is depending on what kind of player you are.
Bungie lost a customer with how short the game is, the lies, and how they let Activision call the shots at the end of the day.
Destiny was a very good game, but unfortunately never quite reached the great potential it had. With the expansions, either they couldn't make up their mind or just for marketing reasons, they do 4 expansions...1 very short one, then a slightly longer one, and both left many customers feeling ripped off for what little content they got. Then TTK which was finally a decent sized expansion, followed by Rise of Iron which went back to 2 hours of content for $30 that alienated customers.
Also, Bungie was stubborn as could be and refused to listen to customers regarding in-game mm for end-game content. So unless you knew 4-5 friends who also played Destiny, at the same time, on the same platform, with the same expansions, you had to go external to the game to grovel, beg, and plead your case to hope for a chance to go along on a raid. Everyone hated that and Bungie never did resolve it.
The game itself as far as the graphics, the pvp, the combat, at times the story, etc. were all very good. It's just sad that if not for a few flaws it could have been amazing.