Marty O’Donnell talks about Activison x Bungie (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Wednesday, July 08, 2020, 10:04 (1603 days ago) @ Simpsons Rule

Even exclusivity on PlayStation would’ve been a disaster for Bungie. Remember the butthurt even on the saner places of the internet (like here) because of the little bit of exclusivity they did have?

There's a difference between having an entire game as a console exclusive (meaning it's only on PlayStation and never on Xbox) versus having console exclusive things. There's no way to justify a situation where two people pay the same price for a video game and get different content solely because of the chosen platform. It is inherently unfair. Phrasing the duration for the exclusivity of PlayStation content to "at least" one year was deceptive. Releasing the final wave of Destiny 1 PlayStation exclusives to Xbox players after Destiny 2 released was a slap in the face, and I'm happy that the practice no longer continues.

100% agree with this.

I'd bet that the only reason the game itself was never a console exclusive was because Sony didn't offer enough money to cover the projected loss in profits from the Xbox market. Or, maybe, someone fought to keep that playerbase alive.

-SR

I also think that Bungie very much believes in getting their games to as many people as possible. There is a reason why it's on 3 (4?) platforms, it's not because it's easy on the development team to maintain all of that, or because they want to make as much money as physically possible. I could be wrong, but I get that feeling about Bungie.