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

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Wednesday, July 08, 2020, 10:40 (1606 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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.

It was on 4 platforms because Bungie delayed. Development was originally for PS3 and Xbox 360 only. That was in the contract. Then with the delay Activision said “You’re doing next gen versions now”. “Uh no, the contract says PS3/360”. “Tough. If we give you an extension, then you ship on all 4.”

I was talking about Consoles and PC, not generational platforms. Also I imagine making it for the next gen version wasn't that much harder to do other than making sure it looks prettier. Way big of a difference than say making it work on PC.