Agreeing with uberfoop (Destiny)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Monday, April 28, 2014, 18:53 (3870 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Why sadly? Why can't SOME of the decisions made be made for marketing reasons - why can't we acknowledge the reality of making and selling games, and stop pretending that the only thing that SHOULD matter is that the player is happy?

Yeah that's an excellent point, my major annoyance lately with pre-order bonuses is that brick and mortar stores like Gamestop are trying to slow down digital distribution by making deals like this instead of embracing it (maybe offer the pre-order bonus with a DIGITAL pre-order of the game? They already sell things like Battlefield Premium which is completely digital). I understand how important marketing is for a game but this kind seems a lot more for Gamestop than for Bungie and Destiny. I do however fully understand that this kind of marketing does make more money for Bungie and Activision, so I undestand the purpose behind it.