Rant (Destiny)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 00:31 (3870 days ago) @ Cody Miller
edited by Xenos, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 00:40

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I think what is amusing to me here is that everybody was ready to jump on Activision with the whole Marty situation as if the publisher somehow has say on who Bungie hires or lets go, but on a MARKETING decision, something we know that Activision is heavily involved in, we blame Bungie and call them bastards, and Activision isn't even mentioned.

The fact that they decided to include a tiny retailer exclusive pre-order bonus will not ruin this game. Yes I don't necessarily like it, but I also happen to know that there is intense pressure all around to do this kind of thing. They could've had a special gun, armor, extra missions, double experience, or what have you, but they chose something that from everything we've seen will have very little effect on gameplay. You can drive faster from place to place, so effing what? If we're playing together it just means you have to wait for me, and when we get there I can shoot aliens in the face just as well as you. This may not be cosmetic, but it's as close to cosmetic as you can possibly get without being cosmetic.

I'll gladly upgrade my sparrow and enjoy the process, if someone wants to fly circles around me while I do have fun :-p

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