I'm thinking of file shares and render minutes, stats APIs, And in-game there is Forge and Theater.

They seem to invest in parts of the game experience that other companies don't seem to think are important. Look how long ago they revamped b.net. They decided that what they had wasn't going to be good enough for their Destiny plans and they started making changes long before the game was due to come out.

I could see Sony and MS trying to block cross-platform play but I suspect that Bungie will make sure that such concerns don't prevent you from carrying over characters and character progression between systems. (Urrrrr, except for PS exclusives ;-) DOH!

I'm gonna be HELLA PISSED if I can't xfer my chars to PS4.

What? Summer has just ended. Where's my beta?!

;P

You have a lot to learn. Only Two places matter in the world of video games: USA and Japan, and both are in the northern hemisphere.

;P

Is the beta still going to be Spring, or has it moved to Summer?

The beta hasn't been spring since before the September release date was announced.

The best part is you can have your phone, laptop, whatever cycle through these in tandem as you work and passively remind yourself this is going to happen. It certainly takes less work than watching recap videos and debates about how dunked on you will be by the ai and human players.

The screens go a long way, but just about any game can create nice captures. I'm very quickly getting to the point where I just want to experience it. There's only so much Deej (et al) can wax philosophically about...we need something to chew on...soon.

Is the beta still going to be Spring, or has it moved to Summer?

I'm getting ANXIOUS!

The only thing that is determined by console is the pool of people you are able to play with at any given moment.

This is my hope. Of course the dream would be that there were no walls between players on any console, but if wishes were horses beggars would ride.

Dude seriously. Stop picking fights. My post wasn't angry, wasn't inflammatory, and wasn't out of line.

In that vein, fingers crossed that all character data is stored server-side, can be accessed by any gamertag linked to your B.Net account from any console it is logged onto from. The only thing that is determined by console is the pool of people you are able to play with at any given moment.

(I think lol)

1. They did a lot of work to make sure Destiny's new graphic features worked on the 360. If I read it right it looks like they managed to give every scene dynamic lighting (with full interactive shadows and light flickers and stuff) while still fitting within the current generation of hardware. This is awesome for me since I'll be playing on the 360 for a while.

Do you think that's smart? I would be mega surprised if the 360 received all the content over the course of Destiny's 10 year plan. When it comes time to move on, will you be able to port over your characters? Will you have to re-buy content on the new system? Will a PC version come along and just be plain best in every way?

I kind of wish Bungie would be more upfront about this, but it seems to me the smart thing is just to go next-gen right from the start.

Are you serious? This is why I have a hard time not seeing any time you post here as another faux-Andy Kaufman attempt at trolling.

OP talks about how they're looking to keep the graphics between 360 and next/current-gen boxes as much in parity as possible. For some reason this, in your mind, leads into a question about porting characters from one box to another? Where in the fuck are the two even remotely connected?

Jesus Christ…

- m

Ho hum. Read the last sentence of what I quoted. Never expected YOU to lack even that basic skill. Here it is:

This is awesome for me since I'll be playing on the 360 for a while.

That means he's buying the 360 version, hence my comment.

Right, the comment that I'm saying is dumb. Because of what he said. And then because of what you said in reply. In your comment. That you wrote. That is dumb. If the guy is talking about how glad he is that the devs are doing their best to keep graphic parity from 360 to nextgen/currentgen, why would that lead you into something as inane as 'I hope characters can be ported, derp derp derp!?' How would that not be a theoretical problem w/ *any* console/PC, of any gen? It justs seems like a poor grab at trying to hijack a legitimate appreciation for the programmings skills that will give a nice *broad* base of gamers a happy experience into an 'oh, don't forget we're all gonna die at some point in real life. So why bother?' Of *all* the things one could come up with as a legitimate talking point around this, to bring up CHARACTER PORTING, the most NON-corporeal element of a game… "Oh golly gee willikers, I hope they can port my character to my Bungie app on my Android, because I bet it must be *real* tough to make that table of stats and the uber-cool graphics that make my character's shoulder pads all nice and shiny as he flexes his pistol grip when I check him out on my PS4. I mean, I heard the Android can't handle binary code for the number 3, and my character is stuck on level 33, so I'm soooo boned! BUNGIE I IZ TRUSTED TO YOU!" is about as equally on-point.

I apologize if I missed the Bungie news announcement that states your character is an actual living sentient chunk of 256MB code that requiires more flux-capacitors than the 360 can currently handle. Now THAT'S an outrage! :-)

oy vey.

- m

• Scrape Bungie.net for Destiny images.
  
• Set up a slide show on a big monitor.
  
• Step through.
  
• Pick up jaw off of the floor.

1. They did a lot of work to make sure Destiny's new graphic features worked on the 360. If I read it right it looks like they managed to give every scene dynamic lighting (with full interactive shadows and light flickers and stuff) while still fitting within the current generation of hardware. This is awesome for me since I'll be playing on the 360 for a while.

Do you think that's smart? I would be mega surprised if the 360 received all the content over the course of Destiny's 10 year plan. When it comes time to move on, will you be able to port over your characters? Will you have to re-buy content on the new system? Will a PC version come along and just be plain best in every way?

I kind of wish Bungie would be more upfront about this, but it seems to me the smart thing is just to go next-gen right from the start.

Are you serious? This is why I have a hard time not seeing any time you post here as another faux-Andy Kaufman attempt at trolling.

OP talks about how they're looking to keep the graphics between 360 and next/current-gen boxes as much in parity as possible. For some reason this, in your mind, leads into a question about porting characters from one box to another? Where in the fuck are the two even remotely connected?

Jesus Christ…

- m

Ho hum. Read the last sentence of what I quoted. Never expected YOU to lack even that basic skill. Here it is:

This is awesome for me since I'll be playing on the 360 for a while.

That means he's buying the 360 version, hence my comment.

1. They did a lot of work to make sure Destiny's new graphic features worked on the 360. If I read it right it looks like they managed to give every scene dynamic lighting (with full interactive shadows and light flickers and stuff) while still fitting within the current generation of hardware. This is awesome for me since I'll be playing on the 360 for a while.

Do you think that's smart? I would be mega surprised if the 360 received all the content over the course of Destiny's 10 year plan. When it comes time to move on, will you be able to port over your characters? Will you have to re-buy content on the new system? Will a PC version come along and just be plain best in every way?

I kind of wish Bungie would be more upfront about this, but it seems to me the smart thing is just to go next-gen right from the start.

Are you serious? This is why I have a hard time not seeing any time you post here as another faux-Andy Kaufman attempt at trolling.

OP talks about how they're looking to keep the graphics between 360 and next/current-gen boxes as much in parity as possible. For some reason this, in your mind, leads into a question about porting characters from one box to another? Where in the fuck are the two even remotely connected?

Jesus Christ…

- m

P.S. Thanks for all the replies. Nice to get things clarified and corrected. :)