Popular Post Splathew Posted January 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2019 http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/01/bungie_splits_from_activision_takes_the_rights_to_destiny Quote Bungie Splits from Activision, Takes the Rights to Destiny "We have enjoyed a successful eight-year run and would like to thank Activision for their partnership on Destiny. Looking ahead, we’re excited to announce plans for Activision to transfer publishing rights for Destiny to Bungie," the studio writes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goman21 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Wow. It was only a matter of time. That’s still crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splathew Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 As much hate as the series gets there is still potential there. I will be curious how this plays out moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevengeancePrime Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 This news has reignited my interest in Destiny. Hopefully Bungie can deliver a more fulfilling experience now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinastran Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Well color me intrigued. Haven't played much of either Destiny games, but I like their concept and what little lore there is could definitely turn out to be somewhat engaging if developed properly. What I didn't like was their shitty business practices and near scam-like DLC, like expecting people to be happy to pay twice for the game, anyone remember that? Destiny is a series I've wanted to enjoy, but couldn't, due to how the they treat their customers. I don't think Activision is solely to blame for this, but it's pretty obvious where the main pressure to milk cash came from. I really hope Bungie will deliver on their next, (possibly) self-published installment of the series. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this. Edited January 10, 2019 by SinisterPledge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCatBurrito Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 This is incredible. I can't imagine the back room discussions that must have gone on. Really this needed to happen though. The fact people like myself & thousands of others that played literally thousands of hours of Destiny 1 weren't compelled to play 2 says a lot. I have whole crews of hardcore Destiny players who just dropped it. You don't see that with a lot of games, usually the hardcore stays the hardcore. Anyhow the most interesting part is, Destiny 2 sales have obviously been soft VS costs to make & run the game. Can Bungie afford to run this franchise itself? Who would they get into bed with after this disaster? They surely wouldn't go first party exclusive again, I don't think they left Xbox on great terms either. Maybe Playstation swings it's big dick & buys them that would be a dream come true for me & so funny considering their origins. You'd have to think it'll be more like a Bethesda though. A publisher with a lot of money & a pretty long leash. Can't wait to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Hopefully Bungie will be able to get back to making good games now. I'm hoping that Activision was the one that was making terrible decisions and getting them to release incomplete games and sell the rest later as DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Fair play to Bungie, I place 80% of the blame for Destiny's bullshit on Activision. If only Blizzard could do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirShavesALot Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Very curious to see how this will play out. From what was leaked prior to this there was going to be another expansion the size of Forsaken in September of this year with another Annual Pass to take them into 2020 for the release of Destiny 3. Hmmm... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateak Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Man. To be a fly on that wall would have been amazing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majob Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Odds are Activsion simply chose to wash their hands of Bungie considering their original contract was for three Destiny games over ten years. D2 has been bleeding money from the get go and Activision probably decided to cut their losses. Supposedly Bungie has something of a partnership with Tencent so they'll be getting money from someone for the time being. Edited January 11, 2019 by majob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Been playing Warframe instead....Destiny should go the F2P route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ_Solo Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, majob said: Odds are Activsion simply chose to wash their hands of Bungie considering their original contract was for three Destiny games over ten years. D2 has been bleeding money from the get go and Activision probably decided to cut their losses. Supposedly Bungie has something of a partnership with Tencent so they'll be getting money from someone for the time being. How does one just get moneh from Tencent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaseemJohn Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 There's pros and cons to this. On one side they have full creative liberty over their game and on the other hand they will need to be smart about how they spend money since they are no longer backed by a major publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Property_Damage Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 hours ago, ExHaseo said: Hopefully Bungie will be able to get back to making good games now. I'm hoping that Activision was the one that was making terrible decisions and getting them to release incomplete games and sell the rest later as DLC. What games aside from Destiny published by Activision are incomplete? I cant think of any games that are rendered unplayable once a DLC is available, no folks, this mess is all bungies doing. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Sales have declined, playerbase has dropped Activision didnt want to hemorrhage any more money into a stale franchise so they cut their losses and said you aint gotta go home but you gotta get the fuck outta here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Fly Spider-Guy Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Halo x Destiny 2020 Xbox 2 exclusive launch title confirmed Edited January 11, 2019 by Super-Fly Spider-Guy Bloody phone didn’t format it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Don’t care won’t care. Some people wonder why I bitch about modern day AAA games and why I refuse to buy a number of them. This is one of the reasons why. These companies need to stop changing shit around for their multiplayer games. Then again the publisher has a group of 30 - 50+ year old business executives in fancy black suits and dresses who only care about the profits. Make a game to please your investors above pleasing your fanbase and player base usually comes up eventually. At this rate our world of capitalism and plutocracy is going to collapse within 10 - 20 years. That is if companies like Activision will still exist. Edited January 11, 2019 by Spaz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Fuck Activision. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Zach said: Fuck Activision. This +1000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevvik Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 51 minutes ago, Spaz said: Then again the publisher has a group of 30 - 50+ year old business executives in fancy black suits and dresses who only care about the profits. Make a game to please your investors above pleasing your fanbase and player base usually comes up eventually. While I agree with you completely, could you point out a publisher that thinks differently? Indie developers who self publish aren't much different, they just don't have the resources to think this way yet. They are too busy just trying to stay afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majob Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, Zach said: Fuck Activision. Much of what went wrong with Destiny was Bungie's own doing. Activision just gave them enough rope to hang themselves 4 minutes ago, Kevvik said: While I agree with you completely, could you point out a publisher that thinks differently? Indie developers who self publish aren't much different, they just don't have the resources to think this way yet. They are too busy just trying to stay afloat. Unless that company is a communist co-op, odds are they're going to be concerned with profits and even communists need to pay rent at the end of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Kevvik said: While I agree with you completely, could you point out a publisher that thinks differently? Indie developers who self publish aren't much different, they just don't have the resources to think this way yet. They are too busy just trying to stay afloat. I’m not singling out the big guys from the small guys. Publishers are typically people who went to college and university to earn their business and marketing degrees. They know very little about how a game is developed, much less think up of ways to innovate and expand beyond a standard norm. That’s why I hate how a lot of companies in this day and age turn over to their publishers and/or higher up executives a lot of times for advice on something that should be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majob Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Spaz said: I’m not singling out the big guys from the small guys. Publishers are typically people who went to college and university to earn their business and marketing degrees. They know very little about how a game is developed, much less think up of ways to innovate and expand beyond a standard norm. That’s why I hate how a lot of companies in this day and age turn over to their publishers and/or higher up executives a lot of times for advice on something that should be done. A publisher's job is to promote and sell a product, not create it, they don't have much of a reason to care about the in's and outs of a product beyond how to market it. This fact hasn't changed over the course of decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer2600 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 4 hours ago, LepreCon91 said: Fair play to Bungie, I place 80% of the blame for Destiny's bullshit on Activision. If only Blizzard could do the same. speaking of Blizzard. with the money issues they are having and such, makes you wonder how much longer Overwatch can get milked before they kill it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majob Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Stargazer2600 said: speaking of Blizzard. with the money issues they are having and such, makes you wonder how much longer Overwatch can get milked before they kill it WoW still rakes in billions somehow, Blizzard may be in a funk now but they won't be doing anything drastic yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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