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What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY @, Toronto, Monday, February 15, 2016, 00:56 (3001 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Bungie (DeeJ, if I remember correctly) all but explicitly said that it was Sony and Microsoft holding that feature back.


How could they stop Bungie? Neither control Bungie.net, and both versions of the game connect to bungie.net to pull your guardian. The only way they could stop them is contractual, not technological. Which means Bungie chose this by agreeing.

Exactly, which is why I suspect it was Sony who put the breaks on sharing characters across platforms. Sony paid a lot of money to secure their position as "lead platform" for Destiny. These kinds of deals are always a 2-way street. Sony gets some exclusive content which allows them to use Destiny to lure players to their side, and Bungie/Activision get a major marketing push from Sony. I guarantee Sony wouldn't like the idea of paying all that money to secure players, only to have Bungie allow them to switch consoles at the drop of a hat.


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