PS4 gets early beta access is only turning me away (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, March 23, 2017, 16:52 (2589 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV

However, I also know that Activision/Bungie didn't propose this deal, it was Sony.

Do you actually know this? Is it public knowledge who initiated the deal? (Genuinely asking--I don't know.)

Maybe not public. I was told this by one person, so keep in mind I haven't confirmed this with anybody else:

Sony really wanted Bungie to reveal Destiny at the Playstation event. Harold knew this and made a deal, making Bungie a nice chunk of cash in exchange for the reveal, and the exclusivity. So yes, Sony initially showed the interest.

Why the exclusivity is ongoing for Des2ny, I have no idea.

I guess technically, I don't. But it makes no sense, in my mind, for Bungie/Activision to do Playstation exclusives unless they were hurting for cash.

It makes perfect sense, depending on how much money Sony was willing to throw at them.

At a certain point, Bungie and Activision would have to say to each other and themselves:

"They're offering that much money? For relatively little work? AND they'll help give an
extra marketing push on their dime? We'd be idiots to say 'no'!"