Ok, Bungie: time to stop being evasive (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Thursday, July 31, 2014, 08:20 (3555 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Like when Bungie first showed the gameplay demo at E3 2013, and everyone was like "Oh cool, you've got Peter Dinklage in the game" and Bungie's response was "we're not talking about the cast at this time". But... it was clearly Peter Dinklage... we all heard it! If you're not willing to talk about that detail, why show it?

Very good example — I'd forgotten about that. And ultimately we're none the wiser as to why they kept that secret, it doesn't seem to make sense with hindsight. It just seems like needless faux secrecy.

I think the thing we all need to remember is that any Bungie employee that goes into an interview has a list of things they are allowed to talk about. Anything not on that list gets the "we're not talking about that at this time" response. They're not trying to be mysterious, or anything like that. They're just sticking to the stuff they're allowed to discuss.

Undoubtedly this is the case with a lot of things that could impact on the revenue of the franchise. And early on I get that they wanted to keep some competitive advantage over other game studios that might want to do something similar. But later on these rules start to seem draconian and aloof.