10 dead flies all day. (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 14:35 (3163 days ago) @ Korny

I'm not sure how they can argue that the 1 month delay in The Division is somehow comparable to the 1 YEAR delay in Destiny. That year is murderous, and - I hate to say it - worked. I bought Destiny on PS4, and bought a PS4 for it, because of that content that I'd get a year earlier than on Xbone.

In retrospect, I wish I hadn't, but c'est la vie.

Now that we've talked about that, let's talk about the grandfather of being an asshole when it comes to exclusivity: EA Sports. Specifically Madden. Whaaaa? Yeah. Madden has exclusive rights to the NFL. Period. And they keep renewing the contract, which literally forces potential competitors out of the football game market. It's brutal. It's a monopoly. And it's very bad for consumers.

So sure, The Division does a shitty thing for one month. Destiny does a really shitty thing for one year. And then EA and the NFL have been doing a preposterously shitty thing for 10 years already with no end in sight.