Taken King PS Exclusives possibly staying exclusive for RoI? (Destiny)

by SIX min WHISTLE , Michigan, Friday, August 19, 2016, 14:00 (3018 days ago) @ Kahzgul

I own a PS4 that I bought just for Destiny. I bought it because of the exclusives offered in the initial launch. And that disgusts me. I am disgusted that I fell for it. I am disgusted that Sony pulled this bullshit, that Activision agreed to it, that Bungie signed the contract with both of those other companies that allows it, and that everyone involved *knows* that their xbox fanbase is getting a sub-par product with every launch cycle.

I'd like to think these kinds of exclusives don't often have that far reaching of an influence for most people, but I'd love to see some kind of numbers. I think timed exclusives only really work for Call of Duty since it's so big, and I think Activision is using Destiny as an experiment for a different pay model. The leaked contract had the basics of where we're at as far as expansions, DLC, microtransactions, and "services" outlined and that was from 2012.

I know I ignore pretty much all this exclusive nonsense generally, though generally it's even more trivial content in most games. It's just more obnoxious because it's SO long, and because it's Bungie.

If it really bothers you, try and learn the lesson. I know I've stopped supporting companies in the past that did bullshit. I didn't buy any new Capcom games for about 3 or 4 years. If enough people do it the company might change. Or your company goes near bankrupt like Capcom.

As far as buying a console, waiting always pays off until you know what you're getting. I was pretty hardcore planing to go PS4 but decided to wait until more games were out. In that time Microsoft did a hard 180 and in my eyes became way more pro-consumer than Sony has been once we got past the actual console launches, plus there were more games I was interested on Xbox barring Destiny exclusive bullshit, and Bungie even let me experience that back on 360. There are enough exclusives on PS4 (mostly Japanese) that I'm interested in now that I'll get a PS4 eventually, plus I get to skip straight to the Neo. I don't think it will become my "main" console though, and maybe NX will change those plans anyways.