How Times Change (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 10:16 (2377 days ago) @ Kermit

Why wouldn't something be done that would allow Destiny to continue to be played after Bungie's servers went down?

Because the technical challenges to do so are most likely immense. A LOT of what goes on with Destiny is determined by or stored on a remote server somewhere. All of that stuff would need to be changed to point to a local resource. And those local resources might not even currently exist. So we're not just talking about flipping a proverbial switch from "get inventory items from server" to "get inventory items from local file." We might also be talking about having to design and build that local file structure, from scratch. In some ways it could almost be like building a new game. Way too much to ever expect Bungie to just do for free as a modification to the existing game. IF a local-only version of Destiny would ever exist, I would expect that it would need to be sold as a new item. So, perhaps 10-15 years from now when Dinklebot Industries (I assume that will be the name of the company set up to manage the Destiny IP after Bungie moves on) builds "The Guardian Collection."