The natives are getting restless (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Thursday, November 28, 2013, 11:43 (4011 days ago) @ kapowaz

I can understand the impatience. I don't have it. Time is galloping. Soon enough I will have finished the game. I anticipate being happy then. It feels good.

Characterising what I wrote as impatience really does miss the point. This isn't about me or any other fan impatiently making demands - read my response to Claude for a more detailed breakdown of why I think this is something Bungie should do.

Unless I'm reading badly, your detailed breakdown boils down to 'engaging the hardcore sooner builds buzz for the final product, and this is important because the type of game Destiny strives to be requires a large quantity of initial players if it's to excel and grow.'

This is the part most of us arguing with you disagree isn't happening. Destiny is already setting preorder records, and every single one of those preorders has access to a free beta that comes out before the actual game. I don't think we disagree in CONCEPT that people need to know what the game's really about before they plunk their money down - I think we just disagree in TIMING. You seem to feel that if we don't know yet, Bungie's losing potential sales down the road from people who simply aren't getting hyped up for a purchase. And I feel that the hype has been well-managed; our expectations aren't TOO high, because we honestly don't know enough to be overhyped yet - but they're high enough that for most people who have ANY curiosity, preordering the game to get a taste before final release seems like a no-brainer.