Bungie's reveal: a disservice to Destiny

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, February 18, 2013, 23:30 (4295 days ago) @ narcogen
edited by Ragashingo, Monday, February 18, 2013, 23:36

I'm of the opinion that this was planned this way all along. It seems similar to the Halo 3 reveal where the press got to see Bungie fly the camera around the Chief and the New Mombassa portal scene but nothing more. I mean, the ViDoc was as well done as ever. The arg was clever and well written. The website was finished and had its new look come online for the reveal. The iOS app was released the same day (something that Apple doesn't make easy with the whole uncertainty of the review process and all). The store had all the new Destiny stuff ready to go. And the big one, they are taking preorders. Maybe all of this stuff can be completed quickly to plug the leaks or whatever, but I don't think they'd start taking preorders if this was just a response to the leaks.

I also think we WILL see Destiny in 2013. It just seems too odd to me for them to accept preorders more than a year out. Maybe it has something to do with next-gen consoles, but that just makes it odder. Are 360 and NeXtBoX 720 and PS3 and PS4 titles all going to cost $60 all at the same time? I actually have never owned two (working) generations of consoles at once so I'm not sure how they price the same game across two generations…