Welp. (Gaming)

by Coaxkez, Sunday, April 13, 2025, 10:15 (1 day, 16 hours, 35 min. ago) @ Vortech
edited by Coaxkez, Sunday, April 13, 2025, 10:19

No, I think you're fundamentally correct. No salt-throwing is required here.

I just think that "going upmarket", as you say, presents a unique challenge for Bungie in this genre where virtually all of their competitors are free-to-play. They're coming at the market from the bottom of a very steep hill. Now, there's no reason that can't work in principle, but it will only work if they are offering a premium experience compared to what their competitors already have.

So the million-dollar question is: Are they doing that with this product?

And if we assume that the answer is yes, then the hundred-thousand-dollar follow-up question is: Are they communicating that effectively to the market?

We must remember that the Internet can be quite an echo chamber of negativity, but a cursory look at the fan response to this stream on Reddit, on Discord, and elsewhere would suggest that they are not succeeding at going upmarket.