AFK and Crucible Marks (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, August 14, 2014, 11:57 (3753 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Not sure what you were reading, but I saw a CRAPLOAD of complaints because of that release schedule. Stuff to the effect of "How can you release an entire season at once, and then make us wait a whole year before the next one?" That's human nature.

That's more an endorsement of the quality of the show. WE WANT MORE NOW.

If it was the perfect solution, EVERYONE would be using it by now. It clearly works for Netflix - but nobody else has gone to that model.

Netflix is the only one who can. Broadcasters have time slots. That's the nature of broadcasting.

If you WANT to watch one per week, you are absolutely free to do so. If you want to binge, you can. I simply do not see a downside, since everyone can tailor it to their own wants and habits.

But let's say that Netflix (for whatever reason) wants people to be watching the show longer. They have 3 choices:

1. Stagger the release like broadcasters do. This is equivalent to a time lock on content in a game. The vault of glass will open 4 weeks after launch.

2. Make more content. You could simply make more episodes. This would be Bungie putting more areas and missions into the game at ship.

3. You can make each episode longer. You can make each episode 2 hours instead of 1. That's bad, because you already have a story you told, so stretching it out thinner just makes it worse. Like a soap opera, you watch for days and not much really happens. This is what progression or investment based systems do, and it's a time waster.