Videogames are growing (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Monday, September 08, 2014, 12:50 (3823 days ago) @ ShadowOfTheVoid

I respectfully disagree. Games have been "growing" for years and, yes, they will continue to do so, but there is no tipping point that necessitates them all becoming online-only and changing from goods (like a Blu-ray disc) to services (like a movie ticket). There's still room for games that can be played offline. Also, MMOs aren't anything new. They have been around since at least the time of EverQuest (though Neverwinter Nights could be considered an MMO precursor), but those games are PC games, and theoretically there could be player-hosted servers to keep these games running indefinitely. But Destiny is neither a "true" MMO nor is it a PC game. Much of Destiny could still function and be entirely playable and enjoyable without an online connection, but with the game being entirely dependent on the servers owned by Bungie and services ran by Sony and MS, there's no chance that it will survive the inevitable shutdown of support for eighth-gen consoles unless it's given some kind of update prior to shutdown that allows it to be played offline.

Fair enough, but my point is that they're "growing" not that they're changing. There are still going to be tons of offline games. Heck people still make text adventures! I'm saying this is a new type of game and from what Bungie has said, the point of it is this event like nature of it. This is clearly communicated in the messaging surrounding their decision to not have early access for reviewers.

Destiny is the first and likely also the last online-only game that I will ever buy. I'm making a one-time exception for it because it's a Bungie title. But I also want to keep enjoying it for the rest of my life, and as I'm still relatively young I hope to have at least another 50 good years in me. My older games will still in principle be able to be enjoyed until then, and even the rest of my PS4 games will be as well. Destiny shouldn't be any different.

Yeah cool, I won't limit what games I purchase/play based off of constraints like that. If I want to play it, I'll buy it and play it. A game is not some kind of long term investment for me.