"It's their game" is a viewpoint I completely stand against. (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, October 17, 2014, 14:43 (3928 days ago) @ Riceamike

For one simple reason.

They are creating a product that people are paying for. As a consumer, you have the right to expect this product to be a certain thing. Unfortunately, the way game sales work now is that companies treat it as a 'license' to the game, and that you don't have the 'right' to play it if they don't want you do.

Is the game substantially different from the beta--the beta that any potential customer could have played? There are those who say Bungie misled us--I think that's weak sauce, but that's the only leg your argument stands on. They own the IP and they can modify it as they wish. If they modify it in such a way that droves of people stop playing, then they will suffer the consequences. You can say that YOU expected it to be a certain thing, but it is far from a right of yours for it to BE that certain thing. And what if we have different ideas of what that certain thing is? Sue Bungie or Activision, and see how far that gets you.

That's simply not right. On an ethical level.

There's also a second simple reason.
It's in the field. It's ours. Having the idea be 'It's their game' is what allowed George Lucas to go back and destroy the Original Trilogy.

For better or for worse, they were George Lucas's movies, though, before he sold them to Disney. His reputation has gone through the basement floor as a result of his decisions, and that's all we can control as his audience. You're throwing legalese around without seeming to understand basic legal concepts.