Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, June 01, 2015, 19:39 (3251 days ago) @ slycrel

It's pretty well financial. They could do in-game what the LFG tools do, but better. They don't. Why? Because 1- it can be a horrible experience, and 2- they get you to market their game to your friends so you can do the upper level content. If I hadn't been referred to DBO by DogCow 6 months ago, I would have stopped playing probably long since -- it's not nearly as much fun solo.

That's an interesting distinction: matchmaking finds other players for you, but the experience usually feels like you're still playing "alone". There are other people in the game with you, but you're usually not playing "together" the way you do with friends.

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Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-06-01, 17:57
- Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - Vortech, 2015-06-01, 18:44
  - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - Schedonnardus, 2015-06-01, 19:22
    - you do get the box with the arrow for those you can join - slycrel, 2015-06-01, 19:23
      - you do get the box with the arrow for those you can join - Schedonnardus, 2015-06-01, 19:38
    - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - stabbim, 2015-06-01, 19:25
      - Agreed - marmot 1333, 2015-06-01, 21:29
- Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 18:53
  - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-06-01, 19:13
  - By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - CyberKN, 2015-06-01, 19:18
    - By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 20:03
      - By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - CyberKN, 2015-06-01, 20:21
        
        By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 21:32
        
        By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - narcogen, 2015-06-03, 23:14
        
        By that logic, matchmaking shouldn't exist at all. - CyberKN, 2015-06-03, 23:33
  - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - MacGyver10, 2015-06-01, 19:35
    - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 20:14
- Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - slycrel, 2015-06-01, 19:22
  - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-06-01, 19:39
    - That's MMO design 101... - slycrel, 2015-06-01, 20:12
      - That's MMO design 101... - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 20:17
- Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - Slothboy, 2015-06-01, 20:42
  - Interesting article in Forbes about matchmaking - CyberKN, 2015-06-01, 20:47
  - LFG & having a coffee before the date. - dogcow, 2015-06-01, 21:03
    - LFG & having a coffee before the date. - Slothboy, 2015-06-01, 21:23
      - LFG social area needs kiddie pool? - dogcow, 2015-06-01, 21:42
- Read the article - Kermit, 2015-06-01, 22:07
- Lateral Thinking - electricpirate, 2015-06-02, 00:19
- Forbes is ruining the game. - narcogen, 2015-06-03, 23:25
  - It's because Activision is publicly traded. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-04, 00:36

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