Support vs Sequel (Destiny)

by FyreWulff, Monday, September 14, 2015, 03:45 (3455 days ago) @ narcogen

I think the difference here is that what Bungie is primarily engaged in, right now, is supporting and expanding Destiny-- and not working on a separate sequel to be released in 3-4 years. For Microsoft, working on DLC was probably viewed as a distraction from getting the next game out, whereas here, the DLC literally IS the next game.

The main point I was getting at was the maps being allowed to go free after a while, like the old Halo 2 days.

And then after policies changed, we see an eventual situation where some maps go free, and then for Reach, none of the maps went free. Insisting on charging full price for DLC so many years after it's release is stunting the playerbase more than it's helping.

Bungie clearly preferred the Halo 2 model for PvP maps. We now have the Halo 2 model back - which (assuming here) most of the community preferred. This happened because of their new publisher letting them do it.