Sounds pretty serious to me. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, October 05, 2015, 21:56 (3432 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I just wish I could enjoy a game without being conflicted about unethical business models, microtransactions that decrease the quality of the experience, or the practices and manner in which the game developer treats their creatives. It's just very sad and it sucks a lot, especially because the Taken King was a huge step in the right direction.

And how does this do any of that? Because I (and a lot of others here apparently) don't see it. This isn't unethical. It's charging money for work. It doesn't decrease the quality of the experience. You lose out on nothing substantial by not buying emotes. You gain nothing substantial by buying emotes, just a little extra silliness. I don't see how this affects how a developer treats its employees at all.

I am referring to other things Bungie has done to people, such as Marty for example. Microtransactions are but one of the dilemmas Destiny forces on me.

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Tess returns to the tower - CyberKN, 2015-10-05, 20:37
- Thank god! A new currency! - Funkmon, 2015-10-05, 20:38
  - Thank god! A new currency! - red robber, 2015-10-05, 20:41
    - Everything makes Cody quit the game. - Funkmon, 2015-10-05, 20:42
      - Sounds pretty serious to me. - red robber, 2015-10-05, 20:47
        
        ----Line in the sand---- - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 21:00
        
        Also... - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 21:08
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 21:47
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 21:54
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 21:56
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 22:40
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 23:19
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 23:41
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 23:50
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-06, 01:02
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Avateur, 2015-10-06, 01:17
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:21
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Funkmon, 2015-10-05, 21:58
        
        Sounds pretty serious to me. - Cody Miller, 2015-10-07, 18:00
- Tess returns to the tower - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 21:01
  - Agreed - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 21:01
    - Kotaku says this means free missions, DLC - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 21:16
      - Did see. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 21:23
        
        Did see. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 21:24
        
        Did see. - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 21:29
      - Everyone should read ^this^. Could be GREAT news. - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 21:23
      - Kotaku says this means free missions, DLC - car15, 2015-10-05, 23:01
        
        Microtransactions meant free DLC for Mass Effect 3 - Kahzgul, 2015-10-05, 23:13
  - Tess returns to the tower - kanbo, 2015-10-05, 21:06
- Really Bungie? F***ing really? - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 21:04
  - Really someotherguy? F***ing really? - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 21:31
    - Really someotherguy? F***ing really? - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 21:55
      - Really someotherguy? F***ing really? - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 22:01
        
        Really someotherguy? F***ing really? - Funkmon, 2015-10-05, 22:03
      - 100% Conjecture... - Korny, 2015-10-05, 22:11
        
        100% Conjecture... - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:15
        
        100% Conjecture... - Korny, 2015-10-05, 22:33
        
        100% Conjecture... - Kahzgul, 2015-10-05, 23:22
      - Really someotherguy? F***ing really? - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 22:44
    - Really cheapLEY? F***ing really? - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 22:26
      - Really cheapLEY? F***ing really? - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 22:37
        
        Really cheapLEY? F***ing really? - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 23:35
      - Really cheapLEY? F***ing really? - Harmanimus, 2015-10-05, 23:30
        
        Thank you. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 23:35
        
        What is with you people?! - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 23:51
        
        What is with you people?! - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 23:59
        
        What is with you people?! - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-06, 00:05
        
        What is with you people?! - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:11
        
        What is with you people?! - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 00:15
        
        What is with you people?! - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-06, 00:23
        
        What is with you people?! - Harmanimus, 2015-10-06, 00:40
        
        But... but... where are the numbers? - kidtsunami, 2015-10-06, 12:04
        
        What is with you people?! - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-06, 00:11
        
        I knew this was coming - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 00:12
        
        What is with you people?! - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 00:12
        
        What is with you people?! - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 00:22
        
        What is with you people?! - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:21
        
        Fair enough - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 01:23
        
        Fair enough - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:33
        
        On Entitlement - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 23:49
        
        On Entitlement - Harmanimus, 2015-10-06, 00:28
        
        Almost had me - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 01:01
        
        Almost had me - Harmanimus, 2015-10-06, 04:30
        
        Words are much better than emotes - Pyromancy, 2015-10-06, 10:04
        
        Almost had me - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 10:51
- >Sigh< - dogcow, 2015-10-05, 21:06
- Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 21:16
  - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - dogcow, 2015-10-05, 21:19
  - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Leviathan, 2015-10-05, 21:20
    - Wrong, actually... - Korny, 2015-10-05, 21:25
      - Wrong, actually... - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:06
        
        Wrong, actually... - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 22:07
        
        But you only have conjecture - kidtsunami, 2015-10-05, 22:23
        
        I fully disagree - Kahzgul, 2015-10-05, 23:26
        
        I fully disagree - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:13
  - Nah I'm in the same boat as you. - LostSpartan, 2015-10-05, 21:22
  - *Raises hand* - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 21:25
  - Nope, there are a lot of us that like it. - Xenos, 2015-10-05, 21:30
  - No, not at all. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 21:33
  - Agreed. Cosmetic is cosmetic. No harm, no foul. - yakaman, 2015-10-05, 21:47
    - Legend - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:00
      - Legend - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:25
        
        Legend - yakaman, 2015-10-06, 12:44
  - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2015-10-05, 21:47
  - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:02
    - Yes, yet a resounding no. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 22:08
    - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 22:23
      - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:30
        
        Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 22:39
    - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Harmanimus, 2015-10-05, 22:48
      - Indeed. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 22:48
      - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:49
        
        Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 22:53
        
        Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 22:55
  - Hoping We Can Preview 'Em First. - Morpheus, 2015-10-05, 23:32
  - Am I the only one who's actually happy about this? - CommandrCleavage, 2015-10-06, 10:33
- Is new currency a running joke inside Bungie at this point? - uberfoop, 2015-10-05, 21:26
  - I certainly hope so! :p - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 21:36
- Can we trade Silver for those darn flakes? :p - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 21:30
  - No pay to win, even in joke form, plz. :P - Kahzgul, 2015-10-05, 23:27
- Tess returns to the tower - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 21:36
  - Tess returns to the tower - Korny, 2015-10-05, 21:39
    - Tess returns to the tower - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 21:51
      - Tess returns to the tower - Revenant1988, 2015-10-05, 22:29
        
        Tess returns to the tower - Cody Miller, 2015-10-05, 22:31
        
        The struggle is real. - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 22:37
- This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Korny, 2015-10-05, 21:36
  - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - slycrel, 2015-10-05, 21:59
    - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 22:06
      - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - slycrel, 2015-10-05, 22:19
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-05, 22:26
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - slycrel, 2015-10-06, 01:06
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-06, 01:15
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - slycrel, 2015-10-06, 01:37
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:43
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - slycrel, 2015-10-06, 02:03
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 02:16
    - I wish I was this eloquent - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 01:11
      - Flattery will get you nowhere! ;) - slycrel, 2015-10-06, 01:12
  - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - someotherguy, 2015-10-05, 22:42
    - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Ragashingo, 2015-10-05, 22:59
      - Yes - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 00:08
        
        Yes - Ragashingo, 2015-10-06, 01:30
        
        Yes - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 01:33
        
        Yeah, I'm cautious - kidtsunami, 2015-10-06, 12:11
    - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Korny, 2015-10-05, 23:09
      - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:05
      - I don't really know what you're saying - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 00:35
    - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Harmanimus, 2015-10-05, 23:12
      - This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:07
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Harmanimus, 2015-10-06, 00:51
        
        This is 100% a fantastic thing. - Korny, 2015-10-06, 04:52
  - Roommate Wanted: Tower Apartment - Kuga, 2015-10-05, 22:51
- cant wait for the PlayStation exclusive micro-transactions - unoudid, 2015-10-05, 21:39
  - I'm almost afraid to ask... Is that even a thing? - INSANEdrive, 2015-10-05, 21:44
    - coming soon? But not currently. - unoudid, 2015-10-05, 21:47
- Hey Deej, might I suggest... - Korny, 2015-10-05, 21:57
- I wondered why we had up to 10 emotes but only got 1. - slycrel, 2015-10-05, 22:00
- Rev don't care. - Revenant1988, 2015-10-05, 22:32
- And just like that, the wild ride is over. - car15, 2015-10-05, 22:56
  - And just like that, the wild ride is over. - Korny, 2015-10-05, 23:11
  - And just like that, the wild ride is over. - petetheduck, 2015-10-05, 23:11
    - And just like that, the wild ride is over. - car15, 2015-10-06, 00:38
  - And just like that, the wild ride is over. - bluerunner, 2015-10-05, 23:18
  - You must be Michael Jordan... - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-05, 23:23
    - You must be Michael Jordan... - Cody Miller, 2015-10-06, 00:15
      - See? The comparison works on so many levels ;p - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-10-06, 00:27
- Where AM I?!.... - Mid7night, 2015-10-06, 00:16
  - Where AM I?!.... - petetheduck, 2015-10-06, 00:18
  - Nuke the thread from (Dead) orbit. - LostSpartan, 2015-10-06, 01:26
  - Really? - cheapLEY, 2015-10-06, 01:52
    - He's Got A Point. - Morpheus, 2015-10-06, 05:07
  - XKCD forever.... - slycrel, 2015-10-06, 12:09
    - Ha, those were my exact words. XKCD <3 - someotherguy, 2015-10-06, 13:00
  - +1 - TheeChaos, 2015-10-06, 12:41
- Petition to call it the Eververse Dancing and Acting Company - Dan de Board, 2015-10-06, 11:07

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