This is 100% a fantastic thing. (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, October 05, 2015, 22:59 (3432 days ago) @ someotherguy

Maybe. But these things do (occasionally?) play out well, with Mass Effect 3's multiplayer being a shining example. It got weekly balance updates and bug fixes and multiple substantial infusions of new content at no cost. There were microtransactions if you wanted to pay them but they were optional. You could just sit back and enjoy the new stuff without paying a cent over the initial price of the game.

The problem I see here is that those of us who are ok with this would very likely admit that thing had gone horribly wrong if they indeed do. Will the other side stop talking about "unethical business practices" and what have you if things go well, as they did with Mass Effect 3? The addition of microtransactions is going to happen, nothing any of us can do about that. But we can make honest arguments and honestly judge how it goes. That's all I want to see, at least.

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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
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