Cody, you're way off on this one (statistically speaking) (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, October 30, 2015, 17:23 (3407 days ago) @ Cody Miller

The difference is that there are more people who play Destiny on a weekly basis a year after launch than any Halo ever. Most people who buy a game put it down a week or 2 after launch, even Destiny. But Destiny has a larger and more active player base than Halo ever had.

Because they are being persuaded to by exploitive design. They might be playing and putting in the hours, but how many of those hours are nutritious, and how many are empty calories?

I'd say that's up to each player. I'd say 95% of my playtime with Destiny has been genuinely enjoyable, which is quite a lot of time since I've passed 1000 hours with the game already.

Each player will have their own ideas of what's fun and what isn't, but at a certain point we all have to ask ourselves "if I'm not having fun, why am I playing?"

And for the record, this issue is not unique to Destiny. I've gone through similar periods with Halo where I would get more and more frustrated match after match because of stretches of horrible matchmaking. I kept playing because I knew how much fun the game could be, but eventually had to shake myself and say "dude, you're not enjoying yourself. Put down the controller!".