This looks cool.

Spooky!

No, not exactly because of Marathon. I think Bungie has simply found itself in a financial position where it has to prioritize one or the other.

They've never been able to be a two game studio in all the years they've tried.

Actually was reminded that they have, if only briefly.

D2 was originally supposed to launch in 2016, but it was delayed a full year for retooling. This meant that there was a 12-month gap Bungie had to fill.

So the D1 "Live Team" developed Rise of Iron for D1 while the rest of Bungie worked on D2, which is an impressive feat considering how well RoI was received (and deservedly so).

Super disappointing welcome back :(

My question was not in the DB backup and I never got an answer, so I'll ask again: Have you seen the Exit 8 movie?

No.

Microsoft has a built-in feature called Network Transfer. This turns an existing Xbox on your network into a temporary local host cache so another Xbox can copy games directly from it over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. I dunno about PS5.

I don't know about that magic but, each box seemed to battle back and forth between 400mbs and 30 mbs.

No, not exactly because of Marathon. I think Bungie has simply found itself in a financial position where it has to prioritize one or the other.

They've never been able to be a two game studio in all the years they've tried.

At times they only barely managed to be a single game studio with Destiny. Between seasons, expansions, Crucible, and Gambit, something always suffered. It was never quite a complete package with everything getting good support. How long were Crucible and Gambit basically ignored?

Especially with the previous layoffs, I don’t see any world where both Marathon and Destiny could get the attention and support that would be required.

No, not exactly because of Marathon. I think Bungie has simply found itself in a financial position where it has to prioritize one or the other.

They've never been able to be a two game studio in all the years they've tried.

My son and I are both downloading D2 again. Probably, what...about 1 Terrabyte of data between both our boxes? Gonna take a while.

Realistically, we have probably arrived at the end of the Destiny franchise, at least for a good long while to come, so all I can say is that I hope this decision turns out to have been worth it.

I'm okay with that. I just hope they can take what they've learned and do it again with something new. The Final Shape should have been the end (even though I was really looking forward to Old Chicago!). I'm more than ready for a new Bungie universe--I just hope they get that opportunity.

I'm not sure it's realistic, but I'd love to see them go on an make a smaller game now. I'm not sure that's the expectation for them now, with them being in the live service space for twelve years now, but it'd be cool to see them return to their roots a bit and make just a good campaign shooter.

I cold-turkey'd D2 after the Final Shape layoffs, yet not once did I regret having this decade of baggage with this franchise. I will forever miss it dearly, and I will always mourn what it could've been, but thank you for the ride. May you all land on your feet and keep rocking.