After reading the entire euro gamer interview and the recent Forbes magazine piece release today- hard to see bungie not addressing this soon. Apparently DeeJ has said there will be something better in store for current gamers, but they don't know what yet. They are scrambling to do damage control after this guy made them looks like corporate assholes.
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An apology is not about Luke Smith, it's about bungie admitting fault. By him apologizing it means Bungie OK the apology and is apologizing trough him to a degree, while them apologizing directly would be ideal, that's not going to happen.
UPDATE ON DLC!!!!!----
Bungie has partnered with Red Bull and now an "Epic Quest" which originally os part of TTK is only accessible if you purchase a special can of Red Bull and get the access code. Otherwise you have to wait until mid-December to play it if you don't buy Red Bull.
[url=http://kotaku.com/new-destiny-quest-is-exclusive-to-red-bull-1713588960]Bungie requires Red Bull purchase for new DLC Quest[/url]
Bungie doesn't care about the consumers, only their money.
You now have to purchase 3rd party products in order to play something you will have purchased outright. Where does it end?
Edit- sorry for the grammatical error, should say HE.
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Why do all you fools keep saying "your sad to get so upset over a few emotes..."
It has absolutely nothing to do with the emotes. It has to do with the principle of respecting your consumers/clientele and not be arrogant enough to blatantly speak about such people as if they are idiots and will buy whatever shit your pushing.
This is 2015 there is no more "it's just a videogame company" or "he's just a designer"
Wrong. He is a part of a major corporate conglomerate and as such anything he says or does in the public eye (and sometimes private) it's open for judgement and criticism. That's just life today.
He gets no pass for being insensitive to his buyers.
Neither does bungie.
It isn't about emotes it's about expectations of a company to its consumers.
I guess the difference in opinions depends if your an adult with a career who understands business or if your a teen or college student. I would be pressed to say most career working adults with families would lean towards the understanding of how there was a fault committed from a business ethics standpoint.
UPDATE****
Luke Smith apologizes and TTK prices are changed....
[url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/06/24/bungie-39-s-luke-smith-apologizes-for-destiny-collector-39-s-edition-comments-pricing-changes-on-the-way.aspx]game informer article[/url]
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Edited by Bromking: 6/24/2015 12:52:26 AMYou forgot option Who gives a F U C K !!!! Gtfo move on ffs
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Dumb -blam!-s read text and assume the tone it was said in. If it's anyone's fault its EuroGamer for being so damn pushy. If you want to know the pricing method of the content go speak to someone who actually knows *Not the -blam!-ing Lead Game Designer*
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Luke wasn't smug, this has been confirmed by eurogamer. Most people just assumed he was even though tone isn't conveyed in written media.
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Forbes is a joke. It was a joke no apology needed
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That's going way too far, you people are just offended a bit too easily. Im not saying this guy didn't sound like an ass, but his punishment is that he sounded like an ass XD no reason to publicly apologize for that, everybody has the [b]right[/b] to act that way if they so choose, and a public Apology is extreme and would seem odd
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I don't care
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Really? An apology is really what we want? And after this apology?
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Edited by randomhero204: 6/24/2015 12:57:44 AMLuke smith just gave destiny the best advertising since the house of wolves trailer..
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What are you, 12?
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No, just fix it and move on. What the hell is with people needing public apologies? Do you think he'd mean it? How exactly does that make you feel better? I don't get it.
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Euro gamer spoke on the subject and said smith was actually very polite and it's was a joke most the time and the community doesn't need to treat it as such it was his writing that messed it up Here are the links [url=https://mobile.twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/613376448645214209]https://mobile.twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/613376448645214209[/url] [url=https://mobile.twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/613376025775460352]https://mobile.twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/613376025775460352[/url]
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He was a designer not a pr guy they should've of asked deej instead luke isn't in charge of the prices
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Edited by Seraphim Frost: 6/23/2015 11:58:06 PMI'll still buy whatever bungie throws at me. Grab a shoe box Fill it with shit Tape it Box it Slap a bungie sticker Profit
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No. I was pissed at first but seeing the massive overreaction of the community I feel kind of sorry for the guy. He gave a shitty interview. He is an art director right? He is not the money guy, the marketing guy, he doesn't make these kind of decisions. I've been in his place before, trying to make people buy into unpopular decisions made by management. He handled it poorly, he is an art guy, he didn't set the policy but he is an employee and can't naysay the boss. I'm sure they stuffed him in a closet and he is embarrassed as hell for the negative publicity. He made a mistake by being frustrated. Have a heart.
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Are you kidding? Euro gamer got exactly what they wanted. Website hits based off of an interviewer who was a total douchebag. If you want to make the Internet a better place we should be boycotting their website. If anything euro gamer should be apologizing for making the media look even worse than they already do. Terrible people just looking to get attention to there content to make money. Disgusting.
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I read the interview and have no idea why people are angry.
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No. There was nothing offensive in what he said. What he did do was lock in what I suspected, Bungie absolutely does not care about the users of their product. They have no interest in providing a quality experience in their games. They will put put the very bare minimum and expect all the $$$ in return...
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No. People who found what he said offensive are entitled little brats that can't tolerate truthful opinions. Even if it was poorly done, he got his point across and that's all that matters to me. I don't get why people cry about his way of saying "if you want it, pay for it".
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No and they should never give an interview to euro gamer ever again for twisting Luke's words
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Yeah we are consumers and it is a business, but if you act a certain way you can hurt that business. Businesses are all about building lasting relationships and I know that is something Bungie needs to keep to remain successful. Every employee is a representative of the company. If I were Bungie I would do everything I can to make things right by their customers.
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I want his blood spilled on every copy of the game made henceforth
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#firelukesmith
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This just in- 66% of Destiny players are total turdlings.
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Your mommy and daddy should march you down to bungie headquarters and make you apologize for being a spoiled, entitled little bitch.
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AFTER READING IT. No one bitching heard his tone while speaking or saw his facial expressions.
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So stupid