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Edited by GUNMASTER260:
5/5/2023 2:38:44 AM
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Bungie, you can't increase the seasonal price because Lightfall failed
Dear Bungie,
I read your TWAB, and your justification of increasing the Season Pass price is because "our teams continue to invest in crafting compelling Seasonal experiences for the year of Lightfall." However, the reason your teams have to create a "compelling seasonal experience" is because Lightfall didn't have a story, no satisfaction, and lacked a "compelling experience."
You can't charge players more because you have to fix your own mistake. You already know this though. For example; when Witch Queen was delayed (the 2nd expansion in a row to be delayed) you developed and released the 30th Anniversary for free to players to give us some fresh content to hold us over until Witch Queen's release. Of course there was a paid option for cosmetics, but the activity and weapons were free. How is it now, that you have unlearned that lesson, and are now going to charge your players extra for delivering a story that should have come out months ago?
I know the community will be upset because "Prices, high. Me, no like." but from a logical point, this doesn't fly. Unless the seasonal stories this year completely blow all other non-expansion content out of the water (because they can't just be exceptional, they have to be exceptional to make up for what Lightfall lacked) then this isn't justified, noble, or reasonable.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Guardian
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2 RepliesEdited by Mark, Scholar of Stars: 5/5/2023 9:08:34 AM[quote][...] from a logical point, this doesn't fly. Unless the seasonal stories this year completely blow all other non-expansion content out of the water (because they can't just be exceptional, they have to be exceptional to make up for what Lightfall lacked) then this isn't justified, noble, or reasonable.[/quote] Bungie doesn't need to be logical, noble - what a big word, or reasonable. All they need is a contract, people sign to access their content what makes, from my point of view, a "prey" for them. And, by the way, judging by industrial standards, that's normal. I know, there are other developers who care and just to be fair, I think most of the developers at Bungie have the same attitude but a few at the top can't get enough and can't get enough fast enough. Speaking of can't, they can: they can resell content from the original Destiny, they can remove content from Destiny 2, they can increase their prices - just look at the current Deluxe Edition with a $20 plus. They can! But it looks like that Eververse, remember what Smith said as it was implemented - practically the same as now about the pass - has gone down in sale numbers. Because if not they would not change to a more aggressive model forcing people into Silver. Same goes for Lightfall + Annual Pass with almost 3,000 Mostly Negative reviews on Steam. At the end of the day it's a business, which needs money for functionality, and I wish them nothing bad but I'm not that sure how Bungie see's his clients today in the same spot. I haven't played since six weeks - I bought the Deluxe Edition. I think I'm done. Maybe I continue with a minimum for what I paid for but I can't imagine to continue like that. One thing is for sure: I will not buy Matter, same about Halo and it's hard to convince myself to invest in another DLC next year. Now I posted my frustration. - Sincerly
