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10/2/2014 9:42:01 PM
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Why do ppl have SO MUCH faith in Bungie?
Nostalgia is a funny thing. The Halo games were great, and Bungie did a lot of great things with their community. But that was a long time ago.
It's bizarre to me just how many people around here are putting SO MUCH faith into Bungie the developer, without truly understanding the industry. Now I'm not suggesting that a culture of distrust and negativity should surround every single gaming developer out there.
But the more and more I read people's posts regarding Bungie, the more and more I think " [b]blind faith[/b]".
They are in bed with Activision, which changes the dynamic largely. But even if you ingore that, this is 2014. Making games [i]THAT MAKE MONEY[/i] are the primary goals of developers now. Not necessarily making great games. Make a game that is great, but doesn't make money, and you fail to get published.
People need to move on from the idea that this is the same Bungie that people fell in love with years ago.
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1 ReplyI do agree with you, though, that in this day and age it's all about adopting the "formula for success", sometimes at the expense of integrity. Despite all the hate towards CoD, we can't ignore the fact that its an extremely successful franchise in terms of sales. So many developers have adopted CoD philosophy and integrated CoD elements into their own games. Just look at Halo 4 and Gears of War judgment...two great franchises who followed the CoD path in order to be more appealing to the contemporary gaming generation. There's nothing wrong with people having faith in a company though. It's their choice.
