As frustrating as it is for xbox users not having any exclusive content found on Playstation (extra pvp map, extra strike, extra exotics) and also all the PS4 events like the the ninja bounty, it must be really frustrating for all the creative people at Bungie to have the execs get in the way of their creation.
Now it was announced today that Playstation will be getting another exclusive strike with the new dlc (and I can only assume same will go with the House of Wolves dlc) increasing the number of strikes to 9. This sucks because xbox owners who have spent the same amount of money on destiny and the season pass only get 7 and strikes are a key point in the replayability of Destiny. Bungie messed up because of the deal with Playstation they are hurting their customers on xbox which will result in player drop off and thus not being able to sustain the number of players desired for their 10 year plan. I really like this game and I am an xbox one owner who is starting to feel the fatigue. With all the great options for games, I doubt i will be able to make it 1 full year to get the content that shouldn't have been taken away in the first place.
PS4 exclusives only benefit Playstation (not Playstation owners) because its designed to get people who either don't have a system and are using this game as a justification to purchase a console or the people who have both to buy it for their system. Gamers lose because of all these deals (Xbox lost on Destiny but PS lost on Tomb Raider worse imo), Programmers/Artist/Writer lose because the things they worked hard on are purposely not distributed to everyone. Sony and Microsoft win because people are forced to choose.
I wish the console wars were more about developing new exclusive ips (Gears, Last of Us) and not cutting content (Tiger Woods releasing 19 dlc courses for $50 same day the game came out) or timed releases (cod). As a side note, retailer exclusives need to stop too.
I hope bungie is addressing this issue and coming up with ways to rectify the exclusivity mistake. A few suggestions I have are:
- xbox events (along with ps events)
- additional free weapons/ armor (diluting the benefits ps owners get)
- additional free add on strikes or variants (different enemy placement would do wonders)
- modified strike playlist (playlist should have special currency and maybe less weapon xp)
---- example: only green/purple ammo drops from enemies (rocket strike would be so fun)
---- example: weapon type buffs (scout riffle would be OP for the strike)
- more venders that accept vanguard marks (maybe some that accept a third currency that you get from my modified strike playlist suggestion)
- confirmation that after the contract is over ps and xbox will have the same content
Please feel free to add on to my list and hopefully bungie will fix this so that we don't see this as common business practices in the future.
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On a scale of table salt to sea salt. How salty are you?
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I'm on ps4 so I could honestly care less but something is telling me to point the finger at Microsoft. I mean why wouldn't Bungie want your money now?
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I don't think I would be bothered about the odd exclusive map or strike for play station every now and again. The reason Xbox players are in uproar is that there is so little to do. One mission is a lot. If there was say 5 new strikes + 1 exclusive it would be ok. But at the moment that one strike is a huge segment of game.
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I guess you guys didn't listen at E3 last year when they said ps would have exclusive content
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It staggers me how Playstation users have gone this long getting, lets face it, second-class treatment in games like CoD and not stood up for themselves. Those kids just don't know any better :/
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Yeah man sorry but that. But Xbox gets plenty of exclusives. Cod always get dlc a month early on Xbox for example. Just something gamers will always have to live with is exclusives for the other consoles
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You don't get less, PS-users get more. It's timed, so you get the stuff next year, like PS-users get Tomb Raider later.... It's not perfect, but to experience Halo I have to buy an Xbox... while you can play Destiny now and will have the same stuff as PS-user in the near future...
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I understand the practice of exclusives, but I agree with you completely. Bungie, Exclusives like this don't add value to the game. They punish gamers who chose 'the wrong system'. I understand the need to make money, but gamers are your customers, not Sony.
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Lol how do u think playstation people felt about halo? They werent able to play it. Idk why xbox owners are upset about this because there are plenty of exclusive content for xbox
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As a PS4 user I completely agree. Honestly, if I were you, I would return Destiny and use that money to buy the Master Chief Collection.
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As if anyone needed another reason to not buy an xbox... It's not a mistake. Sony pays for those rights. Not sony's fault Microsoft doesn't care about it's gamers.
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It's one strike map? When will everyone stop bitching about this? -Xbone user
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Xbox get 6 strikes not 7 which is even worse!
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Just a couple of people making a LOT of noise about this. That's the trouble with the Internet, if you could actually SEE the dweeb making all the threads you'd keep walking and pay no attention. Guys, even if you shout loud enough, still nothing will change. It's written in contract and cannot be undone without bankruptcy.
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Don't worry bro MCC will save us all.
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It is already confirmed that you get the exclusive stuff after some time too, so stop whining
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Sometime next year doesn't mean next December. It'll probably be January or February 2015. Just like New Vegas DLC was delayed for 1-2 months for PS3 users... I don't like the idea of exclusive DLC but it is something PS3 users had to deal with and now XBONE users will have to deal with now. I personally owned both 360 and PS3 so I wasn't affected and I have a PS4 so I won't be this time. Not sure why people are complaining.
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Think of it this way, destiny in its entirety was almost a PlayStation exclusive. So you almost never got to play. So why don't you and your hundreds of other Xbox exclusives shut up and feel our pain for once. Sucks don't it?
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although i am a PS4 owner you do make very good points
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They did announce that the DLC's would contain exclusive content, but did not detail what that would be.
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They already told us there would be dlc exclusives before the game was released I am a xbone user I don't care
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yo everybody needs to -blam!- off xbox was the ones that started doing this shit and now you (like playstation users have in other games) have to deal with this shit and stop complaining. you saw the playstaion logo at the beginning of every trailer and bought the game anyway stop bitching
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Relax dude. It will eventually come out to Xbox.
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Edited by OptimusPrime 15: 10/30/2014 9:05:00 PMThis has nothing to do with which console is better. Stop acting like it is people. This does nothing but screw over people who chose to buy an xbox for 8th gen. There is absolutely no -blam!-ing reason why PS4 should get more content than Xbox. Playstation and Xbox are both great consoles and nobody made the wrong choice when they bought it. Only when companies decide to shove their exclusive DLC down everyone's throat. Timed exclusives are shit. Nobody likes them. End of story.
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Edited by KevINCOGNITO82: 11/2/2014 12:26:58 AMYou don't think they hired an analyst/firm to predict number drop offs(lose money) from an exclusivity contract to see if it was worth it? The execs must have liked or were comfortable with predicted results from offering ps4 exclusive content... Edit: forgot ) at end
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Your lucky Xbox users even get to play Destiny the original plan was PS4 only for the whole game. Xbox users are pricks. How do you think Playstation users felt about not having the Halo series.