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.
-
My heart bleeds bohoo I own a Xbox and have never had exclusive stuff oh wait halo gears of wars you make me sick grow up you idiot
-
Its all about the $$$ notthing else.. former xbox owner till I rrod 3 times then I switch but I digress
-
I agree OP, I play on the ps4 and exclusives are bad for the consumer(except exclusive ips) the console war is a joke and everyone feeds into it. There should be no reason the xbox players shouldnt have the same game as the ps4 owners.
-
So what? Everyone is going to Halo Master Chief Collection anyway... It's timed exclusive content for the overpriced DLC (1 year).
-
I wish game makers would go back to building quality games that everyone could enjoy...
-
This isn't about fixing, it's about Playstation doling out the cash to bring more players to their console. I don't know if it's effective or not, but you can't blame bungie for catering to their best client. I mean, all of these are just early access to things as these are only exclusives until 2015. PS4 is just getting it sooner because they paid for it. Instead of looking at it like Xboner is getting 20% less content, look at it like PS4 is getting 120% content. PS4 users would have to pay more for the DLC, but the company paid it for us. Point is, it helps everyone out in the long run, except Xbox. Sony gets more players, bungie gets more funding to develop new content and provide tech support and bug fixes. Funding didn't go exclusively to developing that stuff, it went to all parts of their budget, and that helps everyone. PS4 users just got it for nothing, and Xbox users have to wait. Blame Microsoft for that one.
-
They told everyone that Playstation has all the exclusives.... and since it is contracted for a year. Too bad.
-
They say you can put anything inside asterisks to make a point. *mac using marathon vet has no sympathy for Xbox users*
-
As much as I support this mate you're not going to get anywhere. So far all the comments related to this have been about "Oh well you guys get the new CoD DLC early." But they're missing the point. I'm an Xbox owner too and to me it just sounds like the reason why they're getting better strike missions and more gear is because they [u]know[/u] that they really don't have any other games coming out that are going to be on a scale that Destiny is. It's like they're biding time to get more games up on the market place which will overthrow Destiny. I also know that this post is gonna get a metric -blam!- ton of hate but it's true. People aren't playing Destiny on the Xbox because we're lacking new and exciting content and people who are playing Destiny on the PS are gonna come to the realization that no matter how much new content that they get which we don't? Raids, PvP area's and Strikes aren't going to keep them occupied forever.
-
I've already given up playing Destitripe. I now come on the forums to watch the slow death of Bungie. Its actually quite hiliarious as Bungie stumbles from one disaster to another. No - its actually really sad. WTF has happened to this once great company. WhoTF is running the place. Bungie should be pulling out all stops, chucking as much free stuff at its player base, crawling up as many asres as it can. Destiny has been lucky to date - there hasn't been any real competition, then came November 2014. If this dlc fails, then that may very well spell the end of Destiny, the compettion will absolutely swamp it.
-
They have no reason to do any of those things you mention. They are in this for the business now, unfortunately bad business.
-
Edited by Screaming Penguin: 10/29/2014 9:58:34 PMEasy solution stop playing destiny, it will only become less fun the more you play it
-
Boycott?
-
a few days, a week or a month isn't bad but a year is pretty stupid. Who knows if even half the people playing right now are going to be playing in a year specially if they only plan 2 raids to hold everyone over till September.
-
You guys have sunset overdrive, halo, and gears, i think your overeacting a bit too much...
-
Should have bought a ps4.... problem solved.
-
Sony paid money for the extra content and Microsoft didnt. That simple. This was announced months ago.
-
it's about damn time playstation has exclusive shit. -blam!- the box.
-
I could care less about exclusive content but having exclusive when there is a paper thin amount of content already is retarded.
-
One strike ppl calm down -,-
-
Really?! Let's see here halo cod gets everything early on X1 battlefield 4 early get over it
-
Sucks for you but it used to suck for us, no halo. I mean, common
-
I feel sorry for you guys when it comes to destiny but MCC that's a real game and only you guys will have it keep ur heads up
-
Business. Nothing personal. Xbox will get the love on The Division, which will have PS4 guys irked. Better game...by far.
-
Kinda how we got completely -blam!-ed with tomb raider. A game that was given to us, they made money off of, then took the sequel away. That's by far the worst.
-
Call of Duty has the same deal with Microsoft. Would you be advocating as strongly for PS owners for DLC and content available to Xbox before it's available on PS4?