[i]Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.[/i] Or so it is said... I gave up on Destiny a couple of months ago, haven't played since. I believed in the game at first; the beta was just enough to give me some hope. I was there on launch day. But while the mechanics are good, the execution is hollow. Not enough there. And Bungie continually F's with the game balance until it has become a big joke. I spent far too many hours insanely chasing down this rabbit hole, hoping there was something at the end of this long, long grind. Oh, it's easy to lose yourself for a while in the madness, but it has no meaning. There is no ultimate point, because it's just ... pointless. I've voiced my opinions before in these forums, adding my support to the chorus of people realizing the deception and the lies and the pure B.S. for what it really is. We have been ignored by those most culpable, and likewise harassed by mindless, know-nothing apologists for Deej and the others at Bungie. Now of days, I rarely visit these forums, as people seem to only raise the same old excuses again and again, the same old epithets are levied over and over. But once in a while someone catches onto what someone like "Batman" says and they realize the emperor really has no clothes after all. I respond because this subterfuge that has been foisted on us by the likes of Bungie and Activision is only the tip of the iceberg. This is indeed a very negative trend we're seeing, and it will only get worse if people continue to tolerate it. Is there anyone here who can recall what happened over thirty years ago to the first video gaming market? Do [i]none[/i] of you recall how the same shoddy business practices that happened back then led to a complete meltdown of the industry? Don't tell me it cannot happen again, because there is no such thing as "too big to fail". I see the same d*mn thing happening now with the attitudes of game companies so focused on making an easy profit that they're willing to screw over their customers. They are again forgetting the cardinal rule that [i]the customer is always right[/i]. And when the customer grows tired of this B.S. they will walk away and find other avenues to entertain themselves. Just watch. I should think Sony and Microsoft have the most incentive to straighten this out, as they each have the most to lose from a collapse of the console game market this time. Right now both companies' most profitable divisions are their game divisions — were those to fail, both corporations would be in dire straights, Sony in particular. And 2015 is shaping up to be a make-or-break year for the both of them and the entire industry.