Destiny 2 Coming to Battle.net

[In Ogres We Trust]

Activision owns Blizzard, Activision holds exclusive publishing rights to Destiny and all future Destiny titles, and is in partnership with Bungie. It makes sense to put it on the Launcher that won't cost anything extra to put it on. Sure its going to bring them more money then putting it on steam, but its not like its some third party company that PAID blizzard to put it on the launcher, both Blizzard Entertainment and Bungie are part of the Activision entity, they just hold on to the rights of their own IP in the the event that they split off from Activision.

Activision doesn't own Blizzard anymore than Blizzard owns Activision.

[Mafic]

It might seem harmless enough, but all I'm seeing is more activision creep.

The launcher will probably be rebranded to Activision soon enough.

Yeah I think Blizzard as we know it is dead as most of the big names are gone.

[ElDoorO]

I wonder if Destiny 2 for PC will require a monthly fee or not.

[omfgreally]

Destiny 2? I never even played Destiny 1. and never will. I HATE first person e-sport/cashshop/F2P shooters, I think there are way to many of them in the world as it is.

oh and overwatch added to that list as well, I'm 34 not 12, those are games for kids.

When I was 12 we only had the original DOOM.

First person shooters for adults, Fallout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you don't need to be fast and get all headshots boom! headshot pew pew loser!
your old bones, slow timing and arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome will thank you.

[mjhyde13]

Im guessing becuse Activision / Blizzard have such a "good" track record dealinf with cheating and bots, while Steam totaly sucks in that regard try playing any MMO on Steam most of the the people but not all use some sort of cheat or bot program

[Dead Moose Fandango]

I wonder if Destiny 2 for PC will require a monthly fee or not.

Nah, but when they come up with DLC, they'll remove stuff from the regular version and only allow it for DLC like Destiny 1. Ugh. They should've picked a better game to team up with.

[Deleted]

so this random shit game, that i never heard of and never will play, has increased the monthly price i pay for the game ive played and loved for 10 years with 20%?
o-ok..

[EternalBany]

so this random shit game, that inever heard of and never will play, has inreased the monthly price i pay for the game ive played and loved for 10 years with 20%?
o-ok..

wait what !??!?!
where does it say that!?!

[omfgreally]

wait what !??!?!
where does it say that!?!

holy shit, please don't tell me he means the $15 a month is going up???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deleted]

wait what !??!?!
where does it say that!?!

i pay for my monthly sub with gold.
yesterday, before the news about destiny 2 could be bought via bnet balance, the wow token cost 200k. Now they cost 240k

[omfgreally]

i pay for my monthly sub with gold.
yesterday, before the news about destiny 2 could be bought via bnet balance, the wow token cost 200k. Now they cost 240k

oh! nah that's just greed, but good for me as I sale them but hardly topped 100k for my last one sold.

Keep in mind this is velen which is like the backwater server.

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@omfgreally im on EU, i predict that the US tokens will increase to 120k within 24 hrs

[Archon14]

As someone who never had a console, I was always sad that I wouldn't get the chance to play games like Heavy Rain, Vanquish and Destiny.

Finding out that Destiny 2 is coming to pc, and on battle.net of all things, is a huge surprise for me. I must say I'm really excited. I'm not saying that the game being on battle.net automatically makes the game "better" (it's not Blizzard who's making the game after all), and I understand the skepticism about what that means for the future of the launcher itself, but I think this is good news.

And complaints about extra icon on the launcher, seriously? It's not wow launcher people, let the rest of us who enjoy playing multiple Blizzard games enjoy playing something different while still chatting with our friends. I also welcome potential cross-game events (doubtful since it's not an actual Blizzard game) like the nexus challenge, for example.

[Onikaroshi]

Activision doesn't own Blizzard anymore than Blizzard owns Activision.

Blizzard Entertainment as a company from Mike Morhaime down is a Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, while not entirely ownership, all activision execs reside in positions over Blizzard Entertainment execs. Mike Morhaime and Robert Kotick are not equals within the company.

And in case you don't know the definition to the word Subsidiary:

a company controlled by a holding company.

[Chromu]

Well, explains the Battle.net name change (http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/...cuses-on-brand). It will become another "Origin" platform for cashgrab games made by the Activision part of Blizzard.

RIP Blizzard and the old AAA games they made.

[Krille]

Imagine you're Blizzard and you get approached by a company (even if sister) to post their huge upcoming title on your social platform. Oh and all of Blizzards games are also on this platform. I mean this is something they could even pay for. It's huge for Blizzard, players that play Destiny 2 might not be entirely familiar with their games. Now they will all be exposed to them, and this is crazy amounts of marketing earnings for Blizzard. Mad props to them for pulling this one off.

[Bisso]

This really feels like an expansion. Same classes, same skills except a few changes. Same gun types, same graphics with slight post-processing effects on top. Same monsters... They hardly changed anything, just added a few features. This isn't a new game.

[Leyre]

Good luck trying to compete with Steam.

Everyone: "Why are you adding a non-Blizzard game to Battle.net?"
Blizzard: "Because we love Destiny!"
Everyone: *blank stare* "... right"

Why not? Destiny was a pos who sold a lot of copies, just like WoD did lol

[derpkitteh]

this is not cool. it shows more and more activision control taking hold.

as if watcher wasn't bad enough for blizzard, not this shit.

[Krille]

this is not cool. it shows more and more activision control taking hold.

as if watcher wasn't bad enough for blizzard, not this shit.

This is a profitable deal for Blizzard, regardless of Activisions part in it. Don't be daft.

Keep maintenance on a service they already have support established for. Add big title. Gain profit from exposure to your titles. It's quite simple really. "We really love Destiny 2" could be translated to, "fuck yeaeaaa boy big moneys".