What about just killing the destiny franchise and make a "PVE side" to overwatch ?
Can see blizzard doing a way better job at a "diabloish PVE FPS" than the aweful thing activision came with.
What about just killing the destiny franchise and make a "PVE side" to overwatch ?
Can see blizzard doing a way better job at a "diabloish PVE FPS" than the aweful thing activision came with.
And that my friends is how Blizzard gets me to turn 2 million gold into Bnet balance...
Well, using Blizzard's foundation certainly saves them a lot of trouble. Social integration already done, and one of the best anti-cheat systems built-in (Warden).
They can do that with a couple more games if that means I get to buy these games with WoW gold.
All of our guild mates and my RL friends call it BattleNet - I do not think it will ever change. Maybe the next generation will call it that name - whenever that is after the millions of people installing it with Overwatch, HS and so on. XD
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I welcome Destiny 2. It is a smart move, for both companies (given that many Destiny Devs used to be working for Blizzard, even more so).
Destiny 1 was wonderfully saved with the revamp and got even better with every Expac. They surely picked up from there and therefore I will look forward to be playing Destiny 2 with my friends and possibly guild mates between WoW and whatever else.
Eh, never played the original and likely won't play this one, but I certainly don't care if Blizz wants to add another game to the launcher.
In a way, you could ask the question "Why reinvent the wheel?". What is the point in building up a social platform, when there already exists one. Sure they could have gone with steam... But then again, both Bungie and Blizzard are owned by Activision. It might be more logical for them to use their platform.
Developing something that already exists, would be a waste of resources that they could invest in making their game better! It's not just about capital, money and investors but also about priorities.
thats just it I was gonna buy destiny 2 anyways......
Now I get to buy it with the $200 dollars in BNET i have left from dumping gold i had from Archi sales.... Its AMAZING.... and I know alot of my guild is gonna try it too cause we have have so much Bnet its w/e to us to use Bnet on something. So I know atleast 4-5 people just that ive talked to in the last hour that are gonna play the game that never would have tried it any other way. so its definitely a win.
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Let me translate that:
"We loved Destiny", "Creating a network client, [...] would needlessly extend the development period for the game. We want to get our hands on Destiny 2 as soon as possible like everybody else, so we offered to share our PC platform" actually means: We found a way to make lots of money a) from our sister company and b) from customers, so it was basic math that drove us to do it.
"we don’t have any short- or long-term plans to support third-party games with Battle.net" "quality standards [...], which represents a big investment of time and effort on our part, so this is not something we’re jumping into lightly." means: We're not Steam(yet), but if we find that another game could bring us as much money, we'd be glad to
"Destiny 2 will be integrated into many of Blizzard’s existing social features. [...]. And, you’ll see a Destiny 2 status icon by your friends who are playing Destiny 2 the same way you do for friends playing StarCraft II, Diablo III, WoW, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, and Overwatch." means: We want people who play our current game to learn about that new great game they can buy first hand.
You can give proof of a quality of a game that will exist in a few months. I can say with certitude, as I've worked in AAA game making for a few years, that Blizzard employees have been able to play Destiny early. This is not a decision made by Activision, but by Blizzard directly.
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For those who were going to play Destiny 2 anyway this is definitely a good thing, but shooters aren't really my thing. More interested in the potential of what else might make it onto battlenet. I have nothing against battlenet turning into steam when I can buy games with WoW gold.
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Wow, now I know why the price in EU went up by 15k in the last hours.