The business model Bungie/Activision have used for Destiny is straight -blam!-ed. Actually, there's a perfect word for it: greedy. Some great points by the OP. As a PS4 user, there aren't a lot of alternatives for social gamers so I know at least part of the reason why I keep returning to Destiny. If there were more options, I would have probably left this game a long time ago. There's nothing in the game that is actually good: the content and story is garbage (or it was prior to TTK); the raids are glitched; PvP is a lagfest or infested with cheaters; PvE strikes actually feature a smaller and more repetitive playlist than the original game; AND everything you slaved and prayed to acquire in Y1 was swiftly locked away in Y2 and you were forced to get it again. I got friends who played the game way more than I do, and it took them ages to get some of their favourite Y1 stuff. Yet for some reason, people (including myself) still play this game. Honestly, who would put up with shit like this for any other game?