You have said what I've lost the drive to bother saying anymore. It won't change, and never will. This is a new generation of gaming consumers (and I stress consumer). All a game needs in order to sell today is bells, whistles, and flashing lights - hype train/commercial. You'll even have kids (and some "adults"...) who steal their parent's card to buy the next awesomeness. Consumers today defend companies against any and all naysayers with zealot level loyalty. Companies notice this and no longer bother with beating competition with quality, and just focus on hype. Destiny was a great game that was dissected into just a good one. Though, A LOT of factors played into that - egos and greed were likely the biggest. All one can do is hope (hope.....) Destiny 2 at least tries to be better...