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Edited by ProGamerSkill: 6/24/2015 1:43:51 PM
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So, for $59.95 I get...

Everything I already own, [b]plus[/b] the [i]Taken King[/i] ... Or: Buy $59.95 for Destiny - original game Plus $39.95 for expansions I and II Plus $39.95 for The Taken King 'pre-order' -------------------wait for it------------------ That's $140 pretty much for the same thing as noobs can get for $60. Thanks Bungie. I've enjoyed your game. Seriously. It's a lot of fun. I'm not kidding. Check my hours played. More than most, I can assure you that. And, what's my thanks and appreciation for supporting your game along the way? Getting screwed over to the tune of more than [i][u][b]DOUBLE[/b][/u][/i] THE PRICE that someone will pay today. How the hell does this make sense? You should actually honour your most loyal customers with The Taken King as a [b][i][u]FREEBIE[/u][/i][/b], or at the very least , a [b][i]DEEP[/i][/b] Discount. (Maybe $15 instead of $20, but certainly not increase it to $40, that's just plain back-asswards). "Here you go guardian. As a token of our appreciation for sticking with us through the first year, for buying the base game, for getting the first two expansions (which may or may not have been disc-locked content), for playing through the glitches as a live feedback forum for our programming errors, for the buffs and the nerfs you've endured, for the lag and for the heavy ammo we took from you every time you spawned... We would like to present you, as a gift, Your own Edition of The Taken King. I'm not butt-hurt by what's been paid so far. I'm f-ing choked that a newb will get all that and more for $60.00, and that it will cost me another $40 on top of what's already been paid, just to keep up with the [b][i]BUNDLE-BABIES [/i][/b]of 2015. Should be $15 max (free preferred) for the players who already have all the prerequisites. [b][i][u]BUMP[/u][/i][/b] if you agree with even one part of this. --- out --- EDIT: Geezus. For those of you who agreed, thanks for understanding my point. For the rest, here's an example: You all have cell phones. If you don't, try to imagine having one. Buy the latest phone. Then pay for an upgrade. Then pay for another upgrade. Then pay for another upgrade. Your buddy goes and buys the upgraded upgraded upgraded phone, [b]AND[/b] GETS THE ORIGINAL PHONE YOU PAID FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE GIVING TO HIM FOR FREE AS WELL... For [b][i][u]less than half the price too!![/u][/i][/b] and as a freaking bonus, he also gets [b][i][u]the charger, the headphones, the protective case and limited edition sticker to proudly display on the back of his Kia Soul as well !!!![/u][/i][/b] Does that help even one of you naysayers [i]get it?[/i] Edit 2: For those that say "Isn't this how all games do it?", the correct response is (I'll succumb to Godwin's Law for some of this I'm afraid): Did slavery come to an end? Did the holocaust come to an end? Did the USSR come to and end? Did the wall in Germany get torn down? Pick a metaphor... The choice should be your own. [b][i][u]Just because that's how it's always been done, simply does not 'de facto' make it right![/u][/i][/b] Edit 3: Your responses have been mixed. Fine. My post will not be all or end all. I appreciate what most of you had to say. For clarity I do not compare the edit 2 metaphors directly to this video game. But, to be offer a piece of advice to those who thought I meant something else: http://www.quotehd.com/imagequotes/TopAuthors/albert-einstein-physicist-insanity-doing-the-same-thing-over-and-over-again-and.jpg I believe that a company this big and profitable can do better than the companies that came before it. There will always be change. Who will do it first? Edit 4: You'll be impressed... I've listened and here is my last ( probably not) contribution to the argument: Bungie can rename the DLC to be $39.95 for the [b][i]DIGITAL BEND OVER EDITION*[/i][/b] for those of you who already have the original game and the first two expansions. We will send your guardian an in-game bottle of lube. It will be waiting for you in the special orders. * There will be no reach-arounds or discounts offered. Edit 5: Please stop buying next year's car at half of last year's pricing!! Edit 6: There were Alpha players There were Beta players Then came Day-1-ers We can call the next gen the 'Vets' Along comes Xmas Noobs Since then we've had a few Kinder-guardians But this latest generation will forever be known as: [b][i][u] THE BUNDLE- BABIES[/u][/i][/b] I do not take credit for this nickname, the original poster is down there, buried somewhere in the responses to this thread. Go ahead and find him/her, they deserve all the praise. If my post succeeds in nothing else... [b][i][u]BUNDLE-BABIES[/u][/i][/b] SHALL LIVE ON FOREVER!!!!! Edit 7: Strictly for your entertainment only: https://youtu.be/eOlIZhs0JEg https://youtu.be/1o0Vv8lr41w [b][i][u]EDIT 8:[/u][/i][/b] Looks like my rant was 'all' right on the mark. The failure on the price point. The failure in exclusive content. The failure on needing to rebuy items I already own. Many Thank to Eurogamer for taking the time to interview Luke Smith, and get to the bottom of all these inequities. We shall see what the weekly update holds for the year-one owners of the game. I bet it's not much!

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  • I agree completely OP. Although I have a child due in September so I doubt I will buy it anyways.

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    • Too many good games coming out and not enough time for this game for me to touch this game. Halo 5, fallout, battlefront, shit I barely have enough time to stay up with destiny nowadays.

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      • I'll still buy it cause it's fun.

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      • So if a game that was highly anticipated and you really wanted to play was not coming out for another year, and was priced at $60, but you had the opportunity to play it now for an extra $80, would you do it? It's the same thing.

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        • And thus, the Great Wall of Bungie was built!

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          • Edited by Th3Element05: 6/19/2015 10:56:34 PM
            [quote]Thanks Bungie. I've enjoyed your game. Seriously. It's a lot of fun. I'm not kidding. Check my hours played. More than most, I can assure you that.[/quote] FYI, all of those hours played are what you paid more money for. You had exactly the same opportunity as these so-called "bundle-babies" to not buy the game when it was new and wait until the price dropped. Grow up. Depreciation is a real thing in the real world, get used to it. You can do all of the math that you want, but if you idiots (I'll call you crybabies "bundle-bawlers") keep forgetting to factor in [b]depreciation due to time[/b] then your results are meaningless. P.S. Suck it.

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            • Do you get anything special for being loyal to COD? If not then why are you entitled to get anything here? Everything now a days is gimme gimme gimme, I deserve this and that blah blah blah -blam!-ing whiners

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              • I agree 100%

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              • 100% agreed

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                • Do Activision have forums you could post this on? because you should really take this up with them.

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                  • Bump

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                  • They are screwing us over with this, but it isn't Bungie. It's Activision. Activision is the one who made Destiny the way it is today, and they are the reason that we have DLC in the first place. Originally, Bungie wanted to release the full game. They were done with it a year before its actual release date, they were working on Other content at the time (free content that would be added on plus other feature to the game). But Activision just wanted to make money, so they gutted all of the current DLC from the original game plus much more content and sold most of the content to us. Basically, Activison said, "Well, so many people bought Destiny and that paid off our money contribution to Destiny, so let's make some more cash while we're at it." Bungie employees have left, including the original composer of Halo's music, and their storywriter quit. Bungie is controlled by Activison. But the thing is, Bungie needed funding for Destiny (apparently Destiny was the most expensive game ever to create, though I can't tell you the exact amount). But if Bungie didn't let Activison gut the game, Activison would leave, and there would be no Destiny. Bungie sacrificed themselves to get the game out. Please, repost this, get the word out. I want everyone to know the truth.

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                    • Im not buying the taken king dlc

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                      • I'm just pissed we barely get anything special for sticking with them, pricing is arbitrary... But they could of gave us vets a little bit more, still going to preorder TTK

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                        • You can already buy vanilla destiny for 40 bucks. When you but something when it's first released, you will pay full price. As a product is out longer it depreciates in value. The demand for Destiny is a fraction of what it was last September hence the price drop to sell more to new customers. It's no different than paying 200 for a brand new just released smartphone, then they give the thing away for free 6 months later on black Friday. If someone offered you the chance to buy an unreleased game 6 months ahead of everyone else for an extra 30 bucks would you complain?

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                          • Bump. Bundle babies is better than taken toddlers btw. New players are paying 40 for the taken king and 20 for destiny and both expansions (which I paid 100 dollars for, five times the price). Prices go down, I get it, but I didn't expect to be screwed out of 80 dollars so soon. Destiny will have only been a year old, and the house of Wolves will only be four months old. Remember, the HoW which just came out costed 20 bucks.

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                            • Good news, PSN has the original Digital Guardian Edition ( base game plus the TDB and HoW) on sale right now for 49.95?! Or buy the 60 get everything and more addition. Are they high or just trying to confuse people?

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                              • All these edits and it still doesn't make you sound any less like an entitled brat. More hours than you and I could give a damn what they price it as, because I'm paying for more content which is all that matters.

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                                • I completely agree, the only reason I'm getting the bundle (I actually own all already) is to get the collectors edition with a batch of extra dlc. My extra codes for the expansions, (hopefully still download) will be sold online for a little less than its original price

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                                  • Bump

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                                    • Bump

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                                      • This still being bitched about? Jesus -blam!-in Christ.

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                                      • If you didn't see this coming when they got in bed with Activision, then I honestly don't know what you were expecting. You'll buy it at $40. No use bitching about it. Bungee makes the game. Activision controls their marketing.

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                                        • Bump for truth. It's an odd practice, but they have to draw people to their game somehow, right?

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                                          • It is 40 bucks and Destiny will be over a year old when it comes out. Either pay for it or wait until Destiny 2. If time is money just responding to every post in this thread cost you 40 dollars already. So sick of people thinking what is owed to them. If Bungie charged all us to play per hour, we'd be screwed.

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