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Edited by talisin:
6/25/2015 3:57:33 AM
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Should Bungie make Luke Smith publicly apologize?
After reading the entire euro gamer interview and the recent Forbes magazine piece release today- hard to see bungie not addressing this soon. Apparently DeeJ has said there will be something better in store for current gamers, but they don't know what yet. They are scrambling to do damage control after this guy made them looks like corporate assholes.
Leave your opinion and comments below!
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An apology is not about Luke Smith, it's about bungie admitting fault. By him apologizing it means Bungie OK the apology and is apologizing trough him to a degree, while them apologizing directly would be ideal, that's not going to happen.
UPDATE ON DLC!!!!!----
Bungie has partnered with Red Bull and now an "Epic Quest" which originally os part of TTK is only accessible if you purchase a special can of Red Bull and get the access code. Otherwise you have to wait until mid-December to play it if you don't buy Red Bull.
[url=http://kotaku.com/new-destiny-quest-is-exclusive-to-red-bull-1713588960]Bungie requires Red Bull purchase for new DLC Quest[/url]
Bungie doesn't care about the consumers, only their money.
You now have to purchase 3rd party products in order to play something you will have purchased outright. Where does it end?
Edit- sorry for the grammatical error, should say HE.
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Why do all you fools keep saying "your sad to get so upset over a few emotes..."
It has absolutely nothing to do with the emotes. It has to do with the principle of respecting your consumers/clientele and not be arrogant enough to blatantly speak about such people as if they are idiots and will buy whatever shit your pushing.
This is 2015 there is no more "it's just a videogame company" or "he's just a designer"
Wrong. He is a part of a major corporate conglomerate and as such anything he says or does in the public eye (and sometimes private) it's open for judgement and criticism. That's just life today.
He gets no pass for being insensitive to his buyers.
Neither does bungie.
It isn't about emotes it's about expectations of a company to its consumers.
I guess the difference in opinions depends if your an adult with a career who understands business or if your a teen or college student. I would be pressed to say most career working adults with families would lean towards the understanding of how there was a fault committed from a business ethics standpoint.
UPDATE****
Luke Smith apologizes and TTK prices are changed....
[url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/06/24/bungie-39-s-luke-smith-apologizes-for-destiny-collector-39-s-edition-comments-pricing-changes-on-the-way.aspx]game informer article[/url]
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Its life today, people are bitching a about something stupid, while thousands of years ago mankind was bitching about something else, surviving if there was going to be enough food, water, clothes, cattle. If it was going to rain. And now people are bitching about something so retarded..... Just be grateful that you aren't be eaten by a lion, bear, crocodile, whatever or a disease that with technology today can cure. So just be damn grateful
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2 RepliesLol no. He should apologize because you were butthurt? Morons.
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5 RepliesEdited by RMSi_10nm: 6/23/2015 5:25:51 AMIn his own write up of the interview Tom Phillips (Eurogamer) comes across badly. He refuses to even attempt to understand the explanations being given and his follow up questions are self centred and don't probe any deeper into those answers, they simply restate the initial premise. He comes to no conclusions following the interview (he actually makes some conclusions [b]before[/b] the transcript where he is almost fair, but the format means that this is largely overlooked) The Forbes piece is written by Paul Tassi who has been highly critical of many aspects of Destiny previously. It is clear from his previous positions that he is highly emotional about the game. His piece is not a well written analysis of the interview, it is little more than a hyped up forum rage post designed to drive traffic to his site and cause some community uproar. Of course, if you are already upset by the issues, there is little that Bungie can do to calm you without changing their basic position. This is the case for both Tom Phillips and Paul Tassi. They are not independent. They have bias from the start. They write their pieces from their biased standpoints. They never acknowledge their own positions but rather disguise themselves as interviewers and news reporters rather than the opinion writers that they are. Don't get sucked in by this clickbait.
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1 ReplyI think people need to realise that Luke isn't sitting atop a golden throne barking orders to take all our money. Right now he's a scapegoat, but he's not one to blame. I really don't think he took over everything and brought in all these changes and set the price himself.
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Plz quit thx
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Doubtful. Very doubtful! They'll just sweep it under the rug so to speak and pretend like it never happened. Although you never know but if they were to do it, it would be in the weekly update where deej will explain the "misunderstanding" and discuss further the word value. How they value us, the game etc etc they looove the word value
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1 Replyfor what, saying no exclusive dance moves for those who dont by the special edition? how evil!
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I don't care if he says anything ever again, I just wish they would fix the cost across currencies. That's the only actual thing I think is unfair.
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4 RepliesEdited by Lance: 6/23/2015 5:01:36 AMLuke isn't a PR guy. He wasn't prepared to answer questions about pricing and collector's edition content and such. No need to publicly shame him.
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No he should have to live with that greedy humiliation
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I don't think he should. Sadly the fact is that there are PR people for a reason. He isn't a PR guy. He's a creative designer. He should have never been on an interview representing he company in the first place.
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Edited by OniDarkClown: 6/23/2015 5:23:22 AMNo he should not. Not in any way shape or form. Phuck Forbes and the genital Rot that Posts copy and paste Tripe there. They are no more Journalists than any other Moron with a Blog and half a brain cell On the Internet. as for EuroGamer. the "People" that wright for them are Identical to Baby diapers and should be changed often,for the same reason. not defending Mr. Smith. I just do not think he has a damn thing to say sorry for. (and I hate Forbes and EuroGamer with Utmost Intensity. and have for a long while.)
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Lol, look at all the entitled consumers who think they deserve something
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I don't think he should personally, but from a PR perspective, since this has obviously gotten out of hand, it would be smart for them to do something. I think the DeeJ posts earlier are the start of damage control.
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3 RepliesNo, Bungie already know what they were giving year 1 players, They just didn't want to announce it so that people would pony up for the more expensive option. Watch and see. More tears incoming.
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11 RepliesI have no problem with what he said. He said all his company would let him without getting in trouble for it. He may have been a bit disrespectful, but it's his job to back up his company and justify whatever gimmicks they throw at the consumers, no matter how ridiculous. He did his job, and just because those of us who don't want to re-buy the game throw a hissy fit over a few emotes, doesn't call for a public apology. His job was to continue building on the E3 hype and bring more attention to the game, and that's exactly what he's done.
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-blam!- capitalism
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Life is full of good things, if you only think about the bad things then what's life?
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Planet Destiny has a very balanced article about this subject. Worth reading
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4 RepliesRead the end of the interview. I don't see anything wrong. When you have a product or service that is valued than you can price it accordingly. He has passion for the game and his job. I totally understand there train of though.
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2 RepliesI'm not surprised at those choosing NO- there's a large market if players from corporate American. Hard to say if it's smart (albeit greedy) business or bad business.
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1 ReplyIt would help public relations so definitely
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So far pretty one sided.
