http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/06/24/7540054.aspx

Bungie is experiencing a bit of a PR snafu after Destiny: The Taken King's creative director Luke Smith made some sarcastic comments about its upcoming Collector's edition, but it is working to address the controversy.

You can find a full, detailed breakdown of exactly what was said and why Destiny fans are frustrated by heading here. The quick version, however, is that there is a Collector's Edition of the upcoming The Taken King expansion that includes exclusive in-game emotes and armor shaders, but also includes the base Destiny game as well as its previous expansions. For Destiny fans who want that content, they will have to purchase a lot of content they already own. Fans were confused by this, and in an interview with Eurogamer, Smith defended the pricing and content, but in a sarcastic way that was read by fans as being dismissive.

Today, however, Bungie and Smith posted a large update on its website apologizing for the comments writing, "Reading my interview with Eurogamer and imagining it came from some random developer of a game I love – that random developer looks like an Asshat. But that Asshat was me – and those words rightfully anger you. I'm sorry." The update also reveals that the content Destiny's most dedicated fans want – the in-game emotes and armor shaders – will be available for $20 without the the need to re-buy the original game and the DLC.



Access to that content depends on what aspects of Destiny you already own or have pre-purchased, so I suggest checking out the blog update to see when the access to the content will be available for you. Alongside the change in distribution, Bungie also has plans to reward players who have been on board with Destiny since day one in the form of permanently exclusive items.

Bungie says today's update is the first of two and will have more details tomorrow.

I...... I'm not sure if this is supposed to be good or a trick.

https://www.destinythegame.com/taken-king/wheretobuy

At least the price is $60, however, I'm still not buying this shit. This is ridiculous, I was hoping for something new, even if they did apologies, it sill doesn't matter. No one wants to buy the same shit, and yet there are still idiots out there who likes this kind of bullshit.

They could've avoided much of the rage by having the super-dee-dooper content sold separately.

Then they would've just gotten hate for selling it at a such an exorbatant rate, like now.

Quote from: gats on June 25, 2015, 08:31:33 PM

Yeah I'm still not going to buy it. GEttington elder scrolls online tomorrow instead and maybe the handsome jack collection

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elder scrolls online

Your basically buying the same piece of shit that was already done before on PC, why bother with ESO?

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handsome jack collection

so because the game is on PC he shouldn't buy it? What kind of retard logic is that

Quote from: Gama Ray on June 25, 2015, 08:33:54 PM

Quote from: gats on June 25, 2015, 08:31:33 PM

Yeah I'm still not going to buy it. GEttington elder scrolls online tomorrow instead and maybe the handsome jack collection

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elder scrolls online

Your basically buying the same piece of shit that was already done before on PC, why bother with ESO?

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handsome jack collection

so because the game is on PC he shouldn't buy it? What kind of retard logic is that

That's not what I'm saying, I'm not talking about the game being on PC, I'm talking about the damage that was already done for the game, the execution. The ESO was mediocre, hell it even was a generic WOW MMO. What are you trying to say, did they fix the problems that was already on ESO, are you saying that the console version is going to be better, did they fix the stuff on PC (ESO)? Well?

Quote from: Gama Ray on June 25, 2015, 08:33:54 PM

Quote from: gats on June 25, 2015, 08:31:33 PM

Yeah I'm still not going to buy it. GEttington elder scrolls online tomorrow instead and maybe the handsome jack collection

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elder scrolls online

Your basically buying the same piece of shit that was already done before on PC, why bother with ESO?

. . .What?

I could get it for my pc but then I'd be playing it alone since all my friends are playing it on xbone.

I guess I should've been more clear, I was talking about the game itself and how mediocre it is. My apologizes if I wasn't being clear.

Redacted: sorry LC

good for them for actually taking action, but it's a shame that the company has come to this point :/

still overpriced tho lol

>$20 for shit aesthetics
>Fans still can't buy the DLC without buying the whole game again

ffs

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 25, 2015, 09:39:48 PM

>$20 for shit aesthetics
>Fans still can't buy the DLC without buying the whole game again

ffs

Thank you for fixing your post, I didn't know what the fuck you were saying

nou

Why do people even want these items anyways? If the actual expansion is good, and has plenty of content, then that COULD be worth a buy. But I wouldn't pay $20 for emotes. I wouldn't pay $5

The apology was okay, but Bungie's reaction is pathetic.

They think their expansion is worth 2/3 that of their base game, in its entirety, assuming their base game is actually worth $60.
They then think a cape, shader, and an emote deserves its own $20 price tag, aka the price of an entire DLC expansion, or 1/3 the price of their base game.

That's ridiculous.

Why do people even want these items anyways? If the actual expansion is good, and has plenty of content, then that COULD be worth a buy. But I wouldn't pay $20 for emotes. I wouldn't pay $5

Nobody here wants that shit. We just enjoy complaining about Bungie.