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Bungie Details Destiny 2: New Light, the Upcoming F2P Conversion - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited June 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageBungie Details Destiny 2: New Light, the Upcoming F2P Conversion - MMORPG.com

In the latest Destiny 2 update posted to the Bungie site, devs provide a lot more information about the free-to-play conversion of the game taking place this September. When Destiny 2: New Light launches, players will receive all of the Year 1 content including the base game, Year 1 raids and both the Curse of Osiris and Warmind expansions. Year 2 content free roam activities, Strikes playlists, Crucible playlists, Gambit & Gambit Prime playlists and other "select annual pass content".

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  • ThaneThane Member EpicPosts: 3,534
    "Expansion ownership (Forsaken, Shadowkeep) is tied to the platform’s store it was purchased on. Players will need to purchase expansions on each platform that they wish to play that expansion content on."

    seriously? now that is utter bullshit. basically means once they transfered to steam, all our previously bought expensions from bnet will be goner?
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited June 2019
    Thane said:
    "Expansion ownership (Forsaken, Shadowkeep) is tied to the platform’s store it was purchased on. Players will need to purchase expansions on each platform that they wish to play that expansion content on."

    seriously? now that is utter bullshit. basically means once they transfered to steam, all our previously bought expensions from bnet will be goner?
    No, if you read the information completely, it said that EVERYTHING for PC players will have a one-time transfer from BNet to Steam including expansions.

    What you are referring to simply means that, if you want to play on PC, you have to buy the content on PC. If you want to play on PS4, you have to buy the content on PS4 but you can't, say, move your PS4 content to PC. 

    There's a link to the full Bungie post where you can read the details more closely to make sure you understand.
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  • GdemamiGdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342
    Thane said:
    seriously? now that is utter bullshit. basically means once they transfered to steam, all our previously bought expensions from bnet will be goner?
    ...no. 
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  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    Announcing F2P transition during expansion announce wasn't exactly the smartest move as the game is nowhere to be found in top sellers on Steam - unlike, for example unreleased Cyberpunk 2077 as #1 bestseller currently (where players don't even know how exactly gameplay will look like?)
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  • ShinobeShinobe Member UncommonPosts: 91

    3dom said:

    Announcing F2P transition during expansion announce wasn't exactly the smartest move as the game is nowhere to be found in top sellers on Steam - unlike, for example unreleased Cyberpunk 2077 as #1 bestseller currently (where players don't even know how exactly gameplay will look like?)



    It´s called the Reeves effect :D
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  • Pher0ciousPher0cious Member RarePosts: 529
    When your game fail, go free to play!
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  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 10,014
    This is exactly why I wait on all games....90% of them go f2p in the first 2 years, so why pay max dollar?
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    edited June 2019

    Theocritus said:

    This is exactly why I wait on all games....90% of them go f2p in the first 2 years, so why pay max dollar?



    Honestly, this is a majority of games in general. Within a year almost every new single player game is heavily discounted, so all you get is the advantage of 'time' which to some is more important. Unfortunately for me, I always wait, not because of the pricing, but because of all the patching and other garbage that tends to happen to make half of these new games over the past decade playable since they rarely work well at launch. Not to mention most of these titles always having a Game of the Year edition within a year of release.
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  • MachkeznhoMachkeznho Member UncommonPosts: 429
    I always love when something ive spent money on is made free.... was going to check it out when it came to steam but probably not anymore.
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  • Itzme123Itzme123 Member UncommonPosts: 68
    I love how they list all the year 1 content off like it's some big favor. It was unfinished junk that a lot of us paid full price for and consumed in a handful of sessions.

    You're welcome. We financed the entire first year of content so they could give it away.

    Going free to play shouldn't be seen as a positive here. This was supposed to be a minimum 10 year franchise that even Activision didnt want anymore.

    This transition reeks of desperation and I think they'll be surprised when thousands of people on steam don't want to pay 60 bucks for a 12 minute "expsnsion" supplemented by the Eververse Cash Grab.

    Id have rather let my career stagnate and be known as the "halo studio" forever than let whatever destiny is supposed to be, happen.
    Gdemami
  • TacticalZombehTacticalZombeh Member UncommonPosts: 431
    edited June 2019
    Bungie is transitioning D2 over to a model a little more akin to other games' models. Buy the game and all previous expansions for one price, instead of Activision's model of 'you gotta buy everything individually' model.
    This seems to explain it pretty well:
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  • goboygogoboygo Member RarePosts: 2,141
    3dom said:
    Announcing F2P transition during expansion announce wasn't exactly the smartest move as the game is nowhere to be found in top sellers on Steam - unlike, for example unreleased Cyberpunk 2077 as #1 bestseller currently (where players don't even know how exactly gameplay will look like?)
    Isnt that exacrly why they have to give it away for free, and gouge people in the cash shop?
  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,368
    uhm but the game will be avaliable on Steam only? or will still avaliable on Bnet?
    Gdemami
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