I think the outrage over the pricetag for Destiny 2 Forsaken + Annual Pass is no surprise even though everyone should have seen it coming for the most part.
The $40 price is not different than anything we’ve seen for a Comet expansion via Taken King. I do however think the… ”shock” of having a second season pass after a Comet is where people got caught off guard.
After Taken King, there was nothing else after it post-launch. There was the April update (7 months after TTK’s launch), which added a few new things like a strike, new chroma gear, a few new strike specific weapons, and raised the light level slightly to name a few things.
Then Rise of Iron came out. It had a $30 price tag. People were upset it had a price tag too! Not everyone, but the vocal minority shouted about it a lot.
This particular outrage about price and paying for something else is nothing new.
Now, I will say that Destiny 2 is in a slightly different position in that it didn’t live up to D1 standards. People LOVE D1, people LIKE/TOLERATE D2. People feel “offended” that they have to pay for an expansion that fixes the game (IF it fixes the game). And while that is understandable, I mean, what are you gonna do about it? You either buy it or you don’t. You love Destiny, you’re gonna buy it. You know you will if you want to keep playing.
While optional, Annual Pass has caused the biggest stir-up. However, Bungie was very transparent about the AP as they were talking about it (and people liked that they were transparent about it!). They didn’t explain it very well though. They are small dlcs that skip the cinematic story route and goes more for the adding to the endgame route. It doesn’t list any type of story elements in the annual pass at all actually! AP will keep the content coming through the year until presumably D3 is announced. But more information about AP will be in this week’s TWAB.
It’s all endgame and collection. Even lore. Of course, you can always get this later or not at all and still play Forsaken! Season events and Live Events like Crimson Days, Iron Banner, Solstice of Heros and the Dawning will still be available for everyone.
That’s it for the end of this small rant. I’ve weathered this storm before. The salt storm is always the worst storm.
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