So I've got some info on the Destiny Expansions.

[Tamron]

Raziel123 said:

Tamron said:
what i think hes trying to say is, he will pay $60 a year for rehashes of the same game that have no real reason to invest any time in your charactee because everything you do will be worthless when the new game cones out.

but he wont spent $60 a year on expanding and evolving an existing game that provides much better support and logevity to both the game and your time investment in building your characters.

sound about right?

No. First year free game content and paid cosmetic dlc

2 years after the first game, sequel with entirely new story and base content. A new game. Not a layer on top of what's already there.

and how exactly do they fund the development of destiny 2? off the back of a few thousand people buying cloaks? 

and what,  exactly,  would a new game have that would be so fundamentally different than an expansion pack?  you do realize,  i hope,  that expansions arent just limited to adding content,  they can,  and have,  be used to completely alter and update the base game and deliver and entirely new experience. 

 

they could for example destroy earth entirely,  move yoi forwards or backwards in time significantly. move you far off into a completely different star system,  introduce new threats,  classes and species. 

basically,  they can add anything a new game would be able to add without segmenting the userbase and without having to worry about supporting two different games. 

 

if the entire game universe evolves at the same time,  then everyone playing wins,  even if you choose not to buy additional content. 

 

you really,  really need more experience with well-supported mmo's