yea.. but it shouldn't matter when you buy the DLC or when the DLC is available on what platform.  The point is parity in content.  Everything on the DLC that I've read up to this point states that the "exclusive" content on the ps4 is only for a limited time (albiet a year).  So, yes, you already paid for the DLCs.. you'll just have to wait to recieve the rest of the content.  It's not separate purchases within the DLC itself.  I doubt it's like what you are thinking with Activision or Bungie nickle and diming on top of pruchases you've already made.  Those "bonus" stuff you mention are already in the DLCs.. just for xbox owners, it's locked at release.  it's not about paying to "unlock" anything.. it's basically wait a certain amount of time frame and the content will be unlocked.. it's not giving anything away for free either because it has already been purchased.  Unless Activision or Bungie themselves come out and say, "Oh yea.. we want more money for the bonus stuff from xbox gamers", then there isn't any issue other than the year long exclusivity deal.

As for your $500 mil comment.. that's from Activision and their marketing campaign.  Bungie said so themselves it didn't cost them that much to make the game.  Regardless, if the game lives up to hype and expectations, then they could easily sell beyond your 8.5 mil copies, which seems possible especially given a game that is multiplat on 4 systems. 

Why? Because the length of time is different? Because it is Sony doing it?

The only real difference is that ths is from a developer who used to be an Xbox mainstay and it isn't MS doing it.

Xbox players aren't getting the Scarecrow content for Batman Arkham Knight. They didn't get the extra missions in Watch Dogs or the costumes. The games cost the same accross both PS4 and XB1 and yet no one is complaining.

It is uniquely restricted to Destiny and from spending time within the Destiny forums on bungie.net I can tell you first hand it is all about Activision deciding to give Sony the exclusivity deals. It is only here and maybe on the Gaf forums are people complaining about paying the same price for a few less costumes and ship skins. The real complainers are crying about being betrayed by Bungie.

CoD is but one example of where Playstation players had to deal with buying the "lesser" version of a game in terms of exclusive content and heck even very important aspects of a games functins (Rock Band was the worst offender last gen) yet we, for the most part, quietly bought our games and accepted that MS was smart for making their platform the place to get the content first.

Now the shoe is on the other foot and a certain people are so green with envy they can't help themselves but to lash out. Some Xbox players right now be like:

so basically.. worst case scenario, a year.. best case scenario, a month.  Look, i don't like paid exclusivity either, but that's the industry we live in nowadays.  I'm pretty sure xbox owners wouldn't shed a tear if the reverse was to of happened and the ps gamers had to wait a year for said content.  But yea, everyone who does decide to pick up the DLC for the xbox one should be aware of what they are purchasing by that point.  It's OPTIONAL.. you like it? GREAT!  You don't?  Oh well.  Just know additional content will be unlocked later down the line for that OPTIONAL DLC.  It's not like Bungie and Activision are making these announcements after the game has already been released and you have alot of clueless xbox gamers.  Don't like their policies?  don't buy their game.  Don't like how the DLC is handled?  don't buy the DLC.  Simple enough. 

You can't be serious, can you?

All this "Microsoft and it's fans deserve it" being thrown about is petty childish behavior.... Especially seeing as PS fans had to put up with a more milder form of this last gen. It's a terrible tactic that no gamer should truly get behind.

Actually if you stop and look back, yes this is worse. Speaking of timed DLC, MS paid for a month with COD every year. This is a year timed DLC, along with longer beta, DLC within the DLC, and all that marketing jazz that ensures exclusive-like benefits to PS.

And that is the real blunt truth of the matter! Yes the time PS3 user's have to wait is not as long as this, but thats what the problem is it was already established by the agreements in place before, It just means the time to wait has been extended. While i think this is not a very consumer friendly idea to release for product for the market, this has in effect been already in place for a while, just not the the lengths that this one goes too.

Really crappy, but what can you do? it was already set in for a while with this way of doing it, look at fallout 3 and the gameof the year edition and how long it took to release .

I have to agree that a year exclusive DLC definitely trumps a month.  Have exclusive content within the DLC for one system and not the other is not going to make a gamer happy if they are spending the same price.  Personally, if I was a X1 owner, I probably would not purchase destiny until all content is released in a game of the year edition or something like that.

To my understanding, Xbox users are getting all DLC that PlayStation users are getting. They're just getting it at a much later date. Am I wrong?

I think this DLC fiasco is the same as any, just structured differently than the normal 30 to 180 day exclusivity (Skyrim). Both are getting season passes with the same content. The exclusive part is where whose getting it first, not that the content itself won't ever be available to the other platform. I can see if Xbox gamers are upset if the content NEVER comes to the One and they are paying the same price as PS gamers. However, this just seems as though one platform is getting more content first before the other. Am I understanding that right? If I'm not, please clear it up for me so I'm not misinformed.

Again it comes down to myself feeling they will additionally charge for the timed content and you thinking it will be free. I've become quite the skeptic about large gaming compainies being as nice as you paint them in this situation. Time will tell. You can in the very least see where some peoples frustration comes from if I am correct. Being mad cause there is timed DLC is pretty stupid, but if it means the people that own the other system have to pay more, there will be some uproar.