This week we had the chance to celebrate two important video game milestones. September 9th, 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of PlayStation in North America. It also marked one year since Destiny first launched on our platform. I had the chance to celebrate these two events on a livestream earlier this week with our friends from Bungie, where we unboxed the gorgeous Limited Edition Destiny: The Taken King PlayStation 4 Bundle and played through our PlayStation exclusive* Strike, Echo Chamber (where I failed the boss battle in an epic manner).
Did you miss Wednesday’s stream? We’ve got you covered! Watch the archive from our Twitch livestream here.
Huge thanks to Bungie community manager extraordinaire (and Fireteam carry) DeeJ and lead designer James Tsai for joining us. With their help, I now feel prepared to take on Oryx when Destiny: The Taken King launches on September 15th.
I’m thrilled to kick off the next chapter of Destiny. We’ll have a ton of great content only available on the PlayStation platform including a co-op strike for you and your Fireteam, new crucible map, and sweet Legendary and Exotic gear.
Can’t wait to embark on your next great Destiny adventure? Join me and the rest of the crew at PlayStation this weekend and treat yourself to new PVP maps and modes as part of the pre-launch Crucible Preview Event.
*Timed exclusive until at least Fall 2016.
It always annoys me how so much destiny footage shows from a third person perspective but they don’t allow you to play that way outside of a few very limited instances. Oh well, the game’s so high-priced here in Canada it’s probably for the best I don’t have to buy it.
Destiny is the same price as every other game…. I don’t understand the hate. It is a FPS RPG MMO, of course it is mostly first person.
Well Mega-Gazz, maybe its because they charge full price for what turned out to not even be half a game. And then they charge you an arm and leg just to get the rest of the game unlocked. Added onto the fact the guy seems to be from Canada, therefore the price is higher than if he lived in the United States.
The game mechanics are great, which is why so many people got hyped up for the game. The release was an utter flop because people beat all there was to the game within the first day, which left people with nothing but grinding for slightly better gear to use during Instances you’ve already completed dozens of times.
Bungie may have butchered their chance of succeeding on the Sony console due to their very first game being a giant middle finger to the average gamer. One can hope that their next game won’t be butchered, but many of us won’t be bothering with buying it just based on principle.
I’ll agree with you on one matter though. It is a FPS, so expecting third person is kind of ridiculous.
@Mega Canadian prices are not as static as American. Different companies choose to gouge Canadians more than others. For example, Disgaea 5 is going to be 59.99. SAO’s new game is going to be 69.99. destiny’s regular baseline edition was 79.99 and The TAken King will be another 79.99. Sports games are either 89 or 99 dollars, respectively.
Destiny is ABSURDLY expensive in Canada. Especially given the price of its expansions.
@Both – as to the third person comment… they’ve already done the work to code it. There’s literally no reason to not allow people the choice in pve content. In a lot of first person games, third person camera angles were never added or coded to work, so expecting them to add it is a lot of work. But Destiny has already coded it – it ALREADY EXISTS AND WORKS – they’ve already done the work. But they’re just not letting people make the choice of how they wish to play. And to me, that makes them a terrible designer. I can appreciate leaving it out of pvp to avoid any balance issues… but since it is coded, there’s no appreciable reason to not allow people to use third person in pve if they would prefer it.
@Seluhir – I am canadian, and bought TTK for $40. I paid $100 CDN at launch for the game and the season pass. In terms of dollars per hour entertainment, it has been a steal.
death8u4u….
You lost all validity at this point…
“they charge full price for what turned out to not even be half a game. And then they charge you an arm and leg just to get the rest of the game unlocked.”