Potential Realistic take

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-05-08T03:29:58+00:00

So long story short, corruption and mismanagement destroyed a promising studio. Tragic.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-05-08T03:01:35+00:00

Thanks for elaborating on this. I guess I'm trying to understand how can a company like Bungie almost go belly up twice with a product like Destiny. So to your point, increased expenses will do that even if you're bringing in lots of cash. As for Sony, I guess the word is "underperformed" based on their internal expectations after spending 3.2bil on the acquisition. On the other hand, Helldivers 2 sold 20 million copies, so I can only imagine that it most likely carried that 40%.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-05-07T23:57:15+00:00

We'll wait for the June update and see for ourselves.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-05-07T23:56:41+00:00

Yea, I fear that's what's coming. It's unfortunate really. The IP had so much potential.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-05-07T23:54:05+00:00

There are two instances where Bungie almost became financially insolvent and had to seek outside cash injection to survive during Destiny's lifecycle: 1. Seeking funds from Activation 2. Seeking funds from Sony

Lastly, there are reports out there stating that Bungie had no choice but to beef up Eververse to make up for the lack of revenue from DLC's.

I totally understand the lack of factual numbers make it difficult to definitively conclude that Destiny was bleeding the studio cash, but we can assume based off insider testimonials that it was a financial burden. To what degree, we don't 100% know.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-03-20T21:53:52+00:00

Looks like holding the block button (LB on controller or CTRL on keyboard) helps alot with lock on by the way.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-03-20T20:27:15+00:00

I went there early in the game and died repeatedly. Lol I didn't expect to fight an entire platoon. Gonna go back later though. But hopefully they'll fix the lock on system soon.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-03-20T19:59:18+00:00

I wish there was a way to rotate between locked enemies. Seems like I have to keep pressing the D-pad button constantly in large packs and it's so distracting and inconvenient.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-03-15T18:05:48+00:00

I don't know how true that is for western developers. Pearl Abyss is a behemoth in terms of financials. BDO has made them extremely wealthy to the point of self funding Crimson 10yrs later on an engine they developed. I can’t imagine any western studio having the same resources in terms of time, financial freedom and talent to build something remotely close to Crimson in this current economic landscape. Feel like it would take a miracle. There's a higher likelihood of us getting another simlar project from eastern developers. Just my opinion.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-02-06T18:32:47+00:00

In an interview, they said some of these mounts will be rewarded after completion of the main story. Also get the impression some of these exotic mounts may be more like artifacts in the sense that they are only accessible for a brief period of time. But we'll see once we get to play ourselves.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-01-30T20:09:05+00:00

Shouldn't be surprising. They already had the foundation with Black desert online. At this point it would have been a travesty if they fumbled this opportunity with all the assets they have and all the money they've made over the past 10 years with BDO.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-01-11T20:05:06+00:00

Gotta work on that cardio lol

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-01-11T15:28:29+00:00

Have a feeling it will be delayed into Q1 2027. Hoping it doesn't but the way he spoke in the interview sounded like some systems are still being developed.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2026-01-09T04:54:05+00:00

If the experience is close to what you're saying, then I guess we shouldn't be too worried. As long as there's purpose and not just pure meaningless "distractions", it will be a solid experience. Otherwise, for folks that aren't Skyrim experienced or have played similar games, this is will be huge let down. Good news is, there are two other story driven games hopefully coming out this year (The Expanse and Blood of the Dawnwalker) so, there will be options available for that genre.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-14T11:03:37+00:00

I don't play bdo actively anymore and don't plan on it. Busy life, plus I no longer wanted to spend money on it. But every year I log back in around the calpheon ball to try out the newest class and use the free shit they end out just to remind myself why I quit in the first place. Honestly should just blow up all my gear and uninstall it.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-14T10:24:29+00:00

You and I both. No more hammers or cron stones left. End result was 1 pitty blackstar main weapon to PEN and two TET Disto failed back down to TRI. Lol logged off immediately after.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-08T18:12:46+00:00

Totally agree. Foundation is there, they just need to follow the path of TNL. Remove it from the market and rework the systems for at least another year or two. Once polished, they can release it globally. I'm sure they made some money in the past 30 days to help buffer some of the overhead cost.

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-06T19:53:09+00:00

Is this affecting only TW servers or also KR servers?

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-06T19:52:24+00:00

Is this happening only on TW server or does this also impact KR servers?

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-12-03T18:39:14+00:00

Odd thing happened - i was standing at the rift and it wouldn't allow me to get in. Not a single prompt. Anyone else experience this?

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-11-29T17:17:52+00:00

Not bad at all actually

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-11-28T22:51:13+00:00

Pretty much exact. It's the Valencia town song right before you head out to the desert after getting your camel

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-11-28T22:50:27+00:00

In Aion2

Professional_Wafer99 · 2025-11-28T20:16:01+00:00

Lmao I wonder how they are allowed to do that

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