Destiny 2

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>>377353809
fuck steam and it's ancient layout/tech 2bh

i'm actually happy about this

>actiblizz game uses actiblizz platform

was seriously expecting anything else to happen?

>>377353809
Activision owns Blizzard. They have been trying to push the Blizzard store/active loader for years, but due to it being WoW exclusive for so long, any attempt was shutdown by angry customers.

Regardless, it's still disgusting. People can supposedly see me when I'm playing the PS4 version of Diablo, but they can't join.

>>377354024
is that the BLACKED whore?

Good. Gabe needs to get spooked into actually making video games again.

>>377354072
Don't call her that.

>>377354024
Monopolies can suck a dick, but installing a million launchers for 1-2 games is also fucking annoying. Imagine it: Steam, GOG Galaxy, Origin, Uplay, Battlenet, the Epic thing for UT, the Bethesda thing and it will only get worse

>>377353809
The more companies distance themselves from steam the better.

>>377354024
steam could have been killed ages ago during the green steam dark ages but ea, ubisoft, and microsoft actually managed to make their clients even bigger shitshows. uplay and origin have only just recently turned into dangerously decent clients but the proverbial well is long since poisoned and everyone is ensconced into steam's ecosystem. people love to cry monopoly and then turn around and get mad because they want all their games in place, you've made your bed now lie in it.

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>>377354342
Why that?

>>377353902
>ancient layout/tech

Shut the fuck up, underage.

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>destiny

>>377354361
We could go back to games not needing a fucking launcher, unless it's something like a MMORPG.

>>377353809
Blizzard and activision are business partners.

This is good. I'm surprised nobody saw an issue with physical PC games only having a Steam installer.
DOWN WITH THE MONOPOLY

>>377355782
>wanting many shitty launchers

Yeah fuck off.

Hopefully next Cod would also be on BNet

>>377354002
I was a little surprised to see blizzard allowing trash onto their brand.

>>377355843

Admittedly, the battle.net launcher is very light and with Blizzard being pretty good about pushing large patches in the background before they go live you really don't even need to have battle.net start at system launch.

>>377353809
So CoD WW2 and Crash will be sold exclusively through BNet too right?

>>377355782
Steam has plenty of competition.

>>377355782
>monopoly

you dont even know that world means. if there was a monopoly you could literally only buy games from steam and they would be the sole supplier. the "monopoly" is their social systems and exploiting everyone's compulsive need to have all their games in one place despite their being other platforms. you guys have memed uplay and origin for so many years you have actually created the "monopoly" yourselves because you refuse to try anything else because again you get mad when "i can't have it on steam." you did it to yourself.

>>377353902
steam looks good enough for me

>>377353809

Steam on suicide watch

>>377356073
Probably, if only because CoD games get fucking shat on in steam reviews.

>>377355967
>allowing
>implying big daddy activision didn't order it to be this way
>implying blizzard had any say in the matter

>app

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>install another bloatware for this one specific game
Get fucked.

>>377353809
>The PC version will be distributed exclusively in the Blizzard App
Then I guess it will burst out the gate hard when all the blizzdrones try it before they go back to their regular number treadmills and its numbers drop off hard
I give it less than 2 months

>>377356073
you can safely bet destiny 2 will be a platform test for adoption rate for anything other than blizzard games. if the game takes off you can expect future cods to be off steam as well as activation taking all their legacy games off over the next few years and a substantial client overhaul into a full blown steam clone.

>>377353809
Good. They have a better multiplayer platform than Steam

>>377356186
>good enough

yeah, maybe if you like dark nigger edgelord design, i prefer the royal blue of Battle.net

>>377356495
w-what is that?

>>377355967
Why? They put Hearthstone, HotS, and Overwatch on their brand already

>>377356864
whale dick

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>>377356864
Nothing, keep installing those launchers goy.

>>377356864
A big nose

>>377356864
a big nose that drips snot made out of margarine.

>>377356495
Bloatware
>software whose usefulness is reduced because of the excessive disk space and memory it requires.
>unwanted software included on a new computer or mobile device by the manufacturer.
Considering Battle.net takes up around 1/3 of a gigabyte I don't think it qualifies as bloatware.

>>377356851
>not avoiding blue light at all costs.

>>377357136
MODS

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>>377356851
>yeah, maybe if you like dark nigger edgelord design, i prefer the royal blue of Battle.net
Tasteless ponyfucker

>>377357405
I don't want your shit touching my system, Blizzfuck. You can fuck right off just like anything with Denuvo.

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Seriously Fuck Steam and their Gaben Tax,

Steam is now notorious gambling and for having a shit ton with Early Scams and Asset flips. It also has the most toxic PC community ever. Like they can't seem to understand that devs can't afford to optimize for every toaster permutations out there. Most of time it's their fault but they are too entitled to realize that!

>>377355967
After that abortion they call Diablo 3 and HotS? They're really just shitting on shit at this point.

>>377357846
y mad tho?

man, so what

I don't give a rat's ass about Destiny
and Blizzard app isn't that bad. if you really wanted to play this game you wouldn't complain about this at all.

>>377353809
>ActivisionBlizzard
>Polygon
fuggin rip

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>>377353809

>>377353809

Because Bungie hates Valve, Epic, and Gearbox.

http://archive.is/0eKZQ

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>>377358417
>bought a PS4 6 months ago for Bloodborne
>came with Uncharted 4
>FUCKING GAMESTOP also threw in the Destiny Collection for free thanks to a promo they were having

>>377358596
The enemy of my enemy is my friend

>>377353902
You will never be as American as pic-related

>>377358596
Bungie also made 1 good game total. And I am not talking about any of the Halo crap.

>>377358417
I don't understand this image here.

Late adopters for games always get a better price.

>>377359080
>implying myth oni and marathon series were not great

Scram, child.

>mfw halo was just a modern marathon

Marathon Durandal still has the best intro music out of any shooter to this day

>>377356152

Are some games only available on Steam? Then Valve has a monopoly on those games on PC.

Hell, for so many games, even if you don't buy them from Steam you're cohered into using the platform to be able to play.

Which is just as true for other client infrastructure, and why there is actually no competition going on between them.

>>377355550
>We could go back to games not needing a fucking launcher

Come on now, don't talk madness. Why would you want customers to won their games and have perfect control over what they do with them.

>>377353902
>ancient layout
>browses 4chan

>>377356864
A Jewish nose

>>377353809
Citation?

Don't really see a problem with it 2bh. I have plenty of space on my hard drive to install multiple game launchers.

It's slightly annoying to switch between the different ones, but with the adoption of discord it's pretty easy to have a unified friends list.

I think the only people that care about this sort of thing are turbo autists who need to have everything just so, and anime pro fagtrons that want people to notice their gay little profile page.

I like steam the most, I will always prefer it, but I don't really care about this sort of thing anymore.

>>377360489

Also us old-school people that having to use any client at all.

>>377353809
shit game who cares

>>377360489
>Don't really see a problem with it 2bh. I have plenty of space on my hard drive to install multiple game launchers.

Not everyone is a blizz-drone.
I have battle.net account but I despise nu-blizzard and their garbage games since sc2.

>>377360489
>discord

Good. Maybe now Valve will have to improve Steam. Competition is always good.

>>377360824

There is no competition going on. None.

You're forced to use any and every client to access the games that come tied to them.

Why are people heralding this as some kind of Steam wake up call when all that's happened is Blizzard added a single shit game to their roster that their business partners already own?

There are already alternatives out there that have a far bigger library. Blizzard adding ONE game isn't going to suddenly change anything.

Wait till you realize that the Destiny launch on Battlenet is just the testing grounds for Call of Duty.

>>377353809
Compitition for steam is a good thing unless you believe in communism

>>377353809
>guaranteed replies

>>377359148
The Taken King came out one year after the base game. If we assume it to be worth $20, that means the base game plus its first two DLCs with a total value of $100 were reduced to 1/5 their value with The Taken King's release.
Most games don't go on a permenant 80% sale one year after they release.

>>377354361

Monopolies can suck a dick, indeed, but... there's no "but". Needing a thousand launchers isn't a symptom of competition; it's a symptom of exclusivity, which can also suck a dick.

>>377361587
>communism is bad

nice try, jew

>>377353809
Blizzard acti is the same company, loser

>>377358417
Nice, now you missed all the fun and rush through the game so you can join the last few players on the final content.

>>377356495
>when you catch a whiff of mom's gefilte fish on the way home from school

>>377355843
Every game has it's own launcher, dude

>>377353809
The idea that Blizzard are going to start becoming a competitive online retailer because they are releasing a single game they already technically own through the Activision partnership is ludicrous.

Steam isn't the only digital retailer out there, Blizzard have no hope of competing in that environment considering other digital retailers are releasing new titles on a near daily basis. I guess the irony here is complaining about a Steam monopoly when it's clear from this that a Blizzard alternative would only sell Blizzard/Blizzactivision titles.

>>377361651
>Most games don't go on a permenant 80% sale one year after they release.

Destiny stand alone would be about 30 bucks or so a year after, yeah.

This happens to most games.

With a bundle plus new dlc, it makes sense to sell it for 40

>>377362227
Could you imagine the shitstorm if CoD ditched Steam for the Blizzard app?

>>377362647
Unless they are seriously banking on the Blizzard app I doubt that'll happen. All I see forming from this is a Blizzard version of uPlay that exclusively sells Blizzard/Activision only titles. It won't be an alternative nor competitor to Steam, which obviously sells titles outside Valve.

>>377359695

>what is 4chanx + stylechan

>Have PS4
>all games are on that system without needing launchers, apps, or whatever
kek, PC.

>>377358417
This makes it seem like the collection is Xbox only and all those other products are ps4 only. Fix it.

>>377362472
I wasn't aware that 20% of $60 was $30.

The last DLC prior to The Taken King was sold for $20 a mere four months before being added to that bundle with a supposed 80% discount. That's actually being incredibly generous, by the way, considering that it was much larger than the previous two DLCs that retailed for $20. It has much more in common with the expansion that came after it, Rise of Iron, which cost $30 at launch, leaving the base game + two DLCs at an astonishing 90% discount one year after the base game's launch. Looking at the DLCs' release dates is even worse.
No part of this is normal. Games do not drop in price this quickly, especially when they are still actively being supported.

>>377354002
So why isn't call of duty on battle.net right now?

>>377357765

>favorites
>life is strange

remove urself from this board m88

>>377357682
Not him, but pastel horses are no longer boogeyman they used to be

>>377353809
>Actiblizz won't have to give 30% to GabeN
Makes perfect sense.

>>377363054
And if PS4 did decide to add a launcher you would have no choice but to use it.

If Blizzard decides they want to create their own Origin I can choose not to use it.

Bethesda pulls PS4 modding and you have to deal with it.

Bethesda pulls their platform for PC modding and modding continues.

I'll take a free platform like that over console company monopoly any day.

>>377363250
>generous

I don't know what your point is in whatever retarded as fuck argument you're having with some stranger over the internet but I'm almost certain that you're confusing "generous" with "not being as jewish".

>>377363458
I think you might need to read my post again, a little more slowly this time.

>>377363250
Wut.

Rise of iron cost was 30 bucks just like the the taken King.

The bundles came well into the expansions release, after they were out in the wild.

>>377353809
Good, maybe that fat fuck will actually have to make games rather than seller other people's games.

>>377363886
Furthermore game then dlc then bundle with game+dlc discounted has been the standard for almost a decade now.

>>377355945
well they couldnt sell that shit on the windows store so..........

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>destiny
>non-blizzard

Hi, i also work for coca cola.

>>377364015

It is getting annoying that he's still on dota and cs go when everyone else actually makes new games. It's why I picked up forza and gears 4

Dunno why people think stuff going to blizz net or whatever will change things. Garbage like cod isn't popular because it's putrid shit.

>>377353809
and nothing of value was lost

>>377357136
> Only one favorite
> It's a fucking sonic game

Like poetry

>>377363769
Disregard me, I'm a fucking retard.

>>377364323
It's okay anon, looking at this, >>377363886 there is clearly something unintelligible about my post.
I have yet to identify it though.

>>377353809
Make Half-Life 3 you fuckin' ape.

>>377364559
You think the taken King bundle and the rise of iron bundle (the complete edition) launched with the dlcs launch. It did not.

>>377364274
I can't speak for dota because I don't play that. But Valve's support for CSGO is very poor. All they've managed to do is graphics upgrades for 1 map every 6 months. Everything ever they've to the game for the last while is community created skins that they put in creates. It's lazy as fuck for what is supposed to be a big game.

>>377357865

But its their own shit not shit somebody else made.

>>377355967
Nah they've had that base covered by literally every single thing they have made since the year 2004

>>377353902
>the lesser cancer is less cancerous than the cancerous cancer
oh wow.

>>377364316
SASRT is the best game in the kart racing genre you vile swine

>>377356367
>Checked reviews for COD4 remaster
>Filled with negative reviews shitting on it for awful DLC and having DLC in a remaster in the first place
Color me surprised steam reviews are usually full retard.

>>377353809
Who cares

>>377353809

Actually happy about this as well. Hackers will be kept to a minimum this way. VAC is shit.

>>377365107
I'm hoping they use blizz's anti-cheat or something similar, having hardware bans like Overwatch does it great.

Announcing that it's a battlenet exclusive killed this game on pc. It'll be dead in the water by 3 months, tops.

>>377363886
>>377364671
I've looked into it, and it appears we are both incorrect.
https://www.vg247.com/2015/09/01/destiny-taken-king-which-edition-should-i-buy/
The Taken King expansion launched with a retail price of $40, not $30, the all inclusive edition was $60.
Given that that leaves $20 as the value of the base game and two DLCs, my original 20% was the correct figure.
My stance remains unchanged, this is abnormal and not to be encouraged.

>>377365609
lol

>>377365653
Bundles come with a discount. This is true with all forms of media from movies to books.

I again, fail to see the issue here.

>>377353902
the blizzard app is fucking shit too though

>>377366284
A discount of that magnitude?
That soon after release?
With absolutely no warning?
If you honestly can't see the problem people would have with this, you're being intentionally dense. Either way, I'm about done with this.

>>377357765
Is that some kinda pixelvision skin?

>>377366684
>A discount of that magnitude?

Yep. Look at wow or any other DLC heavy games like skyrim.

The real fact of the matter is that the taken king sold an absolute metric fuckton.

You sir, are confused about a standard that has been around for a long, long time.

>>377365408

I'm pretty sure that's the idea. They're trying to create a community for Destiny 2 and will use the Blizzard community to do so. If it has the quality support from Blizzard to minimize hackers, cheaters and what not, it'll be a huge hit - assuming the game is actually good too. It'll have a more personal touch instead of just throwing it on Steam and let VAC do what it does.

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>>377357136
Barneyfags all need to fucking die

>>377353809
>Activision owns blizzard
>puts their game on blizzard's battle.net platform
What a shocker.

Can't wait for cross promotions like
>play 20 games in HotS to unlock rainbow surfboard mount in destiny 2

>>377367102
Only source engien games, MW2 and 3 use VAC on Steam.

>>377362472
He forgot to mention the part where Destiny will all dlcs is worth $30 at best. It's a mediocre game and Bungie lied saying they'd never do microtransactions.

>>377353809
good valve needs some competition

>>377357765
oh man that list


get some taste anon, thx

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>>377363285
>teenage qts doing cute things
>not the sole reason 4chan existed in the first place

>>377353902
>still no Appear Offline option in Blizzard App

I'm mildly annoyed. Sometimes I just wanna play vidya by myself and not be bugged.

>>377369772
rly makes you think

>>377369802
>>377369802
"Queue friendlesss faggots telling you to man up "

>>377369802
Man up.

>>377371547
>>377371712

>tell person inviting me to play game that I don't want to play with them
>All of a sudden I'm an asshole and never get invited to play with them again

>>377363258
Doesn't CoD using steamworks for their netcode to save on money instead of licensing/creating their own netcode system?

Is this a good or bad thing, I wonder? Yeah, it's nice to have everything on Steam with one account, but I don't know. I'm not even bothered by Origin, Battlenet, or Uplay any more, for the most part. I wonder if we might end up better off with more competing platforms, maybe Steam sales will do a 180 and become less shit again. I've used Steam for 12 years, still like it, and have my mobile phone registered on it. However, maybe they need a little competition when they start having the gall to ask for phone numbers just to play a game. Then again, all that's going to happen is the other companies doing it too, like how online fees worked against the consumer through competition.

>>377372042
Tell them to stop acting like a fag and man up too.

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>>377369772
>not the sole reason 4chan existed in the first place
Newfaggot detected.

>>377357136
fucking fags

>>377367838
Value is objective.

A shit load of people got into destiny, then again for the taken king. It still holds the biggest launch for a new ip for the base game and the biggest digital sale on the PSN network for TTK

>>377372193
steamworks isnt a game netcode api...has nothing to do with that

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>>377353902
typical Battle.net user in the pic

I'm just going to hope this is just a ruse. I actually have a vague interest in Destiny 2 since we got shafted on the first game, but fuck being forced to use BNet for anything non-Blizzard. It's already fucking retarded we have to deal with BNet, Origin, and Uplay, in addition to the fuckton of other game launchers (GOG Galaxy for example).

>>377374172
but GOG Galaxy is not required. you're not forced to use it.

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>>377356864

>(((modern art)))

>>377357846
Then don't buy it, fag.

So if Destiny 2 is on battle.net does that mean you can buy it with WoW gold?

wtf Blizz. Get your classic games on the launcher before some shit no one cares about.

>>377353809
>no source

>>377375081
Yes

>>377353809
Partnering with activison was really the beginning of the end of blizzard.

>>377379267
Asinine statement. Player base has rose along with revenue.

>>377357863
This

Blizzard has a far better community than Steam.

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>>377380621
not really if we're talking HoS and Overwatch, blizzard has a WORSE community than steam.