Destiny Dev Explains Why The Taken King Is Worth $40

HAHAHAH twice the content? is he smoking wacky backy?
this expansion is a cut and paste of what we have already paid for, yes we get the dreadnaught.... but pretty much everywhere else is visiting the same locations we have been too a mere 2 thousand times, they couldn't even be that bothered to add any real new enemy types, by the way yes I am aware the taken can fall under that category, but they are the same enemies but ghostly and split... plus Bungie/Activison you need a lesson in business practice, I bought your original game with promise and hyping that this was the start of the next gen gaming, this was a lie, the game I was sold had no where near the content we were promised, the story was devoid of anything, I finished that game none the wiser to the lore of this universe than when I started. yes I know whats coming, but they have the grimore you can read it all up on..... no no no no no no
I don't want to have to leave the game to learn about it, you should be giving me that access in the game, none the less I digress because what has truly made me livid at your practice is the pure fact, I have chosen not to buy your taken king because I expected it to be no better and I couldn't justify the price, yet I signed onto destiny today just for a quick play and you have locked 60% of the content! "We've got three revised Strikes that are existing [Destiny Year One] Strikes but with the Taken infused in them to change them up for the first time" so basically buy this new expansion or you wont get your original game you paid for.... I spent money on the original game I bought the DLC's I am entitled to the strikes over level 20 how dare you take that away from me and put it behind a paywall as well as that you have done the same to multiplayer again taking away most of the game types!?!?? I have basically a demo now because of your business practice..... Bungie you have tarnished your reputation, its worth less than the mud too so many now very disappointing, activison I expect nothing less from your company now.

Yeesh....

I think it's bullshit that I payed around $80-90 for digital deluxe version and have to pay for taken king while they are selling the taken king with the other dlc for less.

still not worth 40.00

Take my money

The thing Gamespot have missed that so many American interviews, and admit it they are the only ones that get to interview Bungie, is, TTK is begin pushed for £40 in the UK .

So why US games are complain that about paying $40 we are forced to pay the equivalent of $65 for a digital download.

Now I have tried to contact people at both Bungie and Activision on this matter, and guess what no one wants to give me the time of day. Why?

Because:

A) They know they are ripping off UK consumers.
B) They know with a base of around 3 million gamers, people will buy it anyway.


So why should they care? They don't, and they also know there is no legislation in place to make these companies price fairly.

So we have to rely on people like Gamespot, IGN etc to pressure for these answers, but get nothing as they only think about their own shores. I understand why, but they also have fans on my side of the pond that want answers.

Now I think TTK is probably worth $40 which equates to £26 roughly, but not the £40 we are being charges.

I looked at it two ways; first is against the DlC and the second against the base game. If I didn't get the last two dlc's through the whatever bundle I wouldn't have gotten them. I don't think they were worth $20 combined let alone apiece. That being said, they said we think TTK has more than twice the content as the other dlc, which to me is saying I once had 2 pennies now I have 4. Still not a lot of value for the money.

Secondly against the base game, there is no way this has as much content as even half the original game. And that prices it below $30.

Overall I did have a good time playing, but this is too much money for a game that is going to become Destiny 2 next year and have nothing to do with Destiny 1. That is going to be a whole lot more money on one game.

All the dissenters can keep hating. It won't matter. The expansion will still sale well, and millions will still be playing Destiny. With a solid group of friends to play with, I've loved this game since it came out. And I plan to love it for years to come. So keep on hating.

it's not even worth $15

I say why it's worth spending £40 on a full better game like Uncharted 4 or Fallout 4

Because Destiny is nothing more than a fucking cash cow for Bobby K and the dicks Bungie I'll keep the game and play with what I've got Crota, VoG and HoW and thats it they are not getting any more cash out of me, god I would love to slap Luke Smith in the face the ignorant prick.

I think what this article meant to say was just wait 2 years for the ultimate edition

I think part of the reason for the price of this expansion is to pay for the rerecorded dialog of Ghost.

How can you compare the Taken King to the DLC. Sure it makes the $40 look better, but you need to compare it the the base game because their calling it an expansion. So look at what we got for $60 and what their offering for $40, and its not even half, and with the history of tiny dlc, how can they expect people to be confident. Going to wait for the reviews before committing this time.

So glad i won't be buying this as I sold this pile of crap game after 5 hours of absolute boredom / repetitiveness / emptiness / shitness!!

Bungie / Activision should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such an utter crap of a game at release date and now making their customers pay ridiculous prices for DLC that was probably originally meant for the release date of the game but they rushed it out either way!

SHAME SHAME SHAME

So months and 100 dollars later the game gets some solid storyline?

So glad I only redboxed this game.

Cool concepts, shifty and dishonest execution.

You pay 40$ to get a job finding groups? No thanks...

The most offensive part of this whole thing is the base game which really is just a skeleton of a game costs $60. It clearly wasn't finished. Now through expansions which, in all honesty, haven't actually fleshed out the main story but just kind of adds to the "stuff happening" aspect of it, the game has more than doubled in price. I haven't had fun in Destiny since the first couple of months it was released. Instead of enhancing the story and giving me an actual motivation to do what I'm doing it just feels like lather rinse repeat and unless the main story gets addressed, no expansion is really going to bring me back.

Only thing that is making people pissed (in my Circuits atleast) is not that it is pricy(even if it kinda is abit over the top for a expansion.) but that a expansion was released just Before summer and now Another one comes out right after summer and double the price. It is too much frikkin Money in such a frikkin short amount of time. Like we all are made of Money, we are not. And the fact that september has alot of BIG game titles coming out, where is the appeal to buy a expansion of a game when there recently already were a new release of content? I love Destiny but im not buying this expansion, in september my focus will be MGS and Mad Max.

And it is cool that Nathan is voicing in the game I like some of his work, he wouldve easily fit as drake in a uncharted Movie, atleast when he was younger. But I bet if they made a Movie it would probably be with some overpriced actor that doesnt even look similiar to the character xD.

And Still CDPR release 2 expansions with 30h og gameplay for 25..come again Bungie you are milking your fans.

Here's why it is worth $40. "We are all a bunch of money hungry crooks". Bungie will never get another dime from me. They're right up there with Ubisoft now in my books.

If you have to explain why...... It's not worth it! You should put it all out on the table and people should feel that it is worth it.... Just sayin

Sorry Bungie, but your promises mean nothing to me after the hollow shell of a game you released almost a year ago. Less than nothing after the overpriced, anemic DLC you have released since.

When you have to defend your game literally every time you release new content for it, there's a problem.

that is not the problem for most users, the issue is the Legendary Edition which includes the base content, the first two expansions and the taken king are being sold for the same price,

so all the users who purchased the dlcs are being screwed over, me i don't care since i opted out on giving Bungie anymore money after my initial purchase, but since i found a £35 deal on simplygames.com for the legendary edition, i'm a happy man hehe

Just to add to my previous comment. It annoys me we have to pay $60 in the UK but we pay $80 to $90 for a new game. I think it's worth the money if you are a fan, I personally will be buying it and I'm looking forward to seeing where we are taken as the game evolves. If you don't want to buy it, then don't :) at least there are no micro transaction like COD, Battlefield, FIFA UT, Madden UT, Forza, Batman the list goes on....ESO etc,etc, I for one have spent more on other games overall!!