In the MMO shooter Destiny, there really is a discount day on Friday, but retailers are not participating in it. It only applies to tangible items like sweatshirts, posters, or caps that are available in the Destiny shop.
On Friday, “Black Friday” is the most important day for special promotions and sales in the USA with spectacular discounts, for which some even stand in line overnight. In Germany, there is no comparable day; it’s roughly as if the former winter clearance sale, the summer clearance sale, and a day when discount retailers sell electronics at rock-bottom prices all fell on the same day.
However, Friday in Destiny is also Xursday, the day when Xur comes to Destiny and sells all sorts of exotic armors and weapons. For weeks, speculation has been increasing about whether there will be any special promotion on “Black Friday”: whether he has more items available, especially cheap prices. Some optimistic individuals even speculated that you could buy “any exotic item” in Destiny from Xur, so to speak, on demand.
It will all come to nothing.
Friday will be a normal Xursday in Destiny
There is a Black Friday sale at Bungie, but it only applies to merchandise items from the Bungie shop. There is a 20% discount on those. So: Unless Xur knows what will happen, tomorrow, on Friday, November 28th, will be a perfectly normal Xursday. (As always, we will post around 10 AM what he has on offer. So you can check it from your smartphone or tablet while on the go.)
Otherwise, the weekend might be a bit quieter than hoped or expected. The news came via the “Weekly Update.” Anyone hoping for exciting news over the weekend might be disappointed. The rest of the week will likely be quiet at Bungie; they are looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving and having a day or two off. And Bungie has plenty of reasons to celebrate, as we know. Destiny has been as successful as hoped and enjoys remarkable popularity and interest even 12 weeks after release. Not all games manage that.
A patch is supposed to come next week
Next week, starting Monday, things are supposed to get exciting, for which patch notes are currently being prepared. What exactly will happen is not being disclosed; it probably has to do with rebalance of the exotic weapons. And in the week after next, the DLC “Darkness Awaits” is supposed to be released.
(Source: Weekly Update)
