After Bungie announced the separation from Activision, the Destiny fans celebrate this day of freedom. But does the separation really bring only advantages for Destiny 2?
This is what happened: Bungie made the biggest headlines in the gaming industry so far in the young year 2019.
As the studio announced, it will separate from publisher Activision. The rights to the Destiny franchise completely go to Bungie. The studio has the future of the Destiny series in its own hands.
Following this, there were cheers from the fans, while Activision’s stock fell by more than 7%.
But is there really only reason to celebrate? We summarize the mood in the community for you and want to know your opinion about the “divorce”.
Bungie Separation from Activision – What the fans think
This is the mood: Since the separation was announced, social media, forums, and discussion platforms like reddit are full of cheers and praises. The majority of fans celebrate this development. Rarely has the gaming community been seen in such positive excitement.
However, there are indeed voices that view this “divorce” with caution or even with concern, although they are noticeably in the minority.
What the fans are happy about: Activision is seen by some as the root of all evil in the Destiny franchise. Many questionable design decisions and low points of the Destiny series are attributed to the interference and pressure from the publisher:
- for example, the once-hated in-game shop Eververse
- or the focus of the franchise on casual players
Accordingly, the cheers are currently quite large. On reddit, fans celebrate as if they have won a revolution against a tyrant.
Thus, the post with the official announcement of the separation reaches 27,500 likes in just about 14 hours. In another thread, the day is already being celebrated as Destiny Freedom Day – with well over 5,000 likes.
In general, there is now a sense of awakening. Congratulations, expressions of joy, and jokes are currently sprouting.
Fans are glad that Bungie is now independent of external influences and can determine the future of the Destiny franchise themselves. Destiny is finally saved.
Many are optimistic that the studio can now implement its own vision of the game and make Destiny a better game. The studio and the franchise are in a good position to stand on their own. Without a large company behind them, this should now be significantly easier, as the fans hope.
This is what worries the fans: At the same time, there are also warning voices that almost drown in the cheers. Whether anything will actually change effectively remains to be seen, according to the skeptics.
Some fans note that we don’t really know how much influence Activision actually had on the development of Destiny. Many errors are also attributed to Bungie itself and internal conflicts, and Activision is not to blame for all the failures of the series.
According to some critical fans, we will only have certainty in the fall of 2019 or even later, once Bungie actually has to deliver for the first time without Activision and beyond the already known and planned content.
That everything will be better after the separation and that Destiny will suddenly completely eliminate microtransactions or that the content will flow faster and become of higher quality is simply unrealistic.
On the contrary. Bungie would lose important resources after the separation from Activision. Because in the development and content supply of Destiny, not only Bungie itself was likely involved, but also two studios from Activision – the Highmoon Studios and Vicarious Visions.
Even with their help, Bungie hardly managed to convince the fans with content. And since these resources are now breaking away, it will not necessarily be easier.
Also, the separation from Activision does not mean that Bungie remains completely independent without a publisher. While the studio has all rights for Destiny in its own hands, a cooperation with another publisher or company, as already with NetEase, is absolutely conceivable.
However, it cannot be definitively said whether it would go better in this case than with Activision.
Survey – What do you think of the separation?
In this context, we would also like to know how you view the separation of Bungie and Activision. Was it the liberation blow for the Destiny franchise? Or will Destiny possibly have an even harder time now?
For this, we have prepared a survey. Please note that you only have one answer option. Thank you for your time and participation.
Feel free to let us know in detail in the comments what you think about this separation.
However, it cannot be definitively said whether it would go better in this case than with Activision.
Survey – What do you think of the separation?
In this context, we would also like to know how you view the separation of Bungie and Activision. Was it the liberation blow for the Destiny franchise? Or will Destiny possibly have an even harder time now?
For this, we have prepared a survey. Please note that you only have one answer option. Thank you for your time and participation.
Feel free to let us know in detail in the comments what you think about this separation.
