Destiny 2
InDestiny 2news , it ’s now add up to light that Sony reportedly forbid Bungie ’s idea that the community should be able-bodied to transfer their characters between platforms should they choose to . TheDestiny 2platform transfer would have been a cool feature for its thespian pedestal , but after thefiasco with the WavesplitterPS4 - undivided , this comes as no surprisal from Sony .
player were accept a field day last calendar week when the Wavesplitter weapon system , originally only meant for PS4 customers , was made available to those on other consoles . There ’s historically always been adelay in the contentrelease cycle across the various platforms thatDestiny 2is available on : PS4 players get the latest textile first , with things like function , artillery , and tap rolled out for other consoles as far away as a year later .
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PCGamerhas reported on some digging done by Jason Schreier which say that Bungie had long wanted to allowDestiny 2platform transfers for player , but that Sony had enounce no because it wanted people to associate the title with the console . OnKotakuSplitscreen , Schreier alludes to this clawing need for platform exclusivity that Sony seems to chronically exhibit . accept into chronicle the current console - exclusive heavyDestiny 2DLC line - up and the way that thing have been historically for the dealership , the allegations seem more likely than not .
Sony as a troupe has had a long account of being hostile to any grumpy - play initiatives purpose by developer , even on major AAA titles likeFallout 76 . So far , the only title that has been pay a hall pass forcross - play(and likely only because Nintendo was so eager to put its best infantry forward ) isFortnite , and that appear to have been because of inescapable marketplace pressure more than anything else . The fact that Sony need to cling desperately to what it has to comprehend as a first - drawstring horse cavalry in its unchanging is a little bemusing ; sure , Destiny 2is a game with decent popularity , but the way that these console table exclusives have been handled late are likely doing more to hinder than help .
It ’s highly unlikely that Sony is give out to get with the time on this ill-tempered - play emergence . TheDestiny 2platform carry-over were probably pick up by the caller as a threat when it comes to consumer potentially move to other consoles , and considering the company ’s account with ensuring that other big budget titles are draw to the PlayStation , it ’s an expected if slow-witted view to have . That being said , with Nintendo making more bid at affair like cross - play and VR and come to it out of the park , soon the commercial pressure to reconcile players who want console table tractableness might just be too much for Sony to ignore .
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author : PCGamer
