Report – Destiny PlayStation-Exclusive Content Will Remain Exclusive Until “At Least Fall 2015″

MP1st - An exclusive multiplayer map, a strike mission, and sets of armor, weapons, and ships were among those items that would come first to Sony's platforms, before making their way to the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Now, thanks to a listing on Amazon, it appears we may have more details on the duration those items will remain exclusive.

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Damn that long!

[Abash]

Sony really is making sure that PS4 is the console to play Destiny on

[loopygames]

PS4 is lead development platform for Destiny. Bungie also helped develop the design of the PS4 and the Dualshock 4 controller.

http://www.psu.com/a023171/...

http://www.techradar.com/ne...

[ramiuk1]

a quote from one of those link loopy

"We have to make some inroads with Sony fans, who haven't really experienced any Bungie games before," he said.

what they didnt realise is the fact that 35% of ps4 oweners went from 360 to ps4

[Gazondaily]

That would be a quite a long period to have exclusive content. I expected it to be a couple of months.

Money hatting like a boss.

[bouzebbal]

exclusive content really isn't and will never be a choosing factor to me. it's more overall performance that is the deciding factor when i have to pick up a game.

[awi5951]

I dont know i think this game will flop after 6 months. If bungie continue with their bullet sponge characters i dont see it lasting.

[truefan1]

All we heard was how moneyhats were bad, but now it's ok. That is perfectly fine with me, because Sony can't win a moneyhatting vs MSFT. Couple months cool, a year is a little long. I will day we'll played though by sony, but in the long run they can't keep that up.

It will funny if this game seems just as much on XB1 with the smaller install base. This isn't a single player game and we know playstation gamers love their single player. Not to mention XBOX gamers are familiar with Bungie.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Money hatted all the way into 2015.

[ltachiUchiha]

EA will understand why Titanfall not being on a playstation platform was the worse decision they ever made. Watch Dogs is proof that Titanfall would have been EA's 1st game to maybe compete with COD. I guarantee Destiny will not only sell alot on all platforms but will also move alot of ps4's. I dont really like Activision but they definitely know how to make money. Business wise they are making smarter decisions then EA.

mkis007

Im actually grabbing that Destiny Bundle for my wifey. Too bad she can have my black ps4 haha.

[Gazondaily]

Haha Angelic. I posted my comment above and didn't even read yours until now.

Ye seems like a big trend now eith devs. Titanfall, Dead Rising 3, this, Far Cry 4, No Man's Sky etc etc. It goes on...

[mkis007]

@Itachi

With that sick white ps4 bundle you better believe it! I am tempted to sell my launch ps4 and buy the white bundle to match my white ps3 and ps2.

I don't usually lay fps's, but the alpha for destiny had some good feelings coming away o i preordered it.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@Septic Yeah MS started it and still money hatting. Sony caught a big one with Destiny.

As much as I don't like it, its something Imma just gonna have to get over. Its a dirty practice but this industry or any industry isn't perfect so its whatev.

I agree it goes on and on and will only get worse but that's how it works these days.

[Volkama]

@Septic Dead Rising 3 and Titanfall aren't really quite the same, as both games were funded by MS rather than just straight moneyhatted. It is quite conceivable that we wouldn't have these games at all otherwise.

The most direct and obvious counterpart to the Destiny and Watch_dogs deals are COD and The Division really. And Battlefield+Fifa, but I'm not sure EA have an equivalent on the Sony side (yet)?.

These are cases where the money just lines some greedy b******'s pocket, and a set of gamers get a lesser experience as a result.

MS started it, Sony must compete with it, Activision positively get off on it, and we all get shafted.

[showtimefolks]

good job sony, give people a reason to buy ps4 to play destiny. Its funny when xbox fans complain about this stuff, COD,Fallout DLC

GTA4 DLC anyone? 50 million

sony learned a lot from MS and now sticking it to MS, also MS paid big to get Titanfall(which was suppse to kill COD LOL, how's that working out?)

welcome to true next generation where almost every game will get a season pass announcement way before the game is released. This is also the place where we here about indies launching on ps4 or xbox one first. As a added bonus we will also get meaningful dlc as console exclusive

if people think right now is bad just wait, its gonna get way more worst. And thanks to MS for starting all this

also i for one find it Hilarious that Bungie chose PlayStation brand over their xbox fans, just like how Insomniac chose xbox one over PlayStation

answer to all this MONEY and a lot of MONEY

[rdgneoz3]

"also i for one find it Hilarious that Bungie chose PlayStation brand over their xbox fans, just like how Insomniac chose xbox one over PlayStation"

In Bungie's case, they're trying to appeal to a fan base that may have never played their games, while still letting their original fan base play their game. Insomniac just chose xbone over ps4.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

"(which was suppse to kill COD LOL, how's that working out?)"

Ok well that's media overb lowing it There's no way one game that's a new IP will kill a 7 year running franchise. Wishful thinking for allot of COD haters.

"answer to all this MONEY and a lot of MONEY

That's what its all about and always will be about.

[ltachiUchiha]

The only difference between Insomniac & Bungie is Destiny will obviously have a bigger fanbase. I feel like Destiny might be what Bungie wanted Halo to be but now they can spread the love to all platforms. I loved Insomniac but their last few games weren't so good. Hope they can get their mojo back with their xb1 exclusive & get back to making top notch games.

mkis007

Thats exactly what I felt when they left MS. See the difference with Sony & MS is most of Sony's 1st party studios enjoy being under Sony because of the FREEDOM they have to create their games & if they need help Sony has alot of backup support with their other 1st party studios to help out. Bungie like most other devs that create games for MS dont really get much help from MS but MS makes up for it with having phat pockets but doesn't give as much FREEDOM as Sony does. Hopefully that changes this gen with Phil Spencer at the helm.

[mkis007]

rdgneoz3

I kind of have a suspiscion that Insomniac thought Xbox one was going to be the console to beat just like EA did.

@Itachi

Doesnt anyone find it odd they had to leave MS to make this game?

[showtimefolks]

AngelicIceDiamond

i don't think it was a media overblowing it as much as xbox fans(i am not calling anyone fanboys) calling it just that. Reason being it's an exclusive

ltachiUchiha

no doubt you don't have to look far, people like david Jaffe praise sony so much for the amount of freedom they get working with sony.

also i for one hope Insomniac can deliver with sunset overdrive. They really need to get their mojo back

mkis007

actually sony wanted the IP and insomniac wanted control of their IP. It came down to just that. Now i read comments like sunset overdrive is only possible with cloud help for xbox one lol

[mkis007]

showtimefolks

Oh I know about that...I am just saying that if they believed Xbox one was going to do better than ps4, it may have made their decision to go xbox exclusive more sure to them. I wonder now if they don't regret trying to self publish.

[shinrock]

Actually Insomniac will continue to make sony exlcusives.but they will also make x1 exclusive.

[LordMaim]

@showtimefolks: That doesn't make any sense. Fuse was multiplatform without Insomniac giving up the rights to the IP.

[showtimefolks]

Lord Maim

i don't know what doesn't make sense? insomniac owns the Fuse ip and now they will also own sunset overdrive, so it means future games from both of these series could go exclusive or whatever insomniac likes

insomniac wanted the IP sunset overdrive but sony wanted to publish it and control it, MS let them have it. Future sunset overdrive games(if 1st is successful)don't have to be exclusive

[Meltic]

im going to pay 12 month ps plus just for this online game

[Magicite]

To a certain degree You can call this game a Playstation exclusive.

Sony and Activision must collaborate and advertise the hell out of this game.

I have a good feeling this will be biggest PS4 system seller to date (white bundle alone is worth a lot).

[marlinfan10]

how can you call it a playstation exclusive? lol nearly every game these days has exclusive content so are we calling all of them exclusives too?

[jessupj]

I like sony as much as the next gamer, but I wish this timed dlc and games would decease for both sides.

It's a waste of money to block content for the competitors consoles.

I'd rather they use that money to create real exclusives.

[Nitrowolf2]

That's a lot longer than I actually expected, especially since it comes with a multiplayer map. I mean I could understand if it was the one strike, and then some armor, ships, and weapons, but a mp map IMO is pretty big

[Mister_V]

That's crazy. Sony's after that exclusivity harrrd - trying to stick it to MS. I figured maybe a month, like Call of Duty DLC. One year? Dayum.

[Death]

That would be Bungie sticking it to the fans that made them what they are. If I decide to pick up Destiny, it will be pre-owned so they don't get a nickel.

[WeaseL]

It could have been worse like keeping the game exclusive to a console cough:Titanfall

[mkis007]

@Death

Kind of like Insomniac making an exclusive Xbox one game after saying they have gone multiplatform?

Who made Insomniac what they are?

[NemesisAU]

@mkis007

Yea but thats different if they made destiny a ps exclusive from the beginning alot of people wouldnt mind but every month there seems to be news about content thats ps exclusive or features like the recent alpha its just not right its like a slap in the face to xbox owners who bought their past halo games how can they do that and expect us to buy the game

[liquidhalos]

Let's just hope this 1 year exclusive deal doesn't catch on. If this becomes normal then we're all going to be playing gimped games. Cos if Sony does it, Ms will too. It's bad for gamers and we shouldn't applaud it.

[kingdom18]

Well remember what Skyrim was like? Its not as bad, but really not fair.

[Santana]

Yeah ... one year is way to long to for that content to stay exclusive.

[PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt]

thats why you Pick the Cheaper and better Console next time

[Mister_V]

Just... no.

[Santana]

Console of choice has nothing to do it, in which I prefer the PS4 btw.

But what Sony is doing is pretty arrogant.

[crusf]

Don't start

[dirkdady]

@santana

Tbh with the exclusives being do limited/far and few between and nothing that's really a system seller, console of choice seems have mean less every day.

[FarEastOrient]

@Santana

Why are you throwing the Sony is arrogant line. Did you call Microsoft arrogant when they did the same thing at the beginning of the X360 era. Some DLC was a month to half a year before they came to PS3 and some games had to wait a whole year before release on the other console.

[Majin-vegeta]

Hey MS started this now Sony is just playing fair.When it comes to shoving you gotta shove back.

[Mister_V]

They deserve the exclusivity, especially after the deals MS struck with Activision and Call of Duty all last gen and even going into this gen.

I'm just not sure a year-long 'shove' back makes them look very good. It wouldn't make anyone look good. But, business is business.

[StealthPandemic]

@Mister_V

What do you mean they deserve it? Timed Exclusively sucks for everyone.

[SideNote]

Sony were the evils during the Dreamcast era, buying up company's so they wouldn't put out games on segas platform. But lest we forget.

[rdgneoz3]

"buying up company's so they wouldn't put out games on segas platform"

So, buying a company to release products only for your system is as bad as buying timed DLC?

p.s. How long was GTA 4 DLC to hit the PS3? And MS paid 50 mill...

[Gazondaily]

MS started it and Sony are playing fair?? AHAHAHA. Unbelievable lol. What short memories you guys have (unless of course you guys are quite young gamers, in which case all is forgiven).

[Mister_V]

@StealthPandemic

I agree. It does suck for everyone. But one point of view - not necessarily mine - is that MS went hard with exclusive content last generation, so it's only fair Sony gets its chance this generation.

Still, it's stupid on all fronts, and it doesn't make Sony look good, even if they deserve it.

[brandonb21]

What about last generation with GTA 4 ps3 users didnt get DLC till a year later cause it was a microsoft exclusive. what goes around comes around

[Kayant]

Well that's a moneyhat.... Man those deals need to stop on either side majority of the they are a wise of money.

[Santana]

I agree, cause the only people it really affects is us gamers in the long run.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Yup, doesn't really benefit anybody. Only hurts the people that have to wait. Either make it fully exclusive or don't bother at all.

[Kayant]

Yep. forget my spelling :p.

Both Sony and MS can do all the co-marketing deals as much as they want but if they're going to have timed deals then bust. Either it's exclusive or it isn't. Not that exclusive dlc and stuff are great but it's better than timed content.

[Volkama]

It benefits Bobby Kotick. And Bobby Kotick has the money to have you killed by somebody who has nothing. So buy your DLC and keep quiet, m'kay?

[KakashiHotake]

Personally I don't agree with exclusive content but Microsoft started this game and forced Sony to play their hand. So nothing wrong with getting a taste of your own medicine.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Still sucks...! They act as if they own us gamers.

[corvusmd]

That's a long time for DLC exclusives... I think I'll still go with the X1 version though. I prefer their controller and network (and this is primarily an online game). To me personally that is more important than this DLC.

If MS was smart, since they don't have the DLC, they'd foot the bill for dedicated servers for Destiny (since bungie won't do it because PS4 is the lead platform for this title). It would be at little to no cost to MS, and that would create quite an upper hand for a primarily online game.

As far as people complaining about DLC...technically it was started by Dreamcast, the PS2, then original Xbox...however more DLC for Xbox was free...I'm not sure why you guys are trying to blame MS for this, is there a specific instance you guys are looking at that I'm not getting?

[paulcek]

I don't like this buying timed-exclusives kind of things. It basically hurts the sales of Destiny for Xbox One (well, it was gonna be lower anyway) but the biggest problem is that soon, Microsoft and Sony will both be throwing money at developers to give them timed exlusivity.

I just think it will be annoying. Either make it exlusive for the PS4 (which is the version to play anyway) or don't make any part of it exlusive at all.

[tinynuggins]

I think people are making this into a bigger issue than it is. Timed or exclusive dlc has never affected my purchasing decisions. Just my 2 cents.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

In other words, until it doesn't matter anymore.

[B1uBurneR]

Reserving 500 million bucks with a 50/50 chance of the game flopping is the first dumb move. Alienating the hardcore FPS fan base on well known FPS console that actually buys their and dl.. is the second dumb move... Helping Sony design the controller is the first smart move.. having the beta is the second smart move cause working out the kinks helps everyone enjoy the game. . They are 2 for 2.. I wonder what's next.

[voodoochild346]

I fail to see how they are alienating anyone. You still get to play the game. 1/3 of ps4 owners switched from the 360. If you don't like this practice , along with having to pay monthly for online multiplayer , blame Microsoft for starting these trends.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

All this timed DLC fighting is getting out of hand. I wish all gamers on all platforms enjoy DLC at the same time. I have to blame MS for starting this. Now Sony have to play dirty and show MS they mean business.

[ramiuk1]

regarding DLC,MS killed last gen with it.
now games have things taken out just to sell later on.
hated it last gen

[AnEwGuY]

I remember way back last gen, when paying for timed exclusivity on content was laughed at and considered desperate. My how the times have changed...

[IVIEDICATED]

Funny how when the shoe is on the other foot all the sudden "It's not fair" yeah well things have come full circle this round and MS and their drones don't deserve the best looking games or DLC. You enjoyed your deals all last gen so put your big boy pants on nut up and take it like you gave it to PS fans.

[Dorwrath]

That sir makes you look just as big of a twat as they are going on about it.

[IVIEDICATED]

I disagree and you know why? Microsoft started this shyt oh yes they started it back on 360 when they paid 50 million for GTA exclusive DLC "The Lost and the damned" and they continued to pay to keep things away from Playstation owners the entire generation. You sir are a perfect example of a hypocrite you enjoyed the benefits exclusive DLC got you on the 360 and now that the xbox sucks and you don't get everything to yourself you're upset about it. Playstation owners may act like they sympathize with you xbox guys but really after all the ways Microsoft has not only started this business practice but completely abused it in their favor why the f**k should we feel bad for you spoiled @$$ wholes? Playstation gamers gotta eat too and you spoiled xbots can't have everything coming their way. #DEALWITHIT

[mhunterjr]

Lmao, I assumed there would be a tremendous backlash to this news, considering how the folks here have been fundamentally against the practice of money hatting.... I guess it just depends on WHO is doing it.

A full year seems like a mighty long time... But we don't know exactly when the DLC will be released on ps4

[Relientk77]

Ok That's a year, longer than I thought.

[Dorwrath]

seriously ppl making a big thing of cloaks and guns that be worthless a few hours into playing the game anyway.

Oh and one mission that considering the size of the game is really not taking away from the game anyway.

[IVIEDICATED]

If it was just "cloaks and guns" Sony wouldn't be paying for meaningless stuff. You watch and see when ALL the DLC comes to the PS4 first for the entirety of the franchise. There's a official tweet out there that confirms Sony entered a LONG TERM partnership with Activision for Destiny. So this is going to go way further than one DLC because simply doing it for one makes no sense. Sony basically just bought their own version of Halo buying up DLC for over a year will absolutely push players to their platform and with exclusives becoming rare this particular kind of partnership will be replicated with other games in the industry.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

If you have a PS4 then certainly good news... if you have an Xbox One I honestly doubt you are going to feel like you are "missing out" given how big and ambitious this game is striving to be.

[Goku781]

Why settle for less, as far as consoles, PS4 is where its at!

[GusBricker]

Timed-DLC doesn't mean anything to me. I'll be getting Destiny for Xbox One, simply because of the controller, I prefer it for FPS.