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Thats basically it. Whether they did it because they knew Activision/Blizzard was being bought is kind of irrelevant right now.
 
More backing in terms of financial and reputational support will always mean good things.
 
All you can do is base it on experience for now because stuff won't change overnight. Like La @RenFengge said, Sony DO have a good track record of letting studios do their own thing and release incredible video games.

I mean, you didn't have convince me to get a physical copy....😎 But, you're totally right. More people should look into the physical versions as they can miss some cool packages on release.

Get ready to enjoy hitting your head against a brickwall! 😄 Bloodborne was created in the same way and that was rough at times for me, especially as I missed the Dark Souls games too. I think if you can stick at it and find a pattern to play it then you'll get some fun out of it for sure. My only concern is that I used to get lost on a reasonably linear Bloodborne, so an open world Elden Ring might be all over the place to start with 😅

I recommend that people don't buy the digital edition and opt for a physical one instead - for £50, you get a nice package which is rare these days. Usually you'll get a disc and that's it. 

This package is available at Amazon, Argos, Game, Curry's etc...

Thank you guys so much! 🙂 We're going through the responses here and we're overwhelmed by the warm welcome!
 
This is the bit was telling my cousin Elle that people on the forums are a different breed and for very good reasons. I'm not hating on social media but people there can be too abrasive. In any case, I am beyond words with gratitude; thank you again for welcoming us. 😄
 
As for the games we play, I'm currently playing Tales of Arise, was just finished with Scarlet Nexus and Halo Infinite. I played a lot on the PS4 before, but nowadays, I mostly play what's available on Game Pass hehe but other than that I also love collecting retro stuff, like Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges. Ellen loves Animal Crossing but took a break. She recently finished Shin Megami Tensei V — not really her forte since it's slightly difficult than other JRPGs, but she wanted to find out what the fuss is with the SMT games are all about haha. She's also a big Lumines nerd lol she didn't know about the PSP release before but was smitten to find the one on Switch.
 
Thanks again guys and I hope you're all having a great week so far! Stay safe always!

Saw Munich: The Edge of War last night. Incredible film, really enjoyed every minute of it. Gave a lot of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy vibe as I was watching. The actors were amazing and Jeremy Irons continues to be a force to be reckoned with. That voice is incredible.

Thank you guys so much! 🙂 We're going through the responses here and we're overwhelmed by the warm welcome!
 
This is the bit was telling my cousin Elle that people on the forums are a different breed and for very good reasons. I'm not hating on social media but people there can be too abrasive. In any case, I am beyond words with gratitude; thank you again for welcoming us. 😄
 
As for the games we play, I'm currently playing Tales of Arise, was just finished with Scarlet Nexus and Halo Infinite. I played a lot on the PS4 before, but nowadays, I mostly play what's available on Game Pass hehe but other than that I also love collecting retro stuff, like Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges. Ellen loves Animal Crossing but took a break. She recently finished Shin Megami Tensei V — not really her forte since it's slightly difficult than other JRPGs, but she wanted to find out what the fuss is with the SMT games are all about haha. She's also a big Lumines nerd lol she didn't know about the PSP release before but was smitten to find the one on Switch.
 
Thanks again guys and I hope you're all having a great week so far! Stay safe always!

Saw Munich: The Edge of War last night. Incredible film, really enjoyed every minute of it. Gave a lot of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy vibe as I was watching. The actors were amazing and Jeremy Irons continues to be a force to be reckoned with. That voice is incredible.

I pre-ordered my copy a few months ago and forgot it's almost release day for this haha. Never played any of the Souls games, this is going to be my first git gud game (there were others but I think this is the real deal).
 
Sooo excited!!!

Interesting insights, everyone.
 
I'm briefly stealing my friend's thoughts on the matter posted on our chat group, but I kinda agree with this: The move feels retaliatory on the part of Sony, like they weren't really planning on this and if the Activision-Blizzard acquisition didn't happen, this would probably never happen too.
 
It feels like Bungie wasn't really set on being acquired and would still like to produce games everywhere, but when Sony pushed for their acquisition and saw Bungie's stance like this, they probably just completed the deal to primarily appease their fan base and kind of disregarded not being able to get something substantial out of the deal. Perhaps they thought they would make money out of the Xbox releases by Bungie, anyway, so it's not a total loss.
 
But being an Xbox gamer, believe it or not, I'm happy for Sony even if this pales in comparison. More competition means better things for all of us.

Interesting insights, everyone.
 
I'm briefly stealing my friend's thoughts on the matter posted on our chat group, but I kinda agree with this: The move feels retaliatory on the part of Sony, like they weren't really planning on this and if the Activision-Blizzard acquisition didn't happen, this would probably never happen too.
 
It feels like Bungie wasn't really set on being acquired and would still like to produce games everywhere, but when Sony pushed for their acquisition and saw Bungie's stance like this, they probably just completed the deal to primarily appease their fan base and kind of disregarded not being able to get something substantial out of the deal. Perhaps they thought they would make money out of the Xbox releases by Bungie, anyway, so it's not a total loss.
 
But being an Xbox gamer, believe it or not, I'm happy for Sony even if this pales in comparison. More competition means better things for all of us.

Thank you guys so much! 🙂 We're going through the responses here and we're overwhelmed by the warm welcome!
 
This is the bit was telling my cousin Elle that people on the forums are a different breed and for very good reasons. I'm not hating on social media but people there can be too abrasive. In any case, I am beyond words with gratitude; thank you again for welcoming us. 😄
 
As for the games we play, I'm currently playing Tales of Arise, was just finished with Scarlet Nexus and Halo Infinite. I played a lot on the PS4 before, but nowadays, I mostly play what's available on Game Pass hehe but other than that I also love collecting retro stuff, like Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges. Ellen loves Animal Crossing but took a break. She recently finished Shin Megami Tensei V — not really her forte since it's slightly difficult than other JRPGs, but she wanted to find out what the fuss is with the SMT games are all about haha. She's also a big Lumines nerd lol she didn't know about the PSP release before but was smitten to find the one on Switch.
 
Thanks again guys and I hope you're all having a great week so far! Stay safe always!

Thank you guys so much! 🙂 We're going through the responses here and we're overwhelmed by the warm welcome!
 
This is the bit was telling my cousin Elle that people on the forums are a different breed and for very good reasons. I'm not hating on social media but people there can be too abrasive. In any case, I am beyond words with gratitude; thank you again for welcoming us. 😄
 
As for the games we play, I'm currently playing Tales of Arise, was just finished with Scarlet Nexus and Halo Infinite. I played a lot on the PS4 before, but nowadays, I mostly play what's available on Game Pass hehe but other than that I also love collecting retro stuff, like Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges. Ellen loves Animal Crossing but took a break. She recently finished Shin Megami Tensei V — not really her forte since it's slightly difficult than other JRPGs, but she wanted to find out what the fuss is with the SMT games are all about haha. She's also a big Lumines nerd lol she didn't know about the PSP release before but was smitten to find the one on Switch.
 
Thanks again guys and I hope you're all having a great week so far! Stay safe always!

Thank you guys so much! 🙂 We're going through the responses here and we're overwhelmed by the warm welcome!
 
This is the bit was telling my cousin Elle that people on the forums are a different breed and for very good reasons. I'm not hating on social media but people there can be too abrasive. In any case, I am beyond words with gratitude; thank you again for welcoming us. 😄
 
As for the games we play, I'm currently playing Tales of Arise, was just finished with Scarlet Nexus and Halo Infinite. I played a lot on the PS4 before, but nowadays, I mostly play what's available on Game Pass hehe but other than that I also love collecting retro stuff, like Super Famicom and Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges. Ellen loves Animal Crossing but took a break. She recently finished Shin Megami Tensei V — not really her forte since it's slightly difficult than other JRPGs, but she wanted to find out what the fuss is with the SMT games are all about haha. She's also a big Lumines nerd lol she didn't know about the PSP release before but was smitten to find the one on Switch.
 
Thanks again guys and I hope you're all having a great week so far! Stay safe always!

Interesting insights, everyone.
 
I'm briefly stealing my friend's thoughts on the matter posted on our chat group, but I kinda agree with this: The move feels retaliatory on the part of Sony, like they weren't really planning on this and if the Activision-Blizzard acquisition didn't happen, this would probably never happen too.
 
It feels like Bungie wasn't really set on being acquired and would still like to produce games everywhere, but when Sony pushed for their acquisition and saw Bungie's stance like this, they probably just completed the deal to primarily appease their fan base and kind of disregarded not being able to get something substantial out of the deal. Perhaps they thought they would make money out of the Xbox releases by Bungie, anyway, so it's not a total loss.
 
But being an Xbox gamer, believe it or not, I'm happy for Sony even if this pales in comparison. More competition means better things for all of us.

Looks incredible and the fact its a huge open world is even more impressive. This has Game of the Year written all over it.

Hi everyone! I was encouraged by the kind Mr. GazzaGarratt to make my own introduction thread so here I am. XD
 
I'm sorry I didn't do this sooner. I am actually embarrassed to these usually (lol even on the internet hehe) but upon the encouragement and also because I feel like this is a great place, I thought I'd do this.
 
I also want to share something and I hope this is alright. There are actually two people on this account. We'll be using nicknames but don't worry, this isn't too far from our real names.
 
I am Ryan and I share the account with my younger cousin Ellen, or Ellie. Or eL. Ellen comes from the Facebook generation and we're 15 years apart. I'm trying to teach her the ropes about forum communities which is incredibly alien to her lol. Anyway, she had a run in with some bad folk on some Facebook group who asked her too many personal questions, I wouldn't detail it here. I thought she might need a breath of fresh air and since she's a gamer, she'd also fit in right here. Sorry about this weird bit and I hope we're not breaking any rules but yeah, that's about it.
 
And oh, she plays on Switch. I play on Xbox Series X. We usually swap consoles from time to time.
 
Anyway, sorry I rattled on too much about me (err us?). I just want to say that we plan to stick around and engage in conversations, as well as share our own gaming experiences.

Thank you for the warm welcome and Ellen and I both like the place! ❤️

I actually think Bungie need a kick up the arse because they've been very reliant with Destiny 2 and Microsoft could've given them that nudge and provided elite technology to assist them. However I didn't think MS would ever consider working with Bungie again but I also didn't expect them to buckle so quickly operating as both a standalone publisher and developer after breaking from Activision. I'm not even sure if Bungie are good, or ambitious enough for Sony when compared to their other in-house studios but I hope this wasn't a tactical move and Sony have spotted something they can work with going forward.
 
If they remain doing Destiny 2 expansions for the next 5 years on 15+ year old technology then it's just a waste of bloody time for everyone minus Bungie who will be living the life of luxury an in security whilst other studios push boundaries and innovate. I hope this is the start of Sony making moves like this though as there are quite a few studios out there ran by garbage publishers who are being held back no end. 

Here's a brief FAQ from a Bungie Article on making sure that PS exclusives won't happen.
 
Q. As a Destiny 2 player, does Bungie becoming part of PlayStation have any immediate impact on how I play and experience Destiny 2?
No. Our commitment to Destiny 2 as a multi-platform game with full Cross Play remains unchanged.   
We want you to play The Witch Queen on February 22, 2022, on the platform of YOUR choice.
 
Q. Will the Destiny 2 experience on non-PlayStation platforms be impacted by Bungie becoming part of PlayStation?
No. We want to maintain the same great experience you already have on your platform of choice.
 
Q. Will any announced seasons, events, packs, or expansions be changed or impacted by Bungie becoming part of PlayStation?
No. Bungie retains full creative independence for our games and our community. Our plans for the Light and Dark Saga are unchanged, all the way through The Final Shape in 2024.
 
Q. Will Destiny 2: The Witch Queen include any platform exclusives?
No. The Witch Queen will not contain any platform exclusives. Every player should have an amazing Destiny experience, no matter where you choose to play
 
Q. Will cross platform features, like Cross Save, Cross Play, the Destiny 2 Companion App, or third-party apps like Destiny Item Manager (DIM) be changed or removed?
No. Bungie’s commitment to cross-platform play and social features remains unchanged. We believe games are best shared with friends, wherever they choose to play, and will continue to invest in new features and platforms.
 
Q. Bungie has future games in development, will they now become PlayStation exclusives?
No. We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community.
 
Q. I play Destiny on Steam, Xbox, or Stadia – will my platform still be supported?
Yes.  

News just broke!
 
Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion
WWW.GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ Destiny studio will remain multiplatform, able "to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play"  
$3.6 Billion. Great news personally. Lets hope they get even more Devs to work on the game through this. Sony supporting some companies has worked very well if you look at all of their exclusives.

That game was impossible 😄

Welcome to FG. 
It's definitely the place to be. 

Sup Ryan!
 
Welcome aboard dude, and if your lil' sis reads this, welcome to her too!
 
We're all normal peeps here, nothing to worry about 😄
 
 

Welcome! Always good to see new people. I'm sure you will have a good time here.