Destiny 2 being on Battle.net (Blizzard) platform :patrice:

[daze23]

yall dont play blizzard games/use battle.net to undersrand the signifance of this

never the less this is happening

 

[itsyoung!!]

never the less this is happening

..and thats why we are discussing it

 

[itsyoung!!]

You can't even figure this shyt out...

I can figure it out, the point of THIS FORUM, is to DISCUSS TOPICS, the TOPIC AT HAND, IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS IS HAPPENING and will this lead to Blizzard competing with Steam in the near future

but then in true Coli fashion, within a few posts it went off topic to discuss something IRRELEVANT to the topic at hand (Blizzard and Activision merged)

Steam is the most overrated commodity in the gaming community, but that's another topic

THATS NOT ANOTHER TOPIC. THATS THIS TOPIC.

As arguably true as that may be you'll get an instant sales boost just by the sheer number of people on it.

Imagine how good the Titanfall series would sell on it.

Thank you for staying on topic

Destiny doesn't need the 'sales boost' from Steam.

If you're a middling game, indie, or series with a moderately high release tempo then sure. But saying Destiny needs the sales boost is right there with saying that GTA needed Steam to be successful in the PC market.

If Rockstar had a B.net they could walk down the hallway and use then they'd never bother with Steam. But TakeTwo has been happy to work with Valve by giving them some of their biggest sellers (2k series, Borderlands, Civilization, Mafia, etc) so its been beneficial to both in a way. Activision doing this lets them shake their own hand so to speak.

GTA sold more on Steam than through Rockstars client I believe (someone correct me if im wrong) It actually originally split the user base because you Rockstar had their own social club separate from Steam user groups so you couldnt even see your Steam friends online thats why the sudden risk (I think it will work out by the way) of releasing Destiny 2 through Battle.net is odd (UNUSUAL) but can see the benefits of it

 

[Rice N Beans]

Destiny doesn't need the 'sales boost' from Steam.

If you're a middling game, indie, or series with a moderately high release tempo then sure. But saying Destiny needs the sales boost is right there with saying that GTA needed Steam to be successful in the PC market.

If Rockstar had a B.net they could walk down the hallway and use then they'd never bother with Steam. But TakeTwo has been happy to work with Valve by giving them some of their biggest sellers (2k series, Borderlands, Civilization, Mafia, etc) so its been beneficial to both in a way. Activision doing this lets them shake their own hand so to speak.

Need=/=get.

R* plays it smart targeting the largest base. If they had their own service they wouldn't see as many sales. A large amount, but not as many. It's already been recorded that simply moving a game to Steam is nearly an automatic sales and player increase.

Activision moving this is hoping to cash on the Overwatch player base that's already there. Which isn't a bad idea.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I hate battle.net. It's been good recently, but it seems to get hacked all the time. Now we got Steam, Origin, Uplay, Win10 store, and now battle.net. I want everything in one place. fukk this shyt. It should be on steam as well.

 

[Zebruh]

Ugh. I used it for Quake Champions and I'd rather not

What's wrong with battle net?

Think he was actually mentioning bethesda.net which is pointless.


As far as the topic...


I like the move. It's b.net basically saying "Hey we can do this shyt too, we got titles."

Never seen a non-Blizzard IP on B.net but I immediately thought it made sense when they announced it. Activision-Blizzard shouldn't let Valve cash in on a title as hot as Destiny. It makes sense that Activision would go with Battle.net since it's right there. It's a title that PC users wanted to try too, so it's definitely going to have attention. Why let that potential money go to Valve when you could cash in on it?

 

[daze23]

I hate battle.net. It's been good recently, but it seems to get hacked all the time. Now we got Steam, Origin, Uplay, Win10 store, and now battle.net. I want everything in one place. fukk this shyt. It should be on steam as well.

yep, not being on Steam means there's a good chance I just won't bother with it

they will definitely miss out on sales not being on Steam. if that will be worth not giving Valve a cut remains to be seen

 

[42 Monks]

act like Steam didn't get the shyt hacked out of it just last year brehs

 

[itsyoung!!]

yep, not being on Steam means there's a good chance I just won't bother with it

they will definitely miss out on sales not being on Steam. if that will be worth not giving Valve a cut remains to be seen

Battle.net app for games > Steam

BUT it also only has like 8 games on it, so its not cluttered. If they start adding more games to the interface, then im not sure how well it will continue to be

 

[daze23]

Battle.net app for games > Steam

BUT it also only has like 8 games on it, so its not cluttered. If they start adding more games to the interface, then im not sure how well it will continue to be

thing is I use Steam every day, so everything stays updated and such. when I sign into one of these other clients, it has to update the client, the games, I can't remember my password, etc. it's just so much more convenient having everything in one place