[Industry] Eurogamer interviews Bungie. Destiny player concerns are brought up and receive ridiculous answers. Context and links inside. [x-post reddit] Direct and archived links found at the bottom. Personally, I think its a decent article worthy of clicks, but you can be the judge of that yourself.  I came across this article on the Destiny subreddit and thought it might be an example of a game journo actually, somewhat successfully representing a game's playerbase by asking relevant questions in spite of a douchebag, game dev's responses and attitude. Some context: at E3, Bungie showcased their upcoming DLC, The Taken King for their game, Destiny. While the actual content seems to be receiving generally positive reception, a fair number of players have expressed disappointment and concern with the pricing of the standard and collector's edition of the upcoming expansion.  I'll let the article written by Tom Phillips explain in greater detail:  > But then there's also The Taken King: Collector's Edition, which costs £79.99. This contains a number of physical collectibles and several pieces of exclusive in-game content, including three class-specific emotes and exotic weapons with XP boosts. > It's odd to see something like emotes - which only hardcore fans will really care about - being held back for a version of the game that also requires the purchase (or re-purchase) of the base game and its two add-ons. > Fans reacted in anger that content aimed at their wallets would be exclusive to a version of The Taken King that required they spend money on content they had already paid around £75 for - £40 for the base game and £35 for its DLC expansion pass. > Fans also criticized the fact that The Taken King costs as much as the full Destiny game did upon launch, and the fact that the Legendary Edition catch-up option for new players costs £54.99, meaning that newcomers get all existing content for just £15 when you factor in The Taken King's solo £40 price-tag. I think Phillips does a pretty good job summarizing the common criticisms that are heard from the Destiny player base. Several comments in the Destiny subreddit agree with the author's summary as well. Plus, Phillips didn't even call Destiny players entitled piss babies! Now, here is where it gets interesting. Many of these criticisms are brought up during an interview with Bungie "Creative Director" and well known asshole, Luke Smith. Luke's answers to some of the questions feel like a parody at times as he generally avoids or flat out laughs at some of the complaints. There are more moments in the article, but here is one part I found hilarious and baffling:  > Eurogamer: I'm not going to buy the game and the two DLCs all over again. >Luke Smith: Okay, but first I want to poke at you on this a little bit. >Eurogamer: Poke at me? >Luke Smith: You're feeling anxious because you want this exclusive content but you don't know yet how much you want it. The notion of spending this money is making you anxious, I can see it - >Eurogamer: I do want them. I would buy them - >Luke Smith: If I fired up a video right now and showed you the emotes you would throw money at the screen. > Eurogamer: What I'm saying is that fan frustration is not because they don't understand the proposition. It comes regardless of how cool the exclusive content is. The frustration - and mine as a fan - is that the method of acquiring it requires me to re-buy content I bought a year ago. So regardless of Tom Phillips and Eurogamer's previous articles or possible social media comments, I think this specific article is a good example of a game journalist "going to bat" for the consumer, which in this case is the Destiny playerbase. Luke Smith doubles down on being a prick, but Phillips still throws the questions at him that the interested players want answered. It was a pleasant surprise for me to read, as one of the many idiots still enjoying Destiny. Direct link to article: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-22-destiny-the-taken-king-director-defends-40-expansion-price-tag Archive link to article: https://archive.is/4oaSk Archive link to the Destiny subreddit's reaction to article: https://archive.is/TceDD This post was mirrored from http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3are8p/industry_eurogamer_interviews_bungie_destiny/ and may have been edited at the original location.