Please Bungie, Anything But A Mobile Shooter

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While I’m generally against the corporate consolidation of video game companies, I was optimistic when Sony acquired Bungie earlier this year. Nobody does live-service as fairly and as competently as Bungie, and if Sony is finally ready to get in the GaaS game, it couldn’t have picked a better partner. Likewise, Sony’s vast resources and foothold in film and TV presents an opportunity for Bungie to expand Destiny universe. It’s as much of a win-win as this kind of thing can be, and I was excited to see what the next era of Destiny might bring. Unfortunately, rumor has it that the next Destiny game will be a FPS mobile game co-developed by NetEase. That sentence makes me regret that I already used the monkey paw analogy last week, because I don’t think there’s ever been a better example of a wish being granted in such a disastrous way. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Let us count the ways that this rumored new Destiny game, for lack of a better word, sucks. First is the NetEase partnership. You might recognize NetEase as the co-developers of Diablo Immortal, a casino disguised as a video game whose odds are worse than the sketchiest truck stop video poker machine in Nevada. Diablo Immortal is among the most predatory and disgraceful that mobile has to offer, and its existence is a detriment to the reputation of both the series and Blizzard as a whole, if it's even possible to further damage Blizzard’s reputation at this point.

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Looking at Immortal, it’s not difficult to imagine all the ways that NetEase and Bungie can pervert Destiny into a pay-to-win Skinner box for gambling addicts, and the damage it