Destiny Seems to Be Ditching Last-Gen with Its Next Expansion

@get2sammyb No, wrong, it isn't time. It's an expansion, not a new game. You can't sell people a game, sell them a few of the expansions, and then stop selling them "expansionists" for that game. Ramsey was correct in the article when he said they could wait until Destiny 2, that would have been the right thing to do. If this expansion were coming out on X1 but not PS4 how would you feel? Or only X1 go tFar Harbor, or the Witcher 3 DLC?

It's garbage like this that is really making me not like videogames anymore. We haven't purchased Lego Dimensions yet b/c I'm afraid Wii U won't get the new stuff. Lego Hobbit never go the 3rd movie, Wii U misses out on DLC and season passes.

Make a game, support a game. How freakin hard is that?

Are they going to pull the plug on PS3 servers as well so PS3 owners can't play the game they purchased at all? Would that be fair too b/c some people have moved on?

I can't wait until Destiny 3 only plays on PS4k Neo.

Should of dropped last gen with the Taken King!! Fed up with all this old sentiment to 10 year old technology and trying to release modern games on it!!

Its no different from Bo3 not having any more than 1 DLC pack!!

Its NOTHING like expansions only come out on XB1 - at least that is the same generation and whilst its not as powerful, its nowhere near as weak or as dated as last gen hardware. My TV has more power!!!

@get2sammyb We'll see. Though I would be fine if everybody just moved on really, enough w/ the expansion packs and season passes that cost almost as much as the full games - F4 - put it in the game or make a new game, then we wouldn't have these problems. The entire industry is going to pieces. (Get it, "pieces" as in both falling apart and selling everything bit by bit)

Oh, and obviously I meant Destiny 2 expansions, not Destiny 3, coming to PS4k Neo, if Destiny 3 wants to be PS4k Neo only, well thats fine, its a new game, but any game that works on the standard PS4, all the DLC and expansions should work on it as well.

You probably just don't get it as you don't game on Wii U. Don't start now though.

Surprised the PS3 is even getting new releases outside Japan. I NEVER would have guessed P5 would come to the PS3 in the US. But good for those who still have barley enough cash to buy games. Don't expect many in 2017 tho. This is just another example of that the PS3 is about to wave good bye for the last time.

@get2sammyb Got to disagree there, Sammy. Some people have bought the game, expansion 1, expansion two and invested a shed load of time in playing the game. They then get told they can't finish Destiny 1 without buying another console? Seems odd to me. If there is only one more expansion before Destiny 2 comes out, why not just wait until 2 is released to cut off the older systems? Seems harsh.

But as other posters have mentioned, it might well be simply a numbers game here whereby the current last gen user base can't justify the cost (read as profitability) of developing for last gen and current gen.

So yeah, bit harsh to my mind.

@General_Spiller It could be a lot of other reasons - like memory use or something - they can't bring the rest of the DLC to BO3 on last gen either because its too weak. Expansions don't just play as a separate item but add into the existing game. The old consoles are limited and maybe they can't bring more to the game without causing issue or having to lose something from the existing content.

I think they have been very generous by supporting the old consoles this long and people should be thankful they have - not criticise they are ceasing to release content to a system that even a smart-phone has more power than.

If you wait until the Neo releases, you could find a lot of 2nd hand PS4's suddenly available that could be cheaper than a new PS4...

Good, old gen is wasted resource at this point. I'm kinda glad that they won't be pouring time, money and energy into it. If you chose to start Destiny (a game which touted a 10 year life span, even though that's not exactly happening now...) on either 360 or PS3, are you really that surprised it's been knocked on the head, or did you expect them to support the old consoles for years to come?

@rjejr is right. This is yet another middle finger from Bungie to loyal Destiny players. Adding to the point he made, it wouldn't surprise me if Destiny 2 only plays on the PS4K. Won't bother me though as I won't be buying it. Rather than being time to get over it, it ought to be time to stop putting up with it, before the whole cost of gaming goes out of the reach of many of the players;not a good strategy Bungie!

According to Sony, ALL games must be available on BOTH the PS4 and Neo with all the same content. The Neo, if the rumoured specs are true, is only 2.5x as powerful as the PS4. This is not that significant when compared to the power difference between the PS3 and PS4. Both the Neo and PS4 have the same amount of RAM which is 16x more than the PS3 and also a lot faster too.

The PS4 and Neo is more like having a low and mid range modern PC. Games will run on both - just one will have better visuals - which could be any of the following - higher resolution, better visual effects, higher or more stable frame rates etc. On PC's these settings are 'manual' because people have so many different combinations of specs - they effectively have to optimise their game to run on their system. On console, these settings are fixed because people all have the same specs. All the Neo is doing, is having these settings at 'higher' levels. For example resolution output set at 1080 on PS4 and 1200 on Neo, Shadow quality on low on PS4, medium on Neo etc...

Games will still have PS4 on the box, you can't buy a 'Neo' specific version - in the same way you don't buy a PC version for a high-end PC and different version for low end.

I think this is a great move by Bungie. Maybe now then, they can actually put meaningful and substantial content in without having to compromise for the very weak (by modern standards) consoles...

I can see both sides, however for a game like Destiny which was sold as a game that would expand with time, they went cross platform to engage more players and get a larger community. Failing to support that community when the product still has releases is a bit harsh. Let's not forget that consoles are expensive and not everyone can easily afford an upgrade. Not only that, they might not want to upgrade a game they owned last gen.

Then again, without the figures to back this argument, there might be only a few thousand PS3 users left so no financial incentive to continue support.