It was a huge story at E3 2014 several weeks ago that a white PS4/Destiny bundle would be launching to commemorate the game’s launch, and PlayStation gamers would even be buoyed by exclusive content from launch and a PlayStation-only beta in the months leading up to it. It’s all of that PlayStation support that Sony and Bungie’s partnership is bringing that quickly became the console manufacturer’s sales pitch for the PS4.
While there are clearly plenty of reasons for PlayStation players to be chuffed, for Xbox players, the picture is not so pretty. Following the news that Destiny wouldn’t be making ti to Xbox consoles in Japan, it has now been revealed that the PlayStation-exclusive content will be coming to Xbox players eventually, but they’ll have a long wait until it does.
While the majority of the information in that listing is correct (excluding the unconfirmed exclusivity), it has since been removed, likely to avoid riling any more Xbox players’ feathers after gamers on Microsoft’s two consoles complained that the once Xbox-only developer was ‘abandoning’ them.
While tempers over Bungie and Sony’s partnership will soothe on one side of the aisle, the other side will be intrigued to know just how much influence the developer had when it comes to PlayStation even before Destiny was announced. Speaking with TechRadar, Bungie’s Head of Community Eric Osborne explained that the studio even helped influence the design of the PS4 itself:
The input that developers had on the PS4’s internal architecture and the controller is something that we’ve heard touted by Sony before, so it makes a lot of sense that Osborne also says Sony’s vision for next-gen “really aligned with where [Bungie] wanted to go.” He also describes them as “a really good partner” so could we see more of a partnership from Bungie and Sony in the future? It seems that it’s entirely on the cards.
Destiny releases September 9, 2014 for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Source: vg247, TechRadar
