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Bungie Normalized Sunsetting in 2020, Now It's Big Tech's Meta
https://youtu.be/obHzXeJfzE8
SUNSETTING - the planned, gradual phasing out or discontinuation of something, such as a product, service, software feature, or law.
It seems Bungie's 2020 headline news of their bold decision to Sunset over 50% of already paid for Destiny 2 content emboldened the rest of Big Tech because it's become normalized since.
My first real heartbreak trauma from Sunsetting, which become extremely normalized in tech/gaming since, was the Initial Vaulting November 10, 2020 where Bungie removed the Red War campaign, the Curse of Osiris and War mind expansions, and several planets.
For context, Destiny 2 was the first game I invested time into since the Final Fantasy 10 was originally released. I love video games, but I self disciplined myself for decades choosing to spend any free pockets of time dedicated to getting lost in mastering my own creative expression making music.
I began playing Destiny 2 in 2017 solo, and being a online MMO looter shooter, I met a bunch of dope people, but there was one mode and reason I got addicted to Destiny, I really loved solo queueing in the crucible -PVP, when I began of course I sucked, but that drove me to want to get better, and I did. For some reason, Destiny 2 PVP activated receptors in my AuDHD brain that bounced well off my creative passions and leveled me up and made me more productive... Then 2020 Bungie removed 50-80% of the game I paid for.... This is a looter shooter, I grinded and gave up 12 thousand hours of my life playing this game, so when they removed the majority of the PVP maps, the entire PVE campaign, multiple planets and made weapons and armor obsolete... It felt like the heart break of being cheated on.... Time invested was all for nothing... That felt really bad, but I kept playing and spending time online with the friends I made, but man did bungie really make horrible greedy decisions moving forward....
Playing Destiny 2 PvP daily was like medicine for me... It was like weight lifting for my ADHD brain, but I'm a stubborn man with principles, and too much happened where trust was gone and it was clear they didn't respect their player bases time... So the last time I logged on was September 3rd, 2024.... and I never looked back.
There is only so much time in a day, I had to lock in on artist related work, so I stood on business, and sacrificed my familiar joy and sadly All the friends I made over the years never heard from me again. The reason I'm posting this and telling this story is because this was only my first heartbreak/traumatic experience with sunsetting..... 2024-2026 every platform that I sunk all my time, passion and energy into all Sunset back to back...... to summarize, 5+ years of work, time and energy were deleted like they never happened....and I think I'm ready to start telling those stories.
It's a tragedy, something as magical and beautiful as watching the actual Sun Set, has now become a PTSD trigger event and word for everyone who keep's experiencing the other definition of "Sunsetting"
It even tainted hearing my 2015 released song "Sunwillset" haha https://open.spotify.com/track/4xbk2s...
To be continued...
Peace Peace,
Dutchyyy
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