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Destiny Makes $500 Million in First 24 Hours
Ok, not bad, not bad at all. Activision announced that Destiny has made $500 million in sales in its first 24 hours of release. This makes it the biggest video game launch ever. Suddenly, Activision's investment of $500 million into the Destiny franchise doesn't sound so bizarre.
"Based on extraordinary audience demand, retail and first party orders worldwide have exceeded $500 million for Destiny," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "This industry milestone marks another blockbuster success for our company and demonstrates our unique ability to create some of the most successful entertainment franchises in the world. The success of Destiny, along with the recent introduction of Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone, is further validation of our unique capabilities to create great entertainment franchises from the ground up."
"Since the beginning, we've been confident that our investment and belief in Destiny would pay off. But not many people believed we'd be able to say it did so on day one," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Destiny is officially the biggest new franchise launch in our industry's history. It's also the highest-selling day one digital console release in history. We have more confidence than ever that Destiny will become one of the iconic franchises of this generation and Activision's next billion dollar brand. Most importantly, it's just a great game which we can't stop playing. A big thanks to our incredibly talented team and partners who helped make this happen; most importantly, our partners at Bungie."
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#4911730 Posted on: 09/12/2014 10:44 PM
Breaking even, if the original reports are true that they've spent 500 mill on this new IP.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if 2/3rds of that money is just on marketing.. regardless of my thoughts on the game, the marketing has been saturating to say the least, and I for one am fatigued by it.
True, said marketting is succesful though.
IMHO, I don't have the slightest interest in playing this game. A new IP that sounds no different from borderlands.... I'm not understanding the interest.
Compare it to another blockbuster: I was in line to buy GTA 5, because GTA has been with me since childhood (was a teenager for GTA3 and was playing 1-2 and London 1969 prior.)
Breaking even, if the original reports are true that they've spent 500 mill on this new IP.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if 2/3rds of that money is just on marketing.. regardless of my thoughts on the game, the marketing has been saturating to say the least, and I for one am fatigued by it.
True, said marketting is succesful though.
IMHO, I don't have the slightest interest in playing this game. A new IP that sounds no different from borderlands.... I'm not understanding the interest.
Compare it to another blockbuster: I was in line to buy GTA 5, because GTA has been with me since childhood (was a teenager for GTA3 and was playing 1-2 and London 1969 prior.)
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#4911747 Posted on: 09/12/2014 11:13 PM
True, said marketting is succesful though.
IMHO, I don't have the slightest interest in playing this game. A new IP that sounds no different from borderlands.... I'm not understanding the interest.
Compare it to another blockbuster: I was in line to buy GTA 5, because GTA has been with me since childhood (was a teenager for GTA3 and was playing 1-2 and London 1969 prior.)
Probably because of the marketing and the fact is made by the people who made Halo.
From what i've seen of it, this Game is Halo with a sturdier fps aspect but with less 1 liners and no vehicle content worth speaking of.
True, said marketting is succesful though.
IMHO, I don't have the slightest interest in playing this game. A new IP that sounds no different from borderlands.... I'm not understanding the interest.
Compare it to another blockbuster: I was in line to buy GTA 5, because GTA has been with me since childhood (was a teenager for GTA3 and was playing 1-2 and London 1969 prior.)
Probably because of the marketing and the fact is made by the people who made Halo.
From what i've seen of it, this Game is Halo with a sturdier fps aspect but with less 1 liners and no vehicle content worth speaking of.
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#4911757 Posted on: 09/12/2014 11:21 PM
Destiny is high-end garbage. I cannot believe how many gamers are playing this and then realizing they made a mistake lol. The content is hardly there, the PvP is ****ing horrid, etc. VERY limited content for a supposed MMO type game.
Also, they didn't spend 500m making this. I'm so tired of ridiculous press releases and **** like this. Does this look anywhere like a 500m game lol? Look at how ****ing dead the world is?
500m was a total investment in everything. Sequels etc. This game looks like it was made for no more than 40m dollars at most. The script is horrid, the characters are not there. Most of it had to be coding a new engine or something cuz this don't even look like a 100m game in the end. Marketing prolly ate up 3/4 of that budget.
Destiny is high-end garbage. I cannot believe how many gamers are playing this and then realizing they made a mistake lol. The content is hardly there, the PvP is ****ing horrid, etc. VERY limited content for a supposed MMO type game.
Also, they didn't spend 500m making this. I'm so tired of ridiculous press releases and **** like this. Does this look anywhere like a 500m game lol? Look at how ****ing dead the world is?
500m was a total investment in everything. Sequels etc. This game looks like it was made for no more than 40m dollars at most. The script is horrid, the characters are not there. Most of it had to be coding a new engine or something cuz this don't even look like a 100m game in the end. Marketing prolly ate up 3/4 of that budget.
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#4911767 Posted on: 09/12/2014 11:35 PM
I would be excited if it was on PC.
I would be excited if it was on PC.
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Breaking even, if the original reports are true that they've spent 500 mill on this new IP.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if 2/3rds of that money is just on marketing.. regardless of my thoughts on the game, the marketing has been saturating to say the least, and I for one am fatigued by it.