Audible Phonetics
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what? That doesn't make sense...
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Destiny makes $500 million in first 24 hours
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what? That doesn't make sense...
Unknown One
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It was a lot of people too. I knew Destiny was going to be bigger, just take a look at borderlands and L4D2 for example of where fps is heading and merge them.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
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I know you are trying to poo poo this, but new IPs doing great is fantastic news for the industry and sends a good message to risk advert companies (like Activision^^) that taking a little risk on new games and new projects is a good thing.
gundamkyoukai
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Crazy talking they should clear 100 million easy .
They should get about 27-30 dollars per game and that is not talking about DD, exchange rate and special editions where they would get more money.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
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Ok, I like your explanation much better^^
Its sold over 2 million on Xbox one alone. Its attach rate is 30% or more. I'd say its pretty successful and was damn fun.
The problem. Was they assumed there would be a bigger install base or growth. The game itself was a success
ElRenoRaven
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So the game made it's money back. Good for them. Bungie deserves it. I'm glad to see them doing well.
That's because it was exclusive to Origin.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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Sony backed the right horse. Congrats Bungie!!
Kazuma Kiryu
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There's always haters, this isn't much different from Watchdogs. Some folks just can't understand that a large portion of the gaming audience doesn't even care about reviews.
InfiniteUnrest
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This just in - Bobby Kotick has announced his retirement and plans to buy his own island chain in the South Pacific.
thekiddfran
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Titanfall and Microsoft am cry.
From what I understand, this is a remarkably accurate way of putting it, yes.
I'm not really sure I agree with this, although I suppose I agree that 'little risk' is a good way of describing a new IP that is a sci-fi, multiplayer-focused, FPS game from the creators of the most popular sci-fi, multi-player focused, FPS game around.
Acti-'we're only interested in games we can turn into yearly franchises'-vision wouldn't throw $500 million behind Destiny as a franchise if they thought that there was any risk involved in it at all.
Chill Penguin
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Bungie is just an amazing developer. Didn't think they could re-create a hit as big as Halo but they're proving me wrong. No wonder Sony is treating this game internally like a first party release. If only Guerilla Games was 10% as good.
Microsoft's biggest mistake was letting these guys go. They should've recognized their talent and said, you know what, make whatever the hell you guys want to make and we'll be on board.
Microsoft's biggest mistake was letting these guys go. They should've recognized their talent and said, you know what, make whatever the hell you guys want to make and we'll be on board.
I don't know how you infer that from my post. I'm miffed that they muted reviews on the game with a bullshit excuse and led people to think that there's more to the game than there actually is (like the whole "you can go there" stuff). Another win for AAA gaming and publisher-led PR media.
ElRenoRaven
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Yup. Sadly though they didn't and now Bungie is continuing to make kick ass games and be successful.
Your tone gave me that impression.
My bad for my mistake. I can understand if you are disappointed at this, though.
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Good stuff. Bungie has always been a top-notch dev and they deserve the success.
I might pick up the PS4 version, but maybe not. I thought the beta was good, but a little too MMO-like for my taste. I'm not sure if I want Destiny to "the" MP game I stick with for the next 6mos.
Why is that?
I might pick up the PS4 version, but maybe not. I thought the beta was good, but a little too MMO-like for my taste. I'm not sure if I want Destiny to "the" MP game I stick with for the next 6mos.
Why is that?
There was a beta for people who were interested, and their reasons were solid, it follows the same sensibilities as reviewing a MMO.
No point having reviewers running around in their own small traffic server if the whole system shits the bed like it did in Battlefield 4.
You really think some whiny bitches on NeoGAF are stopping this train?
Come on, son.
nihilistcanada
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IAmRandom31
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I personally know no one who dislikes this. Everyone having a lot of fun. Most just wanted the story to be better. Other then that, great stuff
FalsettoVibe
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September NPD gone be gud...
KillerDark
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I'm glad it succeeded, its a great game! Hopefully more companies will take chances on new IP's because that is what allows gaming to move forward.
Leafhopper
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I didn't because sometimes later projects aren't as good.
TetraGenesis
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There it is, I guess.
3rdamention
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thekiddfran
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The hype machine and circle jerking by Microsoft and gaming journalists for Titalfall was ridiculous. It was proclaimed to be the saving grace of the FPS genre.
It wasn't, they backed the wrong horse.
I don't believe their excuse is bullshit, nor do I think Bungie is afraid of that sort of thing. They are very confident in their product. Not to mention the public beta gave people a pretty good idea as to what to expect.
I wouldn't call a lack of reviews as "publisher-led PR media'. The scenario you are describing benefits Bungie and Activision if they know they are delivering a terrible product, and even then it would only work until people find out what a shoddy product they just dropped $60+ on. The backlash would be immense, and not what they would need if they plan on supporting it for 10 years.
If the product is reviewed well then they missed out on all of those day 1 "GOTY" adverts to push the product even further. Sure they might get to push those out later down the line, but then they have to compete with other big titles too. Not to mention the acknowledged the threat of people rushing through to have a day one review ready.
There are plenty of fishy things going on with games today, but I don't think this is one of them.
-tetsuo-
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According to who?
So basically, Console Wars?
DeadManWalking
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Welp..more only online for games that don't even need it...and i like game.
ProvenDeadly
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I'm glad Bungie has sold a lot of copies. Even if the sure to be mixed reviews came out before launch they would of sold a lot of copies.
I'm not sure why people are acting like Microsoft let Bungie go, they wanted out of their contract and MS let them leave. It's not like they "fired" them. I'm sure MS would of backed Bungie if they had the chance too. Even so it would of sold more on PS4 because there's just more Ps4s
I'm not sure why people are acting like Microsoft let Bungie go, they wanted out of their contract and MS let them leave. It's not like they "fired" them. I'm sure MS would of backed Bungie if they had the chance too. Even so it would of sold more on PS4 because there's just more Ps4s
Mysterious
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This game isn't online only... is it?!
ProvenDeadly
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Yes.
Well done Bungie and Activision, cant wait to pick up and play this game. Hype seems justified from impressions but as always reserving true judgement until I play.
Also for people questioning the comment about $100 million profit on $500 million revenue, that would be a very good profit margin. EBITDA is typically 10% to 15% of revenue (although this can wildly vary dependent on industry sector margin country etc)
Also for people questioning the comment about $100 million profit on $500 million revenue, that would be a very good profit margin. EBITDA is typically 10% to 15% of revenue (although this can wildly vary dependent on industry sector margin country etc)