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Destiny makes $500 million in first 24 hours
- Thread starter JehutyRunner
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Well being the most pre ordered ip in history would probably mean that they shipped copies they think they could sell. Shipping $500m of any current Mario game probably wouldnt be as smart
ChosenPredator
Banned
Interesting that alpha/beta can either make a game millions or completely destroy it..the ultimate risk
Syph Medwes
Member
CadetMahoney
Member
The only numbers that are interesting are the console splits. 
Will we only have our own extrapolation to go by though?
Will we only have our own extrapolation to go by though?
Why name drop Mario? What does Mario have to do with this?
BishopLamont
Banned
EA going exclusive with MS on Titanfall was a bad move for both parties involved, firstly the xbone trailing far behind PS4 in sales and EA being behind Activision once again with their shooter wars, the previous being COD/BF.
EA has shown they can recover from being behind, but they never overtook COD and BF sold great out of the gate.
MS was too greedy with Titanfall exclusively while Sony merely cosigned Destiny with exclusive DLC and Sony ended up being the winner. Especially now that Titanfall will come out for PS4 too, expect a quick port or the sequel to arrive on playstation.
Its gonna be another easy gen for Activision, its scary how much valued IP's they have, despite killing off once multimillion selling franchises.
EA has shown they can recover from being behind, but they never overtook COD and BF sold great out of the gate.
MS was too greedy with Titanfall exclusively while Sony merely cosigned Destiny with exclusive DLC and Sony ended up being the winner. Especially now that Titanfall will come out for PS4 too, expect a quick port or the sequel to arrive on playstation.
Its gonna be another easy gen for Activision, its scary how much valued IP's they have, despite killing off once multimillion selling franchises.
You really don't know how the big Mario games sell?
He's using it as an example.
joecanada
Member
Yes there's a thing called orders... Do people think Activision phones Walmart and states " we are sending you 1 million copies now put them in your stockroom ". Shelf space and stock space is calculated to the inch in retailers, you get X inches of display, etc... Shippers don't demand anything from huge retailers
Also this shipped vs. sold issue isn't a consideration unless there is a question whether it will sell. If stock sits on a shelf for a month that's a big problem, if you ship and sell that's money in the bank.
SniperHunter
Banned
but console gaming is dead right?
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CosmicQueso
Member
Chû Totoro;129364445 said:
Those are just disc based releases. I haven't done the math on the digital releases.
Because it's a very popular series that is not going to sell $500m of one game in one day.
SwiftDeath
Member
Good for Bungie at least. I've been reading some less than stellar impressions on here for it thought so I will have to wait and see some more myself
Seriously. It's almost like nobody in this thread has ever seen a game in a clearance bin before.
When we get actual real sales figures, as in numbers of people who bought the game, then that's a point for discussion.
Can you believe a massive company that sunk $500 million into the development of a game shipped $500 million worth of copies of it?
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Neither. It's the value of all the games on the way to shelves in stores, and people other than Activision are going to get a cut of that when each unit is sold to a consumer.
A bad example. Mario games do huge numbers.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Can you believe people still use a figure for development and marketing that has been debunked numerous times by Bungie and Activision? [laughter]
Just the be clear. That's sarcasm right? Because there seem to be plenty of crazies that actually do believe that crap.
Unknown Soldier
Member
There were people who genuinely believed a lot of people were excited for Titanfall too. It goes both ways, crazies who believe in artificial hype and crazies who believe genuine hype is all astroturfing.
We know it's indisputably doing well. It had 1 million pre-orders alone, and that's not counting the droves who are going to go into stores and pick it up on day one.
There has never been a game I can think of that had 1 million pre-orders and didn't do spectacularly well. I mean the game did 500 million sales to retailers because retailer saw the demand and ordered that sort of weight. It seems you're on a crusade that has no real reason to exist: we know it did well. You just don't appreciate that he didn't choose a different way to show how well it did in this specific press release. Go get 'em, I guess?
What are you talking about? It's Activision's revenue.
A singe Mario game has done $500m in one day?
BishopLamont
Banned
My speculation based on TF/Destiny sales.
Mario games don't have same day worldwide launch. Nintendo doesn't release day one figures either.
Even though the developer may not be the same, the fact is, CoD has yearly installments.
As for Destiny, who owns the IP? Bungie or Activision? And could Activision change their 4 games over 8 years contract/plan and have other developers work on Destiny titles?
If any Mario game sold 500m in even the first week, do you think nintendo would be quiet about it?
And I did say recent Mario game, with the sales of the Wii u, there isnt going to be a Mario game that has the same success as Destiny for quite a while.
There's nothing about the phrase "the company sold more than $500 million of Destiny" that would lead me to believe that the $500 million is revenue for Activision. Unless you're aware of something beyond that statement, in which case please do share, that phrase looks to say, as far as I'm reading it, that the $500 million refers to the value of the games in terms of what the consumers will pay, which may equate to income for the retailers, but certainly not Activision.
ShinMaruku
Member
Kotick has been at this CEO thing in games from the beginning. Say what you will. He runs that company well. No other third party has these reads.
why are people so salty on this game's success?
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Burn.
gamechanger87
Member
This is correct. Think of it this way, Activision likely takes down 50% of the $60 for a game and the rest is split amongst the retail markup, console manufacturer and the printer.
If Activision is really booking $500M of revenue then this infers they put 17M copies of the game on the shelves ($500M * 2)/$60. If the $500M represents the aggregate value of the copies of Destiny sold to retailers then take ($500M/$60) or 8M copies. Which makes more sense?
Bungie owns the Destiny IP. Contract is contract. Activision can't change anything if Bungie doesn't like it.
I thought Titanfall was the best selling XB1 title...
JayhawkerStL
Banned
Yeah, I saw a floor display of Destiny games sitting near the checkout at Target today. My thought was that someone doesn't realize that this game is going to be largely digital.
The game is going to do well, has a long tail, and many have already bought the $30 in expansion packs.
But I suspect we are going to see cheap physical copies everywhere soon. For what its worth, I pre-ordered Destiny at Gamestop, but never went to pick it up. I bought it online instead.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Despite MS, EA, and Respawn (and Respawn employees on GAF) all saying they were happy with the game's sales, despite a sequel being greenlit, and despite it being the best selling title on Xbox One, there is a sizeable community who still believed the game 'flopped' according to their personal standards.
olore
Member
lol. And that number is insane. They really have managed to reach into the pockets of literally every gamer, I mean those who aren`t dyed-in-the-wool hardcore gamerz. I think the GTA V sales numbers will be busted...
From Browsing GAF it seems like many people dont realize that the "hardcore gaming audience" is a pretty small part of sales and while the opinion of the hardcore gamer matters a bit, it really doesnt matter much in the big picture. People apparently liked titanfall, or at least enough to have a sequel made.
Wont happen, do you mean lifetime sales? I don't see destiny getting near 20m lifetime. Maybe 10-12. Imo
SymbiantXenos
Member
Will be interesting to see sales per platform.
It will.
I firmly believe that people are heavily ignoring the "home bias" of Destiny towards Xbox platforms. The content and marketing surely brought the two platform's numbers closer than it would have otherwise, but I believe people expecting a 2:1 sales ratio like with Watch Dogs will be very, VERY surprised.
I expect something of the sort for (software only) sales:
Xbox One/PS4: Nearly a 50/50 split
Xbox One + 360 > PS4 + PS3
Destiny didn't do $500 million in a single day. This is retailers anticpating sell through. The question is will a Mario game do $500 million eventually and the answer is chances are good. Most of these copies are going to sit in warehouses for a long time.
You must be talking about when Nintendo goes multi-platform with its games because it failed out of the console market.