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Destiny makes $500 million in first 24 hours
- Thread starter JehutyRunner
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DrROBschiz
Member
This
Made all the difference. Could have backfired but the game turned out to be tons of fun
Trust me. I'm a PhD
Member
I am not his biggest fan, but he gets results
FunkyPajamas
Member
Space Wizards.
The console market maybe, handhelds and PC still have a nice mid-tier scene. It's true though, the order of the game will be fewer but bigger AAA games. Less risk, more homogeneity.
DrROBschiz
Member
I credit Bungie bro
If the game sucked then a lot of that 500mil would have been lost
Part of that was because of the Xbox's install base, though.
There were people excited for the game who simply didn't want to buy an Xbox One.
Exactly.
Always keep this in mind:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/anatomy-of-a-60-dollar-video-game.html
If Activision's revenue was $500M then that chart is meaningless. Now, it's possible Kotick is twisting words around to be deceptive (he is, after all, evil), but the filing makes it sound like the $500M is Activision revenue, which wouldn't include the retailer margin.
"Based on extraordinary audience demand, retail and first party orders worldwide have exceeded $500 million for Destiny," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard.
Of course I have access to their financial statements. So do you, because they are a public company. You can see their EBITDA right here, where you'll find out that it's not a percentage. Are you maybe thinking of margin? Either way, they won't tell us anything about the development budget for this game.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
N ppl laugh when I say I look up to bobby Kotick.
Man need to hold seminars or some shit
Man need to hold seminars or some shit
Yet it still significantly under-performed by EA's standards.
Robdraggoo
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probably next year.........
AHA-Lambda
Member
Must be, it certainly doesnt seem evident in the game itself -_-
DeviantBoi
Member
Yes, and it's shocking because Sony was responsible for the marketing of Destiny.
Now that we know that they have a very capable marketing team, there's no excuse to send first-party games out to die with little to no marketing.
I wouldn't be surprised if their change of ad firm a while back was part of the deal for Destiny.
Give War A Chance
Member
Guys.
Revenue/profit/whatever you want to call it. This game is going to make billions of dollars, and extremely recoup that massive marketing budget and development costs. I don't know why this game is receiving so much heat from people... but congratulations to Activision and Bungie on this one.
I'm loving the game and I've only replayed what I played in the Alpha and Beta. Once I get to the new content... man. Anyway! Well done, fellas.
Now if I only Sony could market their own games like that...
Revenue/profit/whatever you want to call it. This game is going to make billions of dollars, and extremely recoup that massive marketing budget and development costs. I don't know why this game is receiving so much heat from people... but congratulations to Activision and Bungie on this one.
I'm loving the game and I've only replayed what I played in the Alpha and Beta. Once I get to the new content... man. Anyway! Well done, fellas.
Now if I only Sony could market their own games like that...
DrROBschiz
Member
WTF did they expect?
They locked it down to one console and its the Second place one. I AM surprised the PC crowd didn't make a dent though
More like next 2 years.
Jimmyfenix
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Hyperbole r-us in this post
ScepticMatt
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You act like always online isn't becoming a trend, if it becomes a trend, I'm leaving gaming, always online instantly makes a title worthless to me.
SolidSnakex
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How's it becoming a trend? How many online only games are out there?
JehutyRunner
Banned
Thank Christ the typo was fixed. Taaaaaank yoooo.
I'd probably swap Xbox 360 and PS3. PS3 might just edge 360 because of that marketing partnership.
I'd probably swap Xbox 360 and PS3. PS3 might just edge 360 because of that marketing partnership.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I'm enjoying it so far so glad it did well
Honestly, from what I've played, I think the game deserves its success. It's just so damn appealing to such a wide audience of different demographics. And it manages to be so without leaving us hardcore gamers in the dust (which is more than I could say for modern COD games).
To me, it's the kick in the ass that the FPS genre needed. I look forward to the next few weeks as it ripens.
To me, it's the kick in the ass that the FPS genre needed. I look forward to the next few weeks as it ripens.
Mr_Antimatter
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Apparently they didn't want to buy it on PC or 360 ether then. I think the issue there was the hype was largely artificial. The media loved it, but it didn't seem to resonate with the shooter community in the same way.
I do admit it was a nice start, and titanfall 2 will probably be magnificent though. The framework was there, it just needs some meat to it.
So far Destiny seems to have launched with much more hype, though we'll have to see how many pick the game up in the next few days/weeks. I think the alpha/beta got a whole lot of people interested in it who were not before.
fuck yeah, huge publishers making boatloads of cash off a product that nobody really knows anything about because they kept reviewers in the dark!!!!!!!
three five cheers for AAA gaming!!!!!!!
i can't wait for all the expansions i've already paid $35 for!!!!!!!!!!!
i can't wait for all the expansions i've already paid $35 for!!!!!!!!!!!
Living Proof
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Do you have a link to the breakdown of the sales, by chance? Not doubting you, but everything I was able to find in an unrelated search earlier was from May-June, and in another thread here people had mentioned that Titanfall just recently, within ~1 month, broke three million sales across all platforms. Just thinking logically, over half of that would have to be on XB1, right?
SimCity tried it until it failed, now it's single player
Diablo 3 on PC still has it
Destiny, The Crew, The Division etc are all always online too, I don't want to be restricted when I game, I want to be able to play say, Destiny long after the PS3/PS4 is gone, I replay older games all the time, it scares me to think that may not be the case soon, it's the same reason I refuse to buy digital, the access to that game depends on if a company hasn't pressed a giant red shut down button, or if my internet is working
SDCowboy
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How could one know nothing about the game by the time it came out. There was an big alpha, a monster beta and constant coverage of the game.
Agreed. I think the Alpha/Beta was a stroke of marketing genius. It changed the perception of this franchise.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
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Yes, sir^^ Biggest New game (New IP). GTA was 850 million USD first day 1 Billion first week I believe. Still very impressive for new IP. This gen has had the record for first day sales of a new IP broken twice in three months. Hope that means bright future for PS4/XB1^^
They made it all back in a single day. Can't help but be impressed. What can you say? It's Triple-A done right, I guess.
I bought the white PS4 bundle, though it's not out of the box yet. I wonder if Activision - Bungie got a cut of those console sales or if they just got something for the game inside.
I bought the white PS4 bundle, though it's not out of the box yet. I wonder if Activision - Bungie got a cut of those console sales or if they just got something for the game inside.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Pretty much my feelings. I don't see anything mworth congratulating here, except maybe Activision's marketing brilliance.
Living Proof
Member
Not even close to being true
I'm not saying EA had realistic expectations. I'm just saying they were disappointed. That's why we never got any official sales figures from EA, haha.
Titanfall was cool, but, considering what was packaged with the game at launch, the medias' reactions were completely overblown. Aside from the novelty of the whole thing, it didn't deserve all the 9s and 10s it received.
I think the PC crowd saw through that novelty and decided to skip it.
SDCowboy
Member
I hope it is. It's 2014. Online persistent worlds are the natural progression.
Give War A Chance
Member
If you bought the game, you know everything about the game. I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at here.
Are you upset that journalists haven't told us how to feel about a game we haven't played yet..? Bungie hasn't held anything back from gamers with this game. The Alpha and Beta are EXACTLY what the game is. There's just a bunch more of it.
Not being able to play games a few years after owning them because servers get shut down is really progression.
I'm thinking more like instanced peer-to-peer with only centralized stat server, that's alot cheaper to maintain.
They are saying the broke even on the first day.