So Destiny, a new IP and one of the most expensive games in history, paid itself in just one day

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BraLoD said:

I see nothing wrong with any of this games.
GTA 5 was amazing, Watch Dogs was very above my expectations for a new IP and very pleasant to play with my friends, and Destiny seems the same.
Nothing wrong with them to me ^^

Also, the game sells itself, of course, but marketing help it grows a lot, and don't start saying that the marketing campaign is a reason to them to downplay a game that could be better... that's just wrong. Marketing is just a tool to sell your product.

I wish I could have enjoyed those games.

Yes marketing is a tool but it has the potential to draw resources away from the product: GTA 5 is an example of this. The time and money that went to marketing could have instead been invested to make the game better. A more fleshed out campaign for example with a better story. But why do that when advertising will do a better job of selling your game than the gameplay will? Just slap on some uninspired, cookie-cutter single player and run commercials 24/7 so that everyone and their grandmother has heard of it. I'm sure Activision's Kotick, a man infamous for reportedly once stating that he has no interest in franchises that can't be exploited and wrung to their very limits (see guitar hero) would agree advertising receives priority over the art form that is game design. It brings in the casuals who don't know any better and that's where the big $$$ is.

I just take solace that he has not swindled a dime from me and I encourage anyone who has been let down by the game to sell their game back to gamestop. Or better yet, online where they'll probably get more of what they paid.