http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=32112

 

Well, that just happened…

So, yeah. While we’re not ready to show you what we’ve been working on, we can reconfirm that we are hard at work on our new universe. We can’t wait for you to see it.

See you starside in 2013.

 

 

Recap of what is said in the contract, may not be complete, copied from you know where:

-Massively multiplayer style, sci-fantasy action shooter series codenamed Destiny with expansion packs codenamed Comet.
-Four games releasing in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
-Four expansion packs releasing in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
-The main games will be retail.
-There will be other DLC, subscriptions, microtransactions, and value added services.
-The first game will be an Xbox 360 and "Xbox 720" timed exclusive.
-Activision and Bungie are considering a PS3 version of the first game in 2014.
-The second game is targeted for 360, 720, PS4, and Windows PC, though the contract notes that some of those SKUs may be dropped if they decide they are not worthwhile or not technically feasible.
-Activision can terminate the contract without penalty if Destiny doesn't sell at least 5 million units in the first six months, or for any reason they please after the second expansion pack releases.
-Bungie is also working on a Marathon game, but currently no more than 5% of their staff (nor more than 5% of their key staff) can work on it, and the amount of employees that can work on it goes up slowly as they hit cumulative profit goals. There are also limits on when Bungie can release Marathon. For specifics on this see the contract images at the bottom since it's pretty lengthy.
-The game is targeting a rating of Teen/PEGI 16, but Bungie is not contractually held to hit this mark.
-The contract implies the game has in-game game masters, like those people who work for Blizzard and handle user requests in World of Warcraft while playing some kind of digital representation in the MMO world (or at least being accessible through in game chat).
-Bungie will receive a $2.5 million bonus if Destiny achieves a GameRankings.com rating of 90 or higher on Xbox 360 as measured 30 days after release.
-Bungie will also get a 20% royalty of the first $100 million in cumulative operating income, 24% on the income between $101-$400 million, and 35% on the income $401 million or above. These royalties are subject to a penalty of 2%, 2.4%, and 3.5% respectively if the games are delayed for reasons caused by Bungie within reason (i.e. if an earthquake destroys their studio they're not at fault, but if they just don't get the game done on time they are). These last two bullet points I'm leaving in the contract itself to cut down on OP length.

Ok so its not fake.

But I don't think it guarantees 720 in fall of 2013.

Anyway, my source confirmed it will be Halo on steroids.

VGKing said: d21lewis said: Dallinor said: Why alienate a section of the market by releasing only on the 360/720 for the first game? Hasn't seemed to have worked out too well with other IP's this gen. Saints Row, Dead Rising, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 2, Lost Planet, Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter The only real success there is Call of Duty. But COD 2 came out as a 360 launch title while PS3 didn't exist yet.  Mass Effect sells so much less on PS3 though. It's clear that the 360-exclusive ME1, and late ME2 port damaged the sales of ME3 on PS3. If all 3 ME games were to be released on PS3 and 360 simultaneously the franchise as a whole would have been much more successful than it is now.

Read his post and read my reply.

Yes, every game could have benefitted from a multi-platform release.  Those are franchises that were Xbox 360 exclusive at first and things seem to have worked out well for them.  They all went multi-platform and they all (well, maybe not Lost Planet but I was running out of examples so I slipped it in there) are alive and well.  If I wanted to name franchises that started with Xbox and stayed with Xbox, I would have named Splinter Cell or something.  Also, I feel that the PS4 will release after the next Xbox console so, again, it would make sense for games to go to that console but not get a Playstation release based on that, alone.

In your face!!

Sal.Paradise said: d21lewis said: Dallinor said: Why alienate a section of the market by releasing only on the 360/720 for the first game? Hasn't seemed to have worked out too well with other IP's this gen. Saints Row, Dead Rising, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 2, Lost Planet, Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter All could have sold more with a multiplatform release. Which is why they all became multiplatform.

*See above*

In your face, too!!

Dallinor said: Why alienate a section of the market by releasing only on the 360/720 for the first game? Hasn't seemed to have worked out too well with other IP's this gen.

Not a big deal, Sony makes their own games anyway Microsoft kinda needs the help. Microsoft and Activision have been kinda close this whole gen especially when pertaining to Xbox Live. The whole purpose is to keep the 720's product more attractive to the consumer on their console. It's like with COD, Pachter calls multiplatforms like that a "Defacto-exclusive" to the Xbox because of early expansions and map packs.

superchunk said: Ok so its not fake. But I don't think it guarantees 720 in fall of 2013.

lol...this guy.

Some people just can't accept things I guess. You can show them a turd, but they won't accept that it's a turd. You can have them get close enough to smell the turd, but they still want accept that it's a turd. You can even have them touch the turd, but they STILL won't accept that it's a turd. No, it's not until the turd is right there, in their mouth, where they can taste it. Here is when they finally accept that it's a turd.

I'll see you at E3.

Jay520 said: superchunk said: Ok so its not fake. But I don't think it guarantees 720 in fall of 2013. lol...this guy. Some people just can't accept things I guess. You can show them a turd, but they won't accept that it's a turd. You can have them get close enough to smell the turd, but they still want accept that it's a turd. You can even have them touch the turd, but they STILL won't accept that it's a turd. No, it's not until the turd is right there, in their mouth, where they can taste it. Here is when they finally accept that it's a turd. I'll see you at E3.

I still won't accept that it's a turd until I swallow it and poop it out.  Only then can I be 100% sure.  That's just me, though.  I have a questioning attitude.

d21lewis said: Jay520 said: superchunk said: Ok so its not fake. But I don't think it guarantees 720 in fall of 2013. lol...this guy. Some people just can't accept things I guess. You can show them a turd, but they won't accept that it's a turd. You can have them get close enough to smell the turd, but they still want accept that it's a turd. You can even have them touch the turd, but they STILL won't accept that it's a turd. No, it's not until the turd is right there, in their mouth, where they can taste it. Here is when they finally accept that it's a turd. I'll see you at E3. I still won't accept that it's a turd until I swallow it and poop it out.  Only then can I be 100% sure.  That's just me, though.  I have a questioning attitude.

Questionable spelling and fetishes too it seems

NotStan said: d21lewis said: Jay520 said: superchunk said: Ok so its not fake. But I don't think it guarantees 720 in fall of 2013. lol...this guy. Some people just can't accept things I guess. You can show them a turd, but they won't accept that it's a turd. You can have them get close enough to smell the turd, but they still want accept that it's a turd. You can even have them touch the turd, but they STILL won't accept that it's a turd. No, it's not until the turd is right there, in their mouth, where they can taste it. Here is when they finally accept that it's a turd. I'll see you at E3. I still won't accept that it's a turd until I swallow it and poop it out.  Only then can I be 100% sure.  That's just me, though.  I have a questioning attitude. Questionable spelling and fetishes too it seems

It's a d21 trademark!

 

BTW, what did I misspell?