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VGPolyglot on 05 September 2013

If they didn't already learn their lesson of milking with Tony Hawk's and Guitar Hero, then I think that they won't stop yearly releases.



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richardhutnik on 05 September 2013
Otakumegane said:

According to the pre-order charts, Ghosts is tracking behind BO2 and Skylanders is losing ground up against Disney Infinity. (It's just a matter of time)

Now that I think about it, Activision's only two major revenue sources were those considering that they killed all the rest like Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, etc. It seems that they need Destiny being a huge success.

So if Destiny underperforms or loses the shooter war against Titanfall or something they might be in a bit of a bind, right after they became independent from Vivendi too.

Can you change "position" to "trouble" in your subject?  It is a bit unclear what you are askling.  It is possible everyone is in more serious trouble than everyone is thinking here.



Imaginedvl on 05 September 2013
Otakumegane said:

According to the pre-order charts, Ghosts is tracking behind BO2 and Skylanders is losing ground up against Disney Infinity. (It's just a matter of time)

Now that I think about it, Activision's only two major revenue sources were those considering that they killed all the rest like Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, etc. It seems that they need Destiny being a huge success.

So if Destiny underperforms or loses the shooter war against Titanfall or something they might be in a bit of a bind, right after they became independent from Vivendi too.

When you say "we thought", who are you referring to?



TheKoreanGuy on 05 September 2013

I have faith in Destiny. It will perform to its expectations. That doesn't mean I like Activision though.



S.T.A.G.E. on 05 September 2013

They have the remnants of Infinity Ward, Treyarch and Bungie and they still make licensed games. No, they are not in trouble.



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bananaking21 on 05 September 2013

"from the publishers of Call of Duty and creators of halo"

that alone will sell destiny



Lulz on 05 September 2013

They could probably bleed money for the next 3 years (which would never happen anyway) and make it all back 10 fold when the next Blizzard MMO releases. They are in no danger at all.



Cobretti2 on 05 September 2013

I always find these kind of posts funny.

If someone makes 1billion profit one year and then makes 990million the next doesn't mean it is doom and gloom.

They would need a lot of failures to get to a bad situation.



 

 

JEMC on 06 September 2013
DevilRising said:
Putting out yearly iterations of the same series can only be sustainable for so long. Just ask Guitar Hero.

With Guitar Hero they went too far, launching 2 and then even 4 games a year (2009 saw GuitarHero V, Van Halen, Metallica and Smash Hits). And so far they have been smart enough to avoid doing that. With the DLCs they have had enough.

The problem I see with Activision is that from all the new games/IPs they have created this gen, only Skylanders has been a success. They need to find new, successful games/IPs.

Will Destiny be it? Maybe, but I think that they need more than 1 new franchise to be safe.



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Carl on 06 September 2013

Ghosts will sell 20 Million.

Warcraft continues to make stupid amounts of money.

Activision are/will be fine.