Well, it did sell a lot of consoles.

Surely you could add a bit more content than this?

OT: Well, I can't say I blame you for the prediction. Destiny showed a lot of potential prior to release that it just didn't live up to.

It did depending on who you ask, tons of people absolutely adore the game. I am not one of them though

It was quite hard to predict a flop like this one.

This is actually the reason we're so pissed at Destiny. Everyone expected more after playing the Alpha and Beta. No one expected the full game to be so lackluster.

In all fairness if you predicted that Destiny would get a 70s meta, we would have all called you crazy.

Destiny was and is not a "flop;" as of 12/19/14 (1 week BEFORE Christmas):

1) 12,869,066 players logged in
2) 22,932,276 characters created
3) 872,404,449 collective hours played

It might not be your cup of tea, but those numbers are insane. If you call it anything other than a massive success, you're factually wrong.

Source: http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-End-of-Year-Update---2014/en/News/News?aid=12472

2014 taught us not to believe anymore. Lies, lies everywhere!

It was a critical flop.

Ask Activision what they expected from the game, then. Only they can decide if it's a flop, since they commissioned the entire thing.