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Dark_Feanor on 11 September 2014
bigjon said:
platformmaster918 said:
Personally I saw more caution articles than hype articles for Destinie. Hell at this rate people are going to start calling the Order overhyped lol. Now as far as word of mouth goes I've highly enjoyed it and my two roommates that have tried it are considering getting it for their 360s.


word of mouth means right now.

 

People who have not played it but watch a twitch stream and thought it looked boring.

 

A huge number of the "mediocre" user reviews were posted within an hour of the game being released. Meaning certain groups of people or fanbases for a specific console or game did not want to like it and are going out of there way to tell other people why they should not like it.


That´s me.

About 70% of my friends are playing Destiny in the last 2 nights, and basicaly all their videos sharing are of they dancing in the main hub.



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fleischr on 11 September 2014

Will sell great through the holiday, but will sales will fall of a cliff once Evolve, Battlefield: Hardline, and Splatoon are out.



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dreamcast210 on 11 September 2014

I haven't played the game, though I've watched a little bit of it on Twitch.

Based off everything I've seen and heard going back to the Beta, I get the impression that two things have helped this game:

1. Bungie made it
2. Activision has done a masterful job of hyping the game

I expect the game will be extremely front-loaded in sales and don't expect it to be a system seller. It sounds like too mediocre a game to be otherwise. And don't forget this is on last gen hardware. That significantly cripples the game's ability to sell current gen hardware.



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outlawauron on 11 September 2014
fleischr said:
Will sell great through the holiday, but will sales will fall of a cliff once Evolve, Battlefield: Hardline, and Splatoon are out.

I can see the argument with Evolve and Hardline, but please help me out with this one.



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fleischr on 11 September 2014
outlawauron said:
fleischr said:
Will sell great through the holiday, but will sales will fall of a cliff once Evolve, Battlefield: Hardline, and Splatoon are out.

I can see the argument with Evolve and Hardline, but please help me out with this one.


I think there's plenty of of folks who now want something different from the shooter genre. Splatoon does that.

There's a much more, um.. adult ... fanbase than you might think!



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HylianSwordsman on 11 September 2014

How did Halo do with it's last entry? It'll go something like that, but a little different for each platform.



outlawauron on 11 September 2014
fleischr said:
outlawauron said:
fleischr said:
Will sell great through the holiday, but will sales will fall of a cliff once Evolve, Battlefield: Hardline, and Splatoon are out.

I can see the argument with Evolve and Hardline, but please help me out with this one.


I think there's plenty of of folks who now want something different from the shooter genre. Splatoon does that.

There's a much more, um.. adult ... fanbase than you might think!

But it's on a completely different platform and is targeting a different audience. It'd be like saying people are going to stop playing Smash Bros because Bayonetta 2 is releasing.



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bigjon on 11 September 2014
prinz_valium said:
bigjon said:
prinz_valium said:
alexesquedabananas said:
just like washdoges.


this.


you wish.


no i think

this game will have legs until mid / end october

got a slight bump for holiday and thats it...

 

 

no mario kart, the last of us, gtav or even cod legs

maybe battlefield legs

 

 

p.s i always hate to have a look at ur profile pic. why cant u put some beautiful girls on it? :(


MK sold much less its 1st week so % wise it would be very difficult for Destiny to not have bigger drops. If that is what you are saying than I agree. However, I think the legs will be great. When you sell 10 millionish week one in september (non holiday boost like we see in the Nov titles to hold it up) you are bound for a 90%+ drop. But here is the thing 1 million week 2 would be close to MK week one.

The game will be a strong seller through the holidays. The question is whether it sells good well into next year.

 

Also I said "you wish" because I gathered from your post prior to Destiny being released that you were already set on not liking it. I could name about 10 posters that I knew were going to be on here saying Destiny was a disapointment, and most of them did not disapoint.



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bigjon on 11 September 2014
iamdamessiah said:
outlawauron said:
I think people are overestimating the amount of bad impressions. The only place I've heard anything remotely negative is forums. Everyone I've talked to in real life has nothing but praise for it.


I have heard plenty of negative amongst my real life gamer friends...anecdotal evidence is useless.. 3 of my friends regret buying it, me included.


23.5 of my real friend think it is best game ever. No one I know dislikes it. See how easy this is on the interwebz. (Honestly, I have only discussed it with 5 people and they all think its a "cool" game and are enjoying it, which is the most important thing, but not best game evar type comments yet)



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

iamdamessiah on 11 September 2014
bigjon said:
iamdamessiah said:
outlawauron said:
I think people are overestimating the amount of bad impressions. The only place I've heard anything remotely negative is forums. Everyone I've talked to in real life has nothing but praise for it.


I have heard plenty of negative amongst my real life gamer friends...anecdotal evidence is useless.. 3 of my friends regret buying it, me included.


23.5 of my real friend think it is best game ever. No one I know dislikes it. See how easy this is on the interwebz. (Honestly, I have only discussed it with 5 people and they all think its a "cool" game and are enjoying it, which is the most important thing, but not best game evar type comments yet)

Anecdotal means nothing sorry.